Category: Civil Rights
- 06/15/12 Michigan to Vote on Anti-Worker ‘Dictator’ Law, Union Rights Amendment Measures to repeal Public Act 4, protect collective bargaining rights to be on November ballot.
- 05/09/12 Marriage Equality Matters for Workers President Obama endorses same-sex marriage to level the playing field for LGBT working families.
- 05/02/12 Missouri Home Care Providers Win Historic Court Ruling Vote by 13,000 workers for representation with AFSCME upheld by Court of Appeals.
- 05/01/12 May Day Commemoration Calls Attention to Workers’ Rights and Economic Justice Occupy protesters organize nationwide actions against corporate greed.
- 04/27/12 Random Drug Testing of Florida State Workers Unconstitutional, Judge Rules Suit, brought by AFSCME and the ACLU, overturns Gov. Rick Scott’s executive order.
- 04/26/12 AFSCME Members Fight to Protect Colorado Voters Voter rights under attack by Secretary of State Scott Gessler.
- 04/12/12 Saunders Calls on Labor and Civil Rights Groups to ‘Join Together Like Never Before’ Labor leaders engaged in a panel discussion at the National Action Network’s national convention.
- 04/05/12 Vigil Honors Dr. King and His Legacy Hundreds gather to remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest for civil, human and workers’ rights.
- 04/04/12 Georgians Win Fight for Constitutional and Worker Rights Bill designed to stifle free speech and worker rights dies under weight of protests.
- 04/04/12 Honoring Dr. King by Continuing His Struggle Forty-four years later, AFSCME remembers the legacy of Dr. King and the Memphis sanitation strike.
