Category: Public Safety
- 05/19/11 Private Prison Savings Are a Hoax New York Times report shows prisons run by private corporations cost taxpayers more, not less.
- 05/12/11 Honoring Law Enforcement Service and Sacrifice AFSCME joins the nation in honoring our law enforcement officers during National Police Week.
- 05/04/11 Prison Corporations are ‘Making a Killing’ New report details corruption, increased cases of violence and death at for-profit facilities.
- 05/02/11 Honoring Our Corrections Officers Recognizing the thousands of corrections officers who risk their lives to keep our communities safe.
- 04/08/11 Shutdown? Republicans in the U.S. House are threatening to shut down the federal government if Democrats don’t concede to their proposals to slash critical public services.
- 12/17/10 9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster On Thursday's episode of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart blasted the Republican filibuster of a bill to provide health benefits to 9/11 first responders — and chided the media for ignoring the issue.
- 12/08/10 Crucial Vote for Public Safety Officers The U.S. Senate appears ready to vote this afternoon on the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (S. 3991), which would grant collective bargaining rights to law enforcement officers across the country.
- 07/22/10 House Approves Public Safety Collective Bargaining Bill An amendment granting collective bargaining rights to all public safety workers was included in the War Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 4899, passed by the U.S. House. It now moves to the Senate.
- 10/29/07 It Shouldn’t Take a Natural Disaster
