Category: Organizing
- 11/14/12 13,000 Missouri Home Care Workers Win Final Legal Challenge, Now Set to Bargain First Union Contract Victory in four-year struggle for a voice on the job and strengthened quality of care.
- 10/10/12 The Walmart Strike Spreading to Your Area: Here Are 9 Reasons it Matters Walmart workers, who are not unionized, have long complained of low pay and poor benefits.
- 10/03/12 César Chávez: A Life Devoted to Workers’ Rights Is Honored President Obama to designate Chávez site in California a national monument.
- 10/02/12 EMS Professionals Coast-to-Coast Vote to Join AFSCME Thousands of paramedics and emergency staff for California and New England communities unite for profession.
- 09/27/12 1,800 EMS Workers Vote to Join AFSCME Organizing win comes as professionals across the country look for solidarity, strength through the union.
- 09/25/12 Eye-Opening Summer: Union Scholar Goes to the White House Darrell Wilson, Jr., participated in the AFSCME/UNCF/Harvard Union Scholars Program this summer.
- 09/12/12 VMOs: Making a Difference in Florida Volunteer member organizers head out in the Sunshine State.
- 09/05/12 Vermont Home Care Workers Organize to Amplify Voice Despite attempts to quash union organizing in other states, Vermont caregivers push ahead.
- 08/28/12 Michigan Appellate Court: Place Collective Bargaining Amendment on Ballot State Supreme Court to have the last word as corporate-backed politicians appeal decision.
- 08/23/12 Wisconsin Private Health Care Workers Vote to Unionize with AFSCME Council 40 boosts membership by nearly 300 following last week’s vote.
