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.
- Apr 11AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Vote against Executive Compensation at Pfizer (PFE) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
- Apr 05“Priorities That Are Out of Touch with Basic American Values” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Ryan budget plan
- Jan 31Investors Issue Call for Annual Vote on Executive PayToday 39 institutional investors, issued a public call for companies to support an annual advisory vote on executive compensation in their spring proxy statements and for investors to vote for annual “Say on Pay” votes.
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: 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...
AFSCME Pres. McEntee: Strengthen Social Security
AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee's remarks at the news conference to launch the Strengthen Social Security campaign held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on July 29, 2010.
...- Jan 17 Rhode Island Decision Victory for Retirees Judge says City of Pawtucket cannot unilaterally cut health benefits promised to retired employees. (Blog)
- Jan 17 Fear of Inadequate Retirement Savings Forcing More Older Americans to Keep Working Shift from secure employee pension plans to riskier 401(k) plans is largely to blame. (Blog)
- Jan 13 Killing Pensions to Benefit the 1 Percent Wall Street Journal continues its push to gut the retirement security of American workers. (Blog)
- Nov 22 Court Says a Promise Is a Promise California Supreme Court rules cities and counties cannot reduce health benefits promised to existing retirees.... (Blog)
- Sep 15 Rhode Island Public Workers Win Key Pension Ruling Judge rules R.I. public employees should have their day in court in pension battle. (Blog)
- Aug 05 House GOP’s Cantor Says Medicare & Medicaid Promises May Not Be Kept As programs turn 46, Rep. Cantor threatens to hang millions of Americans out to dry.... (Blog)
- Jul 21 Gut & Scrap The Republican proposal to gut and scrap Medicare looks like the Ryan plan on steroids.... (Blog)
- Jul 06 AFSCME’s Saunders: Current Fights Are About ‘Direction of the Country’ In magazine interview, Secretary-Treasurer Saunders discusses attacks on workers' rights and the middle class. (Blog)
- Jun 30 Telling the Truth about Public Pension Systems Pension experts rebut the myth that public pensions are unsustainable. (Blog)
- May 10 Shining a Light on House GOP Budget Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid The Republican budget plan replaces Medicare with a voucher system and slashes Medicaid spending. (Blog)
- Apr 26 Telling the Whole Story About Public Employee Pension Funds Pew Center on the States portrays the public pension system as "broken," but the facts... (Blog)
- Apr 14 The Effort Against Public Service Workers: The Lies Stop Here In the midst of the economic downturn, right-wing conservatives are pushing an anti-government agenda and... (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- 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 02 California pension system not in crisis Despite those who claim otherwise, the sky is not falling on the California pension system.... (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 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)
- Apr 20 Poll shows Americans oppose entitlement cuts to deal with debt problem Despite growing concerns about the country’s long-term fiscal problems and an intensifying debate in Washington... (The Washington Post)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
- Mar 11 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signs anti-union bill -- but Democrats say they're the political victors Lee A. Saunders, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told... (CBS News Political Hotsheet)
