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• Jan 18 Drawing Inspiration from Lincoln, King on the Eve of President Obama's Second Inauguration Lee Saunders, Huffington Post It is time for all of us to pull together and fight for the enduring ideals of justice, equality and the rights of working men and women.
• Jan 15 Massive Cuts are Coming Unless We Work Together Lee Saunders, Huffington Post It’s time to pull together to prepare America for the future. Together, we must be part of the fight to make that happen.
• Jan 02 AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Budget Agreement Press Release
• Dec 19 AFSCME’s Saunders: “Boehner Showed Us Today Just Which Side He Really Stands On” Press Release Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B”
• Dec 19 AFSCME, NEA, SEIU Launch Third Round of TV Ads Calling on Congress to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Education Press Release In “Boehnerville,” with cuts to vital services, it’s a not so wonderful life
• Dec 04 AFSCME’s Saunders: “Congress Should Follow the Will of the Voters” Press Release
• Nov 30 The Road to Jobs and Economic Growth Lee Saunders, Huffington Post One of the great lies of our time is that raising taxes on the wealthy hurts job creation and undermines economic growth.
• Nov 09 Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on President Obama’s Remarks Press Release
• Nov 07 Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the 2012 Election Press Release
• Oct 23 Romnesia Can’t Change the Fact that President Obama Saved the Auto Industry Press Release
• Oct 17 AFSCME’s Reyes: “Cook Your Own Dinner, Governor Romney” Press Release Statement of AFSCME Sec.-Treas. Laura Reyes on the Presidential debate
• Oct 16 Romney and Ryan and Respect for Workers Lee Saunders, Huffington Post In Mitt Romney’s America, the men and women who collect trash, plow streets, guard prisoners, care for children and heal the sick should simply do as they’re told.
• Oct 01 Meet Richard Hayes. He Picks Up Mitt Romney’s Trash. Press Release AFSCME launches campaign featuring public workers who service Mitt Romney’s La Jolla, Calif., neighborhood
• Sep 14 “Governor Scott Walker Rejected Again” Press Release Statement of AFSCME Wisconsin in response to the ruling by the Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas
• Aug 31 Labor Day and the Future of America Lee Saunders, Huffington Post We must do more to insure that future Americans live in a country where their voices can be heard and their freedom is secure. This Labor Day, and throughout the crucial next two months, we must show that we are equal to the task.
• Aug 30 Massachusetts Workers Blast Mitt Romney: “Romney and His Corporate-Backed Allies in Washington Would Only Make Matters Worse” Press Release
• Aug 29 Wisconsin Retirees: Paul Ryan Would “Tear Seniors’ Safety Net to Shreds” Press Release
• Aug 28 New Jersey Workers: Christie Pick Shows Romney, Ryan Will “Bully Working Americans” Press Release
• Aug 28 Wisconsin Workers: Walker Appearance Suggests Romney, Ryan Will “Continue Class War on Working People” Press Release
• Aug 28 Wisconsin and Ohio Workers Blast Kasich and Walker RNC Speeches Press Release
• Aug 28 Ohio Retirees: Kasich Endorsement Shows Romney, Ryan “Not on the Side of Working Ohioans” Press Release
• Aug 15 AFSCME’s Saunders on Pennsylvania Voter ID Law: “An Attempt to Suppress the Votes of Minorities, the Elderly, Students and the Poor” Press Release Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders following a Pennsylvania judge’s decision to reject a challenge to the state’s voter identification law