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- May 14 Twitter Regulates JP Morgan Politicians, pundits and tweeters call for heavier regulation in wake of $2 billion in losses.... (Blog)
- May 11 AFSCME Honors Law Enforcement Officers Congress urged to adequately fund grant programs critical to law enforcement. (Blog)
- May 11 Romney’s (Lack of) Vision GOP presidential hopeful manufactures an image of public service workers that's just plain wrong. (Blog)
- May 11 During Corrections Officers Week, A CO Speaks Out About Privatization Corrections officer says private prisons are a danger to staff, inmates and the public. (Blog)
- May 10 Public Job Losses Hit Women, African-Americans Hardest New EPI report reveals the human costs of cuts to public services. (Blog)
- May 10 Romney: “Governor Kasich Is Doing a Heckuva Job” At a campaign stop in Ohio, presidential candidate praises the state’s unpopular governor. (Blog)
- May 09 Marriage Equality Matters for Workers President Obama endorses same-sex marriage to level the playing field for LGBT working families. (Blog)
- May 08 AFSCME Social Worker Rescues Infant 23-year social services veteran subdued mother to save wounded infant in Baltimore. (Blog)
- May 08 Bill Press: ‘The Conservative Stranglehold on Morning Cable news Television in America Is Over.’ Host of The Bill Press Show talks about Current TV’s role in today’s political environment.... (Blog)
- May 07 Honor Nurses by Supporting Nurse-Patient Staffing Bill National Nurses Week is a time to honor nurses by helping them. (Blog)
- May 04 Public Pension Opponents Argue from Both Sides to Distort Truth Dean Baker contends that politicians are “using heaping doses of the politics of envy" to... (Blog)
- May 04 AFSCME Celebrates National Correctional Officers and Employees Week Honoring the tens of thousands of AFSCME members across the country who keep our communities... (Blog)
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- May 11 AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised” Statement of AFSCME Plan Trustee Gerald W. McEntee on JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion loss (Press Release)
- May 09 AFSCME Statement on President Obama’s Remarks on Marriage Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee and Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders regarding President Obama’s remarks today on marriage (Press Release)
- May 01 AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Dean Foods Recommends Vote Against Executive Compensation (Press Release)
- Apr 27 AFSCME’s McEntee: Legislation Pits Women & Children’s Health Against Student Loans Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee in response to the passage of H.R. 4628, a bill capping student loan rates by siphoning funds from health prevention (Press Release)
- Apr 10 AFSCME Remembers Mark Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
- Mar 30 “Governor Scott Walker Has Egg On His Face” Statement of AFSCME Wisconsin in response to the ruling by the Federal Court in Wisconsin on Act 10 (Press Release)
- Mar 28 “A Step in the Right Direction to Make Sure Wall St. CEOs Are Held Accountable” Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee following an agreement reached with Goldman Sachs to adopt a lead director (Press Release)
- Mar 27 AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Johnson & Johnson Recommends Vote against Executive Compensation (Press Release)
- Mar 20 “House Republican Leaders Have Broken Promises to America Yet Again” Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee on Rep. Paul Ryan’s Republican budget proposal (Press Release)
- Feb 13 AFSCME’s McEntee: Obama Budget Puts Middle Class First, Right-Wing Temper Tantrum Ensues Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee on President Obama’s 2013 Budget (Press Release)
- Feb 10 AFSCME Applauds President Obama’s Contraception Policy Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee regarding President Obama’s contraception policy (Press Release)
- Feb 01 Florida Prisons Bill Would Expand Private Management, Netting A Big Win For Political Contributors State could hand over a major slice of its prison system to private, for-profit businesses.... (Huffington Post)
