Letters, Statements & More

• Ryan Budget Is Nothing More than a Time Machine Ride Back to Financial InstabilityStatement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Rep. Paul Ryan’s GOP Budget
• AFSCME Opposes Increasing Beneficiary Cost-Sharing to Reduce the DeficitAFSCME statement for the record for the House Ways and means Health Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Benefit Redesign
• AFSCME’s Saunders on Bowles Simpson PlanStatement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the new Bowles Simpson plan
• AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Budget Agreement
• AFSCME’s Saunders: “Boehner Showed Us Today Just Which Side He Really Stands On”Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B”
• AFSCME, NEA, SEIU Launch Third Round of TV Ads Calling on Congress to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and EducationIn “Boehnerville,” with cuts to vital services, it’s a not so wonderful life
• AFSCME’s Saunders: “Congress Should Follow the Will of the Voters”
• AFSCME, SEIU and NEA Launch Ad Campaign to Protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and EducationNew poll shows major opposition to cuts to vital services
• Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on President Obama’s Remarks
• Meet Richard Hayes. He Picks Up Mitt Romney’s Trash.AFSCME launches campaign featuring public workers who service Mitt Romney’s La Jolla, Calif., neighborhood
• Massachusetts Workers Blast Mitt Romney: “Romney and His Corporate-Backed Allies in Washington Would Only Make Matters Worse”
• Wisconsin Retirees: Paul Ryan Would “Tear Seniors’ Safety Net to Shreds”
• AFSCME’s Saunders: Choice Between Obama-Biden and Romney-Ryan “Couldn’t Be Any Clearer”Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders following Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate
• Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare; Millions of Americans Benefit from Historic Health Care ReformStatement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the constitutionality of Obamacare
• Affordable Care Act Cracks Down on Medicare FraudAFSCME statement before Congressional hearing on Medicare fraud.
• AFSCME Opposes Premium SupportsAFSCME Statement for the record for the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Premium Supports.
• Congress Must Now Refocus Their Energy on the Jobs CrisisStatement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee after the Congressional Super Committee failed to reach an agreement
• McEntee: Congressional Republicans Are Partying with the Tea Crowd while Working People Get Stuck with the HangoverStatement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee after the House of Representatives vote on a proposed Balanced Budget Amendment
• President Obama Is Right: We Need Jobs Right NowStatement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee in response to the American Jobs Act outlined by President Obama
• Debt Ceiling Deal Is “Economic Malpractice”Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the debt ceiling compromise
• Republican Leaders “Willfully Bring Us to Brink of Economic Turmoil”Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee in response to the U.S. House of Representatives vote on debt ceiling legislation
• TV Ads Launched in 8 States: “If the Social Security Checks, Veterans’ Benefits, Military Pay Americans Are Counting On Don’t Arrive After August 2, Thank Republicans in Congress”Sen. Dean Heller, 7 GOP U.S. Reps. Implored: Stop Threatening Default and Holding the Interests of Ordinary Americans Hostage to Protect Tax Breaks for Millionaires, Oil Companies and Corporate Jet Owners
• Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee in response to “Gang of Six” proposal
• “A Stealth Attack on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid”Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee in response to House Republicans passing their Cut, Cap and Kill Medicare bill
• “A Healthy Economy Is the Best Deficit Reduction Strategy”Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on debt ceiling negotiations
• AFSCME Statement for the House Ways and Means Committee on Medicare Trustees Report
• NY Vote a “Rebuke Against Schemes to Shred American Safety Net”Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee in response to Kathy Hochul's victory in the special election in New York's 26th Congressional District
• “Surefire Way to Balance the Budget is to Create Jobs”Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee in response to President Obama’s speech on fiscal responsibility
• “Priorities That Are Out of Touch with Basic American Values” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Ryan budget plan
• Coalition of 60 Groups Representing Over 30 Million Americans Launch Campaign to Fight Social Security Cuts by Fiscal CommissionRichard Trumka (AFL-CIO), Gerald McEntee (AFSCME), Justin Ruben (MoveOn.org), Dennis Van Roekel (NEA), Eliseo Medina (SEIU), Terry O'Neill (NOW), Donna Meltzer (Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities), Hilary Shelton (NAACP), Ed Coyle (Alliance for Ret
• Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee at Campaign to Strengthen Social Security News Conference
• AFSCME Calls For Social Security Fairness For Public RetireesCountry’s largest public sector union backs legislation to eliminate unfair pension offsets