AFSCME’s 1.6 million active and retired members have more than 1 trillion dollars in retirement assets invested in public pension systems across the country. The magnitude of these assets can make us a major player in the financial markets. We must work to ensure that this money is invested so that the retirement benefits promised to public employees are safe and secure.
Report from the Public Pension Leadership Meeting
AFSCME activists, local leaders and retirees met with key experts and allies to develop strategies and tools to defend our modest pensions against this unprecedented assault. Read More »
Best Practices for Trustees and Pension Systems
AFSCME released this report to serve as a road map for improving pension plan governance and enhancing public retiree pension plan security. Read More »
Fighting Back
2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...
Stop the Lies: Bill O'Reilly
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly is spreading falsehoods about public employee pensions. FACT: The average annual pension of an AFSCME retiree is $19,000. Add your name to stop the lies:...
Stop the Lies: Wall Street vs. Main Street
http://afsc.me/stopthelies Don't let Wall Street destroy the backbone of America! We the taxpayers bailed out Wall Street yet to divert attention, they want you to believe that public service workers...
- Nov 14Shareholders Ask Citigroup Board to Explore Structural Changes
- Oct 01Meet Richard Hayes. He Picks Up Mitt Romney’s Trash.AFSCME launches campaign featuring public workers who service Mitt Romney’s La Jolla, Calif., neighborhood
- May 11AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised”Statement of AFSCME Plan Trustee Gerald W. McEntee on JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion loss
- Jan 15 Register Now for Dynamic Legislative Conference Want to raise your voice for workers? Come to Washington, DC, and do just that. (Blog)
- Dec 21 Wall Street Journal Duo: You’re Not Working Hard Enough Right-wing bloggers Biggs and Richwine ignore data that show lay-offs cut public services. (Blog)
- Nov 30 We Won in San Diego AFSCME-endorsed mayoral candidate Bob Filner prevailed over Carl DeMaio, an anti-worker city councilman. (Blog)
- Sep 27 AFSCME’s ‘Pat Quinn Truth Squad’ Is on the March in Illinois Union spreads message that governor’s proposed budget cuts will devastate critical services. (Blog)
- Sep 26 The Referees Are Fighting for All of Us Billionaire team owners are trying to take the professional NFL officials’ pensions away. (Blog)
- Aug 29 Warren to Christie: Not So Fast Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren calls out Gov. Chris Christie on his RNC keynote speech. (Blog)
- Aug 29 They Said What?! Remarks from anti-worker governors at the Republican National Convention had us scratching our heads. (Blog)
- Aug 14 Risk Is Its Own Reward. If You’re a Corporation When financial risks turn sour, the titans of finance are quick to point a finger. (Blog)
- Jul 20 Jon Stewart Speaks Out for Public Sector Unions Daily Show host thinks we should look closely at LIBOR scandal when discussing economic woes. (Blog)
- Jul 11 Protestors Denounce Outrageous RI ‘Pension Insecurity’ Plan Retirees demonstrate against sweeping changes to state’s public pension system that jeopardize workers’ retirement security. (Blog)
- May 14 Twitter Regulates JP Morgan Politicians, pundits and tweeters call for heavier regulation in wake of $2 billion in losses. (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 divide workers. (Blog)
- 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)
- Jul 08 Two Firms Defy Investor Views on Pay Vote Frequency “It’s a bad precedent to ignore a majority of shareholders,” noted AFSCME’s Lisa Lindsley. (RiskMetrics)
- Jun 18 Cuomo and Pensions: A View From a Union Leader Pension costs grew due to the financial crisis, not because benefit levels are too high.... (New York Times)
- May 23 Historical civil rights figures weigh in on pension debate Video: Participants in the Memphis sanitation strike speak out in San Jose, Calif. (ABC-7 News)
- May 18 Stop Enabling Crazy CEO Pay AFSCME recently blamed the largest mutual funds for doing the least to rein in CEO... (The Motley Fool)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
