2001 Press Releases

• Dec 18 AFSCME Wins Biggest Unit Ever for State Workers in Kentucky
• Dec 11 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Recommendations of the Social Security Commission
• Nov 16 State Workers — from Corrections, Healthcare, and Social and Human Services — tell Governor Patton "We need affordable health insurance now" Some pay $500 per month for family coverage
• Nov 14 Frostburg staff vote 'AFSCME' in state's first university union election AFSCME elections set for more schools
• Nov 14 Republican Leaders Stalling Needed Recovery Aid for Nation So Corporations and Wealthy Can Benefit, AFSCME Charges
• Nov 08 First Class-Action Lawsuit Under the Congressional Accountability Act Is Settled Justice Prevails for AFSCME Members
• Nov 06 AFSCME Wins Again; Kentucky's Corrections Unit Employees Want Representation with Union
• Oct 24 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Economic Stimulus Legislation Before Congress
• Oct 22 Healthcare Workers Pick AFSCME/SEIU in Historic First Union Election for State Employees
• Oct 01 Minnesota Employees Strike
• Sep 24 AFSCME to Move Conference to New York to Show Solidarity with City and its Victims Meeting Dedicated to Firefighter Chaplain Mychal Judge & Other Members Lost
• Sep 07 AFSCME Labor Activists Convene to Commit to Growth President McEntee Urges a "Grassroots Army" of Organizers at LA Convention to "Build Real Power" for Working Families
• Aug 24 Momentum Continues as Corrections Workers Petition With AFSCME
• Aug 02 Florida State Employees File Lawsuit Against Gov. Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris for Violating Right to Collectively Bargain
• Jul 30 Republican Leaders Admit Massive Tax Cut Means Raid on Social Security and Medicare
• Jul 19 Bush Commission Issues Sham Social Security Report Pro-Privatization Panel Claims Fake "Crisis" to Scare Public and Enrich Wall Street, AFSCME Charges
• Jul 16 Bush Administration Stalling on Ergonomics, AFSCME Expert Testifies
• Jul 12 Statement by AFSCME Director of Legislation Charles Loveless on H.R. 2356, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001
• Jun 28 AFSCME Backs TRAC Act Legislation Before Congress Would Institute Reasonable Procedures For Federal Agencies Contracting Out Public Services
• Jun 16 AFSCME Poll Shows Doctors Fed Up with Healthcare System, Want Collective Bargaining Results Announced as AMA Delegates Gather in Chicago
• Jun 12 San Diego Approves Unionization for Home Care Workers AFSCME Applauds County Vote Opening Door for 12,000 to Collectively Bargain
• Jun 07 AFSCME Calls Bush Tax Plan "Monumental Mistake" President Signs Massive Tax Giveaway to the Rich as CBO Predicts Dwindling Budget Surplus
• May 31 Workplace Violence and Family Medical Leave Act Among Issues to be Discussed at AFSCME Regional Women's Conference in Las Vegas
• May 30 Conservative Court Deals Blow to Nurse Organizing U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 Decision Will Worsen Severe Shortage Nationwide of Nurses
• May 18 PEAK Lauds Governor on Executive Order Agreement gives state workers right to choose union representation
• May 10 Studies Continue to Show Nurses Overworked and Underpaid Grim news as nation celebrates National Nurses Week
• May 08 Statement from AFSCME Corrections United in Support of the Introduction of the Public Safety Act
• May 02 AFSCME Blasts Sham Social Security Commission Says Pro-Privatization Panel Designed to Destroy Popular Retirement Program
• Apr 27 Remembering Workers Who Have Lost Their Lives
• Apr 24 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee in Support of the Harvard Living Wage Campaign
• Apr 24 Staffing Shortages and Lack of Respect Cited as Top Concerns in AFSCME Nurses Survey Union Representation Viewed as Beneficial
• Apr 06 Reckless Tax Plan Hits Major Senate Roadblock
• Apr 04 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Bush Administration Repeal of Responsible Contractor Rules
• Mar 31 ¡Sí Se Puede! — Commemorating César Chávez (Español)
• Mar 27 Democrats 2000 Honors AFSCME President
• Mar 26 Independent Association of Nurses Votes to Affiliate with AFSCME
• Mar 19 Trustees Say Social Security Still Strong But Enormous Tax Cuts Could Threaten Its Future, AFSCME Warns
• Mar 19 Illinois Native Among Honorees at National Awards Ceremony in Washington
• Mar 19 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? AFSCME conference brings together legislators, top political figures and labor activists
• Mar 15 AFSCME Applauds Secretary Mineta on Opposing Privatization of FAA
• Mar 14 Unions, Consumer Advocates, Providers, And Health Professionals Join to Address Nursing Shortages in Nursing Homes AFSCME praises historic, first-time partnership
• Mar 09 Good Samaritan Nursing Home Workers Vote to Affiliate with AFSCME
• Mar 07 George Magazine Names AFSCME President One of America's 50 Most Powerful People in Politics
• Mar 06 Protect the OSHA Ergonomics Standard AFSCME Urges Bush Administration and Republican Congress Not to Overturn Long-Awaited Worker Protections
• Mar 05 Responding to Shareholder Activism, Mattel's Board Votes to Allow Poison Pill to Expire; Adds New Directors AFSCME withdraws its proposal following new development
• Feb 28 AFSCME Blasts Bush's "Reckless" Tax Plan Extra Lunch Money Not Worth Deficits and Loss of Social Security and Medicare
• Feb 21 Court's Narrow Decision Delivers Blow to Civil Rights of Workers with Disabilities
• Feb 17 Bush Directives Assault Worker Rights AFSCME Calls Flurry of Executive Orders Attack on Labor
• Feb 15 AFSCME Makes the Tax Season Less Taxing
• Feb 08 Congress: Don't Pass Huge Tax Cut for the Rich
• Feb 07 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee In Support of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001
• Feb 03 Over 1,000 City Managerial Employees Win Union Representation with AFSCME
• Feb 01 Serious Fire Hazards Cited at the Library of Congress
• Jan 18 NAS Ergonomics Study Confirms Need for OSHA Standard $50 Billion Lost Every Year from Poor Workplace Design
• Jan 16 Hands Off the OSHA Ergonomics Standard AFSCME Implores Incoming Bush Administration and Congress Not to Attack New OSHA Ergonomics Standard
• Jan 11 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Nomination of Elaine Chao as Secetary of Labor
• Jan 09 School Board Votes 6-1 to Recognize AFSCME as Union for Food Service Workers
• Jan 09 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee On the Withdrawal of Linda Chavez as Secretary of Labor
• Jan 03 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee On the Nomination of Linda Chavez as Secretary of Labor

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