2002 Press Releases

• Dec 20 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee Regarding Sen. Trent Lott's Decision to Resign As Majority Leader
• Dec 13 AFSCME Issues Resolution Condemning War on Iraq
• Dec 12 Nation's Largest Public Service Employees Union Calls For Resignation of Senator Trent Lott Over Racist Remark
• Nov 26 AFSCME Calls for Increased Activism, Details Proxy Access Campaign to Public Pension Funds
• Nov 21 AFSCME Asks Securities and Exchange Commission to Formally Investigate Tenet Healthcare
• Nov 21 AFSCME Suspends UPW Leader Gary Rodrigues
• Nov 15 AFSCME Selects Former International Vice President to Head Union's Western Region
• Nov 12 UM-Baltimore 12th Campus to Vote AFSCME Staff cite pay issue in face of soaring campus growth
• Oct 10 United Nurses Association of CA Holds 30th Annual Convention Oct. 13-16 Nursing Shortage and Patient-Staff Ratios Top Convention Agenda
• Oct 09 Organized Labor Joins Litigation Battle For Fair Drug Prices
• Sep 18 UM-Baltimore Staff Petition for Union With Community Support
• Sep 10 Stand up for Public Servants Protecting Homeland from Terrorism, Working Family Representatives Urge Sens. Specter and Santorum Civil Service Protections and Collective Bargaining Rights Are Vital to National Security
• Aug 29 AFSCME Investigation Reveals Mismanagement by Florida Trustees Led to State Pension System's $335 Million Loss on Enron Public Employees' Union Calls for Outside Review, Revamped Oversight Board
• Aug 15 Council 18 New Mexico Hosts OSHA Health Conference New Mexico Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Richardson is Featured Speaker
• Aug 12 AFSCME Retirees Throw Support and People Behind Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
• Aug 02 AFSCME President to Latino Labor Activists: We Need Each Other (Spanish/Español) Labor's political leader calls for harnessing Hispanic power in elections and workplace
• Aug 01 AFSCME Corrections United Protests Decision Made By The American Correctional Association
• Jul 25 Senate Approves Medicaid Help for States Pushed by AFSCME, amendment to prescription drug bill would help ease impact of skyrocketing health care costs on state budgets and seniors
• Jul 23 Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on "Show Me the Money" Report
• Jul 22 Major Corporate Governance Reforms Won by AFSCME As corporate scandals mount, union's staff pension plan scores big victories for shareholder accountability during 2002 proxy season
• Jun 28 AFSCME Honors Members Who Fight for Those with Disabilities Awards presented at AFSCME's 35th International Convention in Las Vegas
• Jun 28 Delegados de AFSCME aprueban iniciativas pro-latinas y pro-inmigrantes en su 35a convención internacional Uníon #1 de servicio público hará gran esfuerzo para entrenar líderes, atraer a nuevos miembros, y promover intereses hispanos
• Jun 28 AFSCME Presents First-ever "Star of Excellence" Awards to Honor Members Who Make the Union Shine Awards presented at AFSCME's 35th International Convention in Las Vegas
• Jun 25 AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy Says America's Labor Movement Is Alive and Well
• Jun 24 Make Politics and Organizing Top Priorities, AFSCME President Urges Union Delegates
• Jun 22 Two New Yorkers Installed as AFSCME International Vice Presidents
• Jun 20 Minneapolis Couple Will Say "I Do" At AFSCME Convention In Las Vegas
• Jun 19 AFSCME Convention Revenues Expected to Boost Las Vegas Economy
• Jun 17 Cities Now Facing Severe Budget Cuts, AFSCME Calls for Federal Leaders To Increase Local Aid
• Jun 16 AFSCME Testifies on Impact of Enron Collapse on Public Pensions Worker retirement security requires more corporate accountability and employee input
• May 31 AFSCME Family Members to Pursue Academic Goals Through Union Plus Scholarship Assistance $150,000 Awarded in 2002 to Students Representing 32 AFL-CIO Unions
• May 16 House Republican Welfare Bill Embraces Quotas, Rejects Real Work for Real People
• May 09 AFSCME Supports Bill Establishing Staffing Standards in Nursing Homes President Bush is Urged to Support Legislation
• May 06 "Proud To Be a Nurse" AFSCME Celebrates National Nurses Week May 6-12, 2002
• May 03 Western Kentucky Correctional Officers Come to Aid of One of Their Own Colleagues Hold Yard Sale to Benefit Local Tornado Victim
• May 03 AFSCME Celebrates National Correctional Officers and Employees Week
• Apr 22 AFSCME Warns Members about New Florida Retirement Plan; Calls on State to Halt Its Implementation in Wake of Enron Disaster Union Reveals Pension Reform Agenda, Launches New Web Site
• Apr 10 Home Health Aides Testify at NJ Legislative Budget Hearing Aides Say Employers Aren't Paying Pay Raise Legislature Appropriated for Them Last Year
• Apr 02 Bush Administration's Ergonomics Plan — Too Little Too Late, AFSCME Says
• Mar 22 Bush Administration Ignores Own Findings on Nursing Home Crisis CMS Study Says Nine out of Ten Facilities Lack Staff to Provide Quality Care
• Mar 07 House Republican Leaders Deal Major Blow to Reeling States, AFSCME Charges Latest "Stimulus" Bill Would Mean $14.6 Billion Revenue Loss Over Three Years
• Mar 01 AFSCME Statement on USA Votenet's "Blueprint for Effective Voter Outreach"
• Feb 27 Worker Input on Pensions Key to Avoiding Another Enron, AFSCME Expert Testifies Before Congress
• Feb 14 New Report Shows Already Reeling States Would Be Hit Hard by Proposed Bush Budget EPI Findings Support AFSCME's Four-Point Plan for Tackling Rising Shortfalls
• Feb 13 McEntee Touts AFSCME's Four Strategies for Easing State Budget Crises Fight to Put Working Family Needs First, AFSCME President Urges Labor Leaders
• Feb 05 AFSCME Hosts Conference to Help Members Develop Strategies to Battle $50 Billion State Budget Shortfalls Conference to take place Feb. 13-15 in Washington, D.C.
• Feb 04 Bush Domestic Budget Ignores U.S. Economic Needs Homeland Security Aid Overdue, But Plan Risks Economic, Health, Retirement Security
• Jan 29 President's Domestic Agenda Reflects Misguided Economic Priorities But AFSCME Stands Right by His Side on War and Homeland Security
• Jan 23 United Nurses Association of California Applauds Governor Davis' Patient Ratio Proposal
• Jan 11 2001 Marks Banner Year for AFSCME Organizing — 60,000 New Workers Vote for AFSCME

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