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• Jul 08 Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee on the June Jobs Report Press Release
• Jul 07 “A Healthy Economy Is the Best Deficit Reduction Strategy” Press Release Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on debt ceiling negotiations
• Jun 03 Ordinary workers took extraordinary stand, made history Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor, Memphis Commercial Appeal Memphis sanitation strike an important turning point in the fight for civil rights, workplace equality
• May 11 NYC Parents Rally For Child Care NY1 News Thousands rallied outside of City Hall Wednesday in support of child care for working families.
• Apr 28 Workers Memorial Day Press Release Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Workers Memorial Day
• Apr 28 Memphis Sanitation Strike Workers to Be Inducted into Labor Hall of Fame Press Release Secretary of Labor to host ceremony on Friday, April 29, to begin induction of 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strike workers into Labor Hall of Fame
• Apr 15 California in-home services escape ax Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee As they reduced the budget deficit, Democrats repeatedly emphasized the ideological sacrifices they'd made.
• Apr 12 Countering the Siege New York Times AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and our allies in a growing battle over workers’ rights.
• Apr 12 Federal budget cuts hit health, labor, education hardest PHILIP RUCKER, Dispatch Politics More than half of $38 billion in spending cuts hit education, labor and health programs.
• Sep 28 Is Early Childhood Education An Investment In The Future Or A Giant Waste Of Money? The Business Insider Advocates of early childhood education programs like Head Start often claim that the social benefits far outweigh the costs.
• Aug 25 Quality First! Early childhood initiative in Arizona Phoenix Examiner Quality First! is a brand new but very important coalition to improve early care in Arizona funded by First Things First.
• Jun 27 Child care bargaining is now Oregon state law Oregon AFSCME Under the watchful eye of children overseen by Oregon AFSCME-represented child care workers, Gov. Ted Kulongoski signs Senate Bill 788 into law on June 25.