Category: Public Works
- 08/01/12 Lexington, Ky., Sanitation Workers Win Vote to Unionize with AFSCME Newest members of Council 62 look forward to having an increased say on the job.
- 08/01/12 Remembering a Leader of the Memphis Sanitation Strike Grieving the loss of Joe Warren, a champion in the civil rights and labor movements.
- 07/03/12 AFSCME members are on the frontlines of Minnesota flood recovery After record rainfall unleashed flash floods in Duluth late last month, AFSCME city, county and state workers labored around the clock to rescue stranded residents, barricade washed-out or flooded roads, and clear blocked highways.
- 05/30/12 North Miami Beach AFSCME Members Fight Sanitation Privatization Member mobilization, community outreach put the brakes on city manager's push to privatize sanitation services.
- 04/02/12 Austin Sanitation Workers Featured in ‘Trash Dance’ Documentary Film captures the beauty and grace in garbage trucks and the workers who pick up our trash.
- 11/16/11 Remembering Taylor Rogers Former AFSCME Local 1733 president led the historic 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis.
- 09/28/11 AFSCME Members Collect Toys for Children Who Lost Everything to Tropical Storm Lee The members of Local 3718 hope the toys will help children cope with the disaster.
- 08/30/11 AFSCME Member Killed on the Job in Tragic Accident A Pennsylvania sewer worker, Larry Fisher, is killed in a workplace accident in Delaware County.
- 06/30/11 Standing Up for Public Service Workers in San Diego Sec.-Treas. Saunders and Rev. Sharpton speak out against right-wing attacks on city employees.
- 05/02/11 Video: Memphis Comes to Washington Eight of the original 1968 Memphis sanitation strikers attended an induction ceremony in Washington, DC.
