Category: General
- 05/24/13 California Budget Cuts Leave Court System Decimated Cuts of more than 30 percent have left courts unable to meet the legal needs of citizens.
- 12/06/12 A Competition with Very Few Winners An investigation by The New York Times reveals a race among state and local governments for the benefit of large companies
- 12/06/12 Michigan Anti-Union Advocates Want to Undermine the Middle Class Supporters of “right-to-work (for less)” law launch battle to undermine workers’ unions.
- 12/04/12 Public Officials Warned About Taking Former L.A. Mayor’s Advice Los Angeles millionaire and former Mayor Richard Riordan got a lot of things wrong when he was running the city from 1993 to 2001 and his threat to put a draconian pension-cutting initiative on the ballot is another wrong idea.
- 08/27/12 AFSCME Founder’s Grandson Eyes Seat in Alaska State Legislature Andy Josephson’s candidacy fires up labor and community supporters.
- 07/26/12 AFSCME Members, Family Members Awarded Union Plus Scholarships Union Plus provides $150,000 to help students from union families achieve their dreams.
- 07/11/12 Protestors Denounce Outrageous RI ‘Pension Insecurity’ Plan Retirees demonstrate against sweeping changes to state’s public pension system that jeopardize workers’ retirement security.
- 07/11/12 From Guthrie to Morello, a Tradition of Labor Activism Through Song Fans of Woody Guthrie are celebrating the folk icon’s centennial this week.
- 07/06/12 Pepco In the Spotlight for Corporate Greed Utility company doesn’t pay taxes, proves that they’ve got the power and won’t share.
- 07/06/12 Eighty Thousand Jobs Added in June – But Congress Must Create More The latest job numbers released today are heartening, as they show an increase of 80,000 jobs in June. But make no mistake: The economy is fragile as it continues to recover from the Great Recession.
