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- May 08 Social Security: It’s for young people, too The truth is that we can be confident in Social Security’s future. (National Academy of Social Insurance)
- May 03 Medicare disruptions seen if health law is struck Tossing out President Barack Obama's health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare's... (Associated Press)
- May 01 AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Dean Foods Recommends Vote Against Executive Compensation (Press Release)
- Apr 27 AFSCME’s McEntee: Legislation Pits Women & Children’s Health Against Student Loans Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee in response to the passage of H.R. 4628, a bill capping student loan rates by siphoning funds from health prevention (Press Release)
- Apr 23 A nugget of good Medicare news Medicare trustees' report shows trust fund will be able to cover its bills through 2024... (Washington Post)
- Apr 10 AFSCME Remembers Mark Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
- Mar 30 “Governor Scott Walker Has Egg On His Face” Statement of AFSCME Wisconsin in response to the ruling by the Federal Court in Wisconsin on Act 10 (Press Release)
- Mar 28 “A Step in the Right Direction to Make Sure Wall St. CEOs Are Held Accountable” Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee following an agreement reached with Goldman Sachs to adopt a lead director (Press Release)
- Mar 27 AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Johnson & Johnson Recommends Vote against Executive Compensation (Press Release)
- Mar 20 “House Republican Leaders Have Broken Promises to America Yet Again” Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee on Rep. Paul Ryan’s Republican budget proposal (Press Release)
- Mar 07 AFSCME Statement on the Passing of Congressman Donald Payne “We have lost a champion, but we continue to fight.” (Press Release)
- Feb 13 AFSCME’s McEntee: Obama Budget Puts Middle Class First, Right-Wing Temper Tantrum Ensues Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee on President Obama’s 2013 Budget (Press Release)
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- May 08 AFSCME Social Worker Rescues Infant (Blog)
- May 08 Bill Press: ‘The Conservative Stranglehold on Morning Cable news Television in America Is Over.’ Host of The Bill Press Show talks about Current TV’s role in today’s political environment.... (Blog)
- May 07 Honor Nurses by Supporting Nurse-Patient Staffing Bill National Nurses Week is a time to honor nurses by helping them. (Blog)
- May 04 Public Pension Opponents Argue from Both Sides to Distort Truth Dean Baker contends that politicians are “using heaping doses of the politics of envy" to... (Blog)
- May 04 AFSCME Celebrates National Correctional Officers and Employees Week Honoring the tens of thousands of AFSCME members across the country who keep our communities... (Blog)
- May 03 New England EMS Workers on Their Way to Joining AFSCME EMS workers in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire file for a union election. (Blog)
- May 03 Maryland Workers Win Expansion of Collective Bargaining Workers in four previously excluded agencies now enjoy collective bargaining rights. (Blog)
- May 03 Governor LePage’s Mean Words Maine’s first-term governor steps up his anti-worker rhetoric, adding to his string of outlandish statements.... (Blog)
- May 02 San Diego Businesses Speak Out Against Threat to Retirement Security from Proposition B The measure is being used to score political points at the expense of city employees.... (Blog)
- May 02 Missouri Home Care Providers Win Historic Court Ruling Vote by 13,000 workers for representation with AFSCME upheld by Court of Appeals. (Blog)
- May 02 Retirees Organize 1,300 in Puerto Rico Joint organizing campaign signs up retired public employees for automatic dues deduction with AFSCME. (Blog)
- May 01 May Day Commemoration Calls Attention to Workers’ Rights and Economic Justice Occupy protesters organize nationwide actions against corporate greed. (Blog)
- May 01 Obama Stands Up for Workers’ Rights in Powerful Speech Collective bargaining is at the core of a strong economy, President says. (Blog)
- Apr 30 Right-to-Work (For Less) Derailed in Minnesota House votes to table the corporate-backed, anti-worker measure. (Blog)
- Apr 30 Saunders: AFSCME Members Are Everyday Heroes On progressive radio show Rebuild America, Secretary-Treasurer Saunders discusses attacks on public service workers. (Blog)
- Apr 27 Workers Memorial Day: A Reminder of Unfinished Work Millions of public employees work in jobs that don’t provide adequate safety protections. (Blog)
- Apr 27 In Michigan, Democracy Loses to a Technicality Voters unfairly denied a chance to decide whether the “dictator law” should stand. (Blog)
- Apr 27 Random Drug Testing of Florida State Workers Unconstitutional, Judge Rules Suit, brought by AFSCME and the ACLU, overturns Gov. Rick Scott’s executive order. (Blog)
- Apr 26 Jindal Bows to Public Pressure, Halts State Prison Sale Louisiana governor’s plan to sell a prison called off due to public outcry. (Blog)
- Apr 26 Politico: It’s a Big Moment for Labor Workers are pulling together like never before to stand up to corporate-backed politicians. (Blog)
