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  • Lettie Oliver’s Life Honored with Books
    U.S. Rep. André Carson joined with family, friends and colleagues of the late Lettie Oliver, associate director of Council 62, to honor her memory with a collection of books focusing on women in the labor movement.
  • AFSCME Member Rescues Mom, Kids
    Don Machacek, a member of Local 2792 (Council 5) who works for the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Freeway Incident Response Safety Team, believes the risk he took to rescue a family of three was not a big deal.
  • Maryland Home Care Providers Win First Contract Rights
    In their second victory since voting to join AFSCME Council 67 in 2008, approximately 4,500 independent home care providers throughout Maryland now have a contract that will help improve the conditions of their work and the services they offer.
  • House Approves Public Safety Collective Bargaining Bill
    An amendment granting collective bargaining rights to all public safety workers was included in the War Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 4899, passed by the U.S. House. It now moves to the Senate.
  • New AFSCME International Board Member Elected
    Gary Mitchell, president of Local 2412 (Wisconsin Council 24) is AFSCME’s newest International Vice President.
  • In Memoriam
    AFSCME is mourning six public employees who were killed on the job this year in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico.
  • Kansas Workers Win Budget Battle
    Members of the Kansas Organization of State Employees (KOSE) AFT/AFSCME Local 300 stopped a move by conservative legislators to pass a budget that would have cut 1,000 jobs and furloughed thousands of state workers.
  • New Jersey Unions Protest Budget Cuts
    Thousands of AFSCME members joined with other union members recently and sent a strong message to lawmakers: Stop assaulting the middle class! Stop benefiting the rich!
  • Pass Jobs Bill, McEntee Urges Lawmakers
    AFSCME International Pres. Gerald W. McEntee joins Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) in calling for immediate passage of the American Jobs and Closing Loopholes Act of 2010.
  • South Dakota Union Proves Its Mettle in 1st Contract Battle
    The collective bargaining agreement won last month by AFSCME-represented employees of the City of Yankton, S.D., testifies to the determination of a small unit that refused to give up.
  • CSEA, Other NY Unions Persuade Judge to Block Furloughs
    A U.S. District Court judge, acting on lawsuits filed by CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000 and three other unions, has temporarily blocked a one-day-per-week furlough of more than 100,000 public employees in New York.
  • Historic Victory: Missouri Home Care Attendants Choose AFSCME – Again!
    Approximately 12,000 home care attendants throughout Missouri have voted overwhelmingly to gain dignity and respect for the work they do – and to improve the lives of those in their care – through the Missouri Home Care Union.
  • AFSCME Marchers Demand City Save Childcare Centers
    New York City day care and Head Start employees represented by District Council 1707 are building public support to stop the city from closing facilities this June and displacing some 1,800 children.
  • Marching Across California to Restore the American Dream
    A massive demonstration at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 21 heralded the end of the 48-day March for California’s Future, but the marchers’ fight to preserve public services and education has only just begun.
  • AFSCME Leads AFL-CIO in Growth for 2009
    AFSCME, the AFL-CIO’s largest and most powerful union, demonstrated last year that its organizing strength is still unmatched, recording the greatest growth among all the federation’s 57 national and international labor unions compared to 2008.
  • In Memoriam
    AFSCME is mourning the passing of three leaders who dedicated themselves to improving the lives of workers.
  • CSEA Wins Class Action Settlement for Retirees
    New York’s Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME Local 1000 has won a settlement on behalf of 1,600 retired Westchester County employees, ending a six-year legal dispute over their health insurance benefits.
  • Marching to Protect Public Services in the Golden State
    A group of determined activists begin a 48-day “March for California’s Future” that will take the fight to preserve public services directly to lawmakers.
  • Kansas Democrats Honor AFSCME Affiliate
    The Kansas Organization of State Employees (KOSE), AFT/ AFSCME Local 300 has received the Dennis M. Langley Award from the Kansas Democratic Party.
  • Citizens ‘Arrest’ Insurance Reps
    Hundreds of AFSCME members joined thousands of demonstrators in the nation’s capital this week for a “mass citizens’ arrest” of health insurance executives who are planning to defeat health care reform legislation now before Congress.
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