2000 Press Releases
- Dec 15 School Bus Drivers Vote for AFSCME Representation Laidlaw employees say organizing provides them a voice
- Dec 01 Let Our Voice Be Heard! Let Our Votes Be Counted!
- Nov 14 Ergonomics Standard Is Important Victory for Workers AFSCME urges legislators to oppose attempts to derail new OSHA standards
- Oct 26 AFSCME Applauds New Law Requiring Safer Needles
- Oct 19 Home Health Care Workers Rally at Legislature for Better Pay and Job Stability
- Oct 11 Union Ads Say Bush Plan Is Bad for Working Families 8 Nobel Laureates and over 300 economic experts say "numbers don't add up"
- Oct 03 AFSCME Files Complaint with Securities and Exchange Commission Union asking for complete disclosure of conflicts by Tenet dissident group
- Jul 26 Nation's Largest Public Employee Union Calls for Corrective Action on Substandard Staffing Levels in Nursing Homes
- Jul 19 Private Profits Eat Up $27 Million of Milwaukee's Welfare Funds: New AFSCME Report Shows Taxpayer Dollars Going Substantially to Profits, Not Poor People
- Jul 14 AFSCME Staff Retirement Plan Completes Successful First Proxy Season
- Jun 27 AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy Says Union Efforts Will Result in Victory in November NOTE: This press release has been edited to comply with Federal Elections Commission regulations.
- Jun 27 Thousands March in Support of City Workers and Health Care Employees
- Jun 26 AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee Promises Aggressive Effort to Elect Worker-Friendly Officials NOTE: This press release has been edited to comply with Federal Elections Commission regulations.
- Jun 15 AFSCME Presents Awards to Five Local Unions For Saving Taxpayers' Money And Municipal Jobs
- May 18 Public Opposes Privatizing Public Services, AFSCME Poll Shows
- May 16 Private School Bus Transportation Proves Costly
- May 16 650 More FAA Headquarters' Employees Choose AFSCME Representation
- May 15 Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan "Hurts Working Families," Says AFSCME President
- May 12 When It Hurts, Workers Still Must Do Their Jobs On Final Day of OSHA Hearings, AFSCME Calls for Greater Safety Protections from Employers
- May 10 AFSCME Says All Seniors Must Be Eligible for Medicare Drug Coverage
- May 10 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Equal Pay Day
- May 10 News Advisory: AFSCME Testifies for Strong Ergonomics Standard Final OSHA Hearings on Proposed Ergonomics Rule to be Held May 12 in Washington, D.C.
- May 05 Caoile named labor representative to Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission
- Apr 16 Prepared Remarks of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee to the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Rally
- Apr 11 Private Contractors Don't Deliver Social Services; AFSCME report, "Safety Net for Sale" released today
- Mar 30 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the "Health-Care Coalition Act"
- Mar 13 Statement of President Gerald W. McEntee on OSHA's Ergonomics Rulemaking
- Feb 14 AFSCME Demands Meeting Between Mattel Board, Large Shareholders; Union Launches Program to Enhance Public Employee Ownership Power
- Feb 14 Invest in Future Before Tax Cuts Focus Groups Say; Invest in America Coalition Delivers Letter to President
- Jan 21 Statement of President Gerald W. McEntee on AFSCME’s Investigation into Wrongdoing
