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- Feb 01 Florida Prisons Bill Would Expand Private Management, Netting A Big Win For Political Contributors State could hand over a major slice of its prison system to private, for-profit businesses.... (Huffington Post)
- Jan 27 Liberal Union Joins Attack on Romney in Florida The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is running a TV ad in... (FactCheck.org )
- Jan 26 Liberal groups join in Fla. ad war against Mitt Romney Several liberal groups are funding new ad campaigns in the Sunshine State targeting the vulnerable... (Washington Post)
- Jan 24 AFSCME Calls for Congress to “Stop Their Games and Get to Work” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee after Pres. Obama’s State of the Union address (Press Release)
- Jan 19 Investors Announce New Shareholder Initiative Seeking Disclosure of Company Lobbying Activities
- Jan 17 Imperial CEOs Targeted as AFSCME Employees Pension Plan Announces 2012 Shareholder Proposals
- Jan 17 AFSCME Plan to JP Morgan: End Dimon Double Duty
- Jan 16 Martin Luther King Jr., the labor movement and the American dream Dr. King often spoke of the links between the struggle for workers' rights and the... (The Grio)
- Jan 16 Economic Justice Key Part of Dream Dr. King recognized that civil rights and workers’ rights are intertwined. (Albuquerque Journal)
- Jan 13 Killing Pensions to Benefit the 1 Percent The Wall Street Journal continues its push to gut the retirement security of millions of... (Huffington Post)
- Jan 10 AFSCME’s McEntee on New Hampshire Primary Results Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the New Hampshire GOP primary results (Press Release)
- Jan 04 AFSCME’s McEntee on Recess Appointments Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee after President Obama made recess appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board (Press Release)
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- Feb 07 Arizona Workers Brace for Battle State legislators move quickly to pass several anti-worker bills. (Blog)
- Feb 07 From New York to California, EMS Workers Uniting for Strength Uniformed EMTs and paramedics from FDNY join forces with their peers in Northern California. (Blog)
- Feb 07 Building Worker Strength in Lean Times AFSCME union in Florida grows in the face of a tough economic climate. (Blog)
- Feb 06 New Poll: Americans Concerned About Unfair Tax Policy That Aids the Wealthy Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that Americans want a tax system that’s fair to everyone.... (Blog)
- Feb 03 Right-To-Tweet-For-Workers #superbowledition The Twittersphere responds to right-to-work-for-less law in the Super Bowl state. (Blog)
- Feb 02 Volunteer Member Organizers Head Out in Tulsa, Okla. City employees organize against privatization and anti-worker threats. (Blog)
- Feb 02 N.H. Gov. Lynch Stands Up for Public Employees In State of the State address, governor vows to block threats to collective bargaining. (Blog)
- Feb 01 Indiana Workers Speak Out Against ‘Right-to-Work-for-Less’ Bill Gov. Mitch Daniels disregarded workers’ views when he signed the bill. (Blog)
- Jan 31 S.D. Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights Safe – For Now Sponsor of anti-worker bill changes mind, but the bill is not dead yet. (Blog)
- Jan 31 Florida Public Safety for Sale Republican state Sen. Mike Fasano speaks out against a bill to privatize Florida's prisons. (Blog)
- Jan 30 New Campaign Highlights Real Impact of Working Americans AFL-CIO highlights how “Work Connects Us All” with new television ads, interactive website. (Blog)
- Jan 27 Mitt Romney and the 1% If they have their way, Mitt Romney and the wealthiest people in America won't have... (Blog)
- Jan 26 Fallen Corrections Officer Remembered Killed in the line of duty, Sgt. Barbara Ester was loved by everyone who knew... (Blog)
- Jan 25 Tweets of the Union Americans tweet their own responses to President Obama's State of the Union address. (Blog)
- Jan 25 Tax Fairness Is Common Sense Mitt Romney’s federal tax return proves the tax system unfairly benefits the super-rich. (Blog)
- Jan 25 ‘Our Democracy is Not for Sale’ Arizona retirees, public service workers and community activists protest undue influence of corporate special interests.... (Blog)
- Jan 24 Video: State of the Anti-Union Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will deliver the Republican address to the State of the Union.... (Blog)
- Jan 23 Middle Class Surprised to Hear Santorum Say They Don’t Exist GOP Presidential candidates charge ‘class warfare’ to protect their own interests. (Blog)
- Jan 20 Policy Experts: Public Pensions Should Be Strengthened, Not Eliminated Panel addresses efforts to diminish retirement security for working, middle-class Americans. (Blog)
- Jan 20 Union Plus Scholarship Deadline: Jan. 31 College scholarships ranging from $500 to $4,000 are available to students from AFSCME families. (Blog)
