WHEREAS:

The lack of any national standard for welfare and social service caseloads has allowed state, county and other agencies to assign unmanageable caseloads to already overburdened caseworkers; and

WHEREAS:

This causes caseworker burnout and unnecessary friction between caseworkers and their clients and a hostile atmosphere in many workplaces; and

WHEREAS:

It has been shown that lack of control over one's own work pace and working conditions and expectations is a major cause of work-related stress, a major cause of illness and an insufficiently recognized health and safety problem.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That the International Union work with its members who are employed in the welfare and social service field and other experts in the field to develop a national standard for caseload sizes.

SUBMITTED BY:

Steve Edwards, President and Delegate
Diane Stokes, Vice President and Delegate
Pete Anderson, Secretary
Miguel Mora, Steward and Delegate
AFSCME Local 2858, Council 31
Illinois

Gordon Umino, President and Delegate
Cyndi Kallinen, Secretary
AFSCME Local 843, Council 28
Washington