Category: Public Works
- 04/12/11 In Minnesota, Reality Trumps Ideology In a continued effort to dismantle the retirement security net of American workers, extreme right ideologues have perpetuated the myth that public pensions are a drag on the economy.
- 04/11/11 Rallies for Workers’ Rights and Public Services Still Going Strong AFSCME members are not taking a spring break from ongoing efforts to demonstrate the depth and breadth of public opposition to plans to slash public services and attack the rights of workers.
- 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.
- 04/06/11 MSNBC Profiles Public Service Workers Under Attack As attacks on public service workers continue across the country, MSNBC.com has posted a collection of stories — “Faces of the public sector” — examining how public workers are dealing with what has become an increasingly hostile climate.
- 04/04/11 Memphis Sanitation Workers Remember Memphis sanitation workers from the famous 1968 strike stand in solidarity with workers across the country who are fighting the same battle for rights today.
- 04/01/11 Poll: Americans Back Unions Over Govs A national Gallup poll released today shows that more Americans side with public employee unions than with governors who are trying to strip collective bargaining rights and slash public services.
- 03/29/11 Florida AFSCME Members Protest Anti-Worker Bills Close to 2,000 AFSCME members and progressive allies from across the Florida Panhandle held a massive rally in Tallahassee today to protest Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-worker policies.
- 03/22/11 Small Businesses Join AFSCME Ohio in Opposition to SB 5 AFSCME members are holding a series of eight press events around the state in conjunction with a group of small businesses who are part of Proud Ohio Workers.
- 03/21/11 MnDOT Worker Drowns Battling Floods Flood preparations turned tragic Tuesday when Michael Struck, a MnDOT maintenance worker, and his backhoe were swept into the churning Minnesota River.
