2003 Press Releases
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Dec 08
Pension Funds File Shareholder Proposal to Change Marsh & McLennan Board
Multi-Billion Dollar Putnam Scandal and Weak Oversight To Blame
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Nov 18
AFSCME Urges Congress to Reject Medicare Agreement
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Nov 12
AFSCME Endorses Howard Dean for President
Public Service Union Puts Political Power of
Working Families Behind Howard Dean
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Nov 11
Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Acquisition of Edison Schools by Florida's State Pension Fund
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Nov 04
AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee Lauds ISS Recommendation Against Edison Schools Merger
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Oct 25
Book detailing Lucasville prison riot released nationwide
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Oct 06
New Survey Shows Large Public Funds Support Strong Proxy Access Rules for Director Elections
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Oct 03
Statement from AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the American Parity Act
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Sep 23
New Poll Shows Groundswell of Investor Support for Reforming Corporate Director Elections
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Sep 10
AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee Applauds Senate Vote on Overtime Regulations
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Sep 04
AFSCME Union Plus Mortgage Program Helps Member Buy First Home
Council 40, Local 2537 Member Wins a $500 Union Grocery Store Certificate
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Sep 03
Public Hearing to Highlight Employer Abuse of Immigrant Workers
Day Workers and University of Maryland College Park Employees to Testify
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Sep 01
Labor Day 2003 Message from President McEntee
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Aug 21
AFSCME Applauds Favorable Decision in OCSEA's Suit Challenging the Closing of Lima Correctional Institution
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Aug 15
AFSCME's 750,000 East Coast Members Set To Leave Verizon
Largest union on the East Coast Stands in Solidarity with CWA and IBEW
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Jul 17
Suspension of Child Care Dollars Spells Crisis For Providers and Parents
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Jul 15
AFSCME Pension Plan Concludes Successful Proxy Season, Applauds SEC Staff Recommendations
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Jun 23
AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee's Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action
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Jun 11
AFSCME Pension Plan Urges Siebel Systems Inc. to Institute Corporate Reform Re: Executive Compensation
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May 29
AFSCME Calls on Ingersoll-Rand Board to Return to the U.S.
Company Urged to Follow the Leads of Tyco and
McDermott International and Consider Coming Home to America
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May 28
AFSCME Outraged by Department of Labor Decision to Drop OSHA Tuberculosis Standard
Regulation That Has Been 10 Years in the Making
Would Also Protect Workers from SARS
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May 27
Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee On Supreme Court Decision re: Family and Medical Leave Act
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May 15
AOL: You've Got Mail
Angry AFSCME Investors Seek Shareholder Access
Annual Meeting Showdown Looms
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May 06
AFSCME Corrections United Applauds the Introduction of the Public Safety Act and the Office of Correctional Health Act of 2003
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May 06
Nurses Gather in Washington to Demand Federal Action on Safe Staffing Levels and State Fiscal Crisis
Lack of Congressional Action is Endangering the Health Care System
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May 01
Bush Tax Scheme Equals Big Checks for Big Shots In Bush Administration
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Apr 15
AFSCME Demands Fast Action On OSHA Tuberculosis Standard
Regulation That Has Been 10 Years in the Making
Would Also Protect Workers from SARS
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Apr 14
Statement by AFSCME Pension Plan Chair Gerald W. McEntee Re: SEC Decision on Proxy Access
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Apr 11
Smallpox Vaccination Compromise Offers Some Improvement
Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee
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Apr 08
AFSCME Pension Plan Calls for Shareholder Role in Director Nominating Process in Wake of Tenet Reform Announcement
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Apr 03
AFSCME Issues Resolution on ULLICO
Executive Board Urges Directors To Return Profits
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Apr 01
McDermott and Institutional Investors Agree on Expatriate Review Process
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Mar 31
AFSCME: Smallpox Plan Still Dangerously Inadequate
Statement by American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees President Gerald W. McEntee
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Mar 27
AFSCME Employees Pension Plan Submits Shareholder Proposal at Tenet
Plan Seeks Separation of CEO Board and Chairman Positions
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Mar 18
Pharmacy Benefit Managers Charged with Inflating Prescription Drug Prices
Lawsuit Alleges Secret Deals between PBMs & Pharmaceutical Companies
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Mar 13
Daschle, Specter, Pelosi, to Address AFSCME Legislative Conference
Labor and Political Leaders Converge to Craft Legislative Agenda
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Mar 07
State Workers Join Governor Bill Richardson to Celebrate Signing of Collective Bargaining Law
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Mar 06
AFSCME Applauds Success of Shareholder Proposals at Tyco Annual Meeting in Bermuda
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Mar 06
Administration's Latest Smallpox Proposal Still Has Problems
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Mar 04
AFSCME Names Irasema Garza Director of Women's Rights Department
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Mar 04
Women's History Month Win: Medical Insurance To Cover Contraception in Eugene, Oregon
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Feb 27
AFSCME Pension Plan Appeals SEC Staff Recommendation on Proxy Access Proposal, Calls on Full Commission to Permit Shareholder Vote at Citigroup, Five Other Companies
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Feb 20
AFSCME and UNCF Announce Union Scholars Program
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Jan 29
Grave Concerns Still Surround Smallpox Vaccination Program
AFSCME Renews Call for Comprehensive Federally Funded Plan
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Jan 28
Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Bush's Promise to America's First Responders
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Jan 28
AFSCME Calls on Bush to Put America First
Nation's Largest Public Service Employees Union Says it is
Not Too Late For President Bush to Do the Right Thing
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Jan 24
AFSCME Urges Administration to Take Necessary Vaccination Precautions to Save Lives
Secretary Thompson Joins In the Fight for Healthcare Workers
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Jan 22
Labor, Education, Political and Business Leaders Call For Bush to Change Economic Plan
Serious and Swift Changes Needed to Assist Ailing States
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Jan 16
AFSCME Urges Bush to Delay Implementation of Smallpox Vaccination
Comprehensive Program to Educate, Screen,
Monitor and Treat Vaccine Recipients Needed
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Jan 15
Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Hibbs v. Dept. of Human Resources Before U.S. Supreme Court
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Jan 10
AFSCME Criticizes Unfair Social Security Offsets for Public-Sector Retirees
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Jan 07
Statement by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee: President Bush's Economic Plan Crushes Working Families
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