39th International Convention - Boston (2010)
News Clips
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Jul 01
McEntee protege wins no. 2 spot at AFSCME
Kevin Bogardus, The Hill
Lee Saunders, executive assistant to McEntee at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), won election as Secretary-Treasurer for the nation's largest public sector employee union.
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Jul 01
McEntee protege takes key union spot
Ben Smith, Politico
Saunders is best known for having taken over New York's corrupt Local DC37 after a scandal and successfully ended an era of corruption there.
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Jun 30
Patrick signs $27.6b budget; seeks money to extend health coverage for legal immigrants
Michael Levenson and Noah Bierman, Boston Globe
AFSCME president Gerald McEntee singled out proposed cuts to Boston libraries, calling them, "wrong, insulting, and unfair." He led the crowd in chants of "Show some guts! Stop the cuts!"
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Jul 01
City scrambles to save custodian, librarian jobs
Andrew Ryan, Boston Globe
“What I got was a commitment from the mayor to sit down and see what can be done to save even more jobs at the Boston Public Library,’’ said Jennifer Springer from AFSCME Council 93.
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Jul 01
Labor Movement, Governors Press For Congress To Pass Jobs Bill That Would Save Nearly A Million Jobs
Doug Cunningham, Workers Independent News
In Boston, AFSCME members rallied to support the bill as the AFL-CIO rallied outside the offices of seventeen Republican senators who helped block the jobs bill last week. (link goes to mp3)
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Jun 30
City Council passes Menino budget by 11-2 vote
Gintautas Dumcius, Dorchester Reporter (MA)
…One by one, the city councillors voted as as several hundred members of the AFSCME union, which represents library workers, chanted outside of City Hall.
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Jul 01
Patrick signs a painful budget
Noah Bierman and Michael Levenson, Boston Globe
“Some of the most vulnerable citizens in Massachusetts will be in danger if these budget cuts go through,’’ said Gerald W. McEntee. “But we won’t let the politicians balance the budget on our backs, not anymore.’’
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Jun 30
Public service union in a fighting mood
John Wojcik, People's World
5,000 public workers gathered here for the 39th convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are in a fighting mood – a mood they displayed frequently on day two of their assembly.
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Jun 29
McEntee Gives 'Em Hell
digby, Hullabaloo blog
Gerald McEntee's keynote address at the AFSCME convention in Boston was a real barn burner. This excerpt is particularly tart.
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Jun 29
Remarks by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, AFSCME Convention, Boston, MA
AFL-CIO, Press Release
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Jun 28
Public workers demand jobs bill
John Wojcik , People's World
More than 5,000 union members from across the nation heard Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, demand that Congress "stop fooling around and pass the jobs bill that is before them."
