Category: 2010 Convention
- 07/02/10 United International Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders was sworn in this morning as AFSCME's 39th International Convention concluded in Boston. After the swearing-in ceremony, Saunders addressed the delegates and [...]
- 07/02/10 Women Take Charge at Café Hundreds of AFSCME women – and a few men – discussed ways to build leadership skills Thursday during the first-ever Women’s Leadership Café.
- 07/02/10 Wisconsin IVP Election Local 2414 (Council 40) Pres. Gary Mitchell is the new International Vice President for the Wisconsin District. Mitchell won the election Thursday with 31,466 votes [...]
- 07/02/10 Political Power = Victories “Organized labor built this country, organized labor can save this country,” progressive talk radio and television host Ed Schultz said Thursday during a program on political achievement.
- 07/01/10 Lee Saunders Elected Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders was elected on Thursday as the next Secretary-Treasurer by delegates to AFSCME's 39th International Convention. Saunders will be sworn-in and address delegates on Friday, the closing day of the Convention.
- 07/01/10 We Make Organizing Happen! When it comes to standing with workers who want a stronger voice at the bargaining table, no one does it better than AFSCME. Nearly 44,000 new members said “yes” to AFSCME in 2009 — making us the number one organizing union in the AFL-CIO.
- 07/01/10 The Green Monstah AFSCME activists rallied Wednesday on Boston Common, in solidarity with Council 93, to prevent the loss of critical public services and to pass the jobs bill now stalled in Congress.
- 07/01/10 Members Network in Special Caucuses FSCME members doing similar jobs met Wednesday in 21 simultaneous sector caucuses to discuss common issues and concerns. They also examined the media onslaught against public services and strategized how to set the record straight about public employees.
- 07/01/10 Wilhelm, UNITE HERE! Stand with AFSCME UNITE HERE! Pres. John Wilhelm addressed delegates Wednesday on the importance of labor solidarity and thanked AFSCME members for supporting his union’s fights throughout the years.
- 07/01/10 Pass the Jobs Bill! Passing the jobs bill was the highlight of a program during Wednesday’s session. Florida state juvenile detention officer Faustino “Tino” Cosby of Tampa told how passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 prevented a threatened [...]
