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• Oct 30 Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Hurricane Sandy
• Sep 08 AFSCME Reflects on 9/11 New video features public service workers who answered the call (Press Release)
• Sep 08 Remembering the `invisible workers’ of 9/11 On AFSCME's video remembrance of the workers who rose to the call of duty that... (Washington Post)

• Jul 08 Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee on the June Jobs Report
• Jul 07 “A Healthy Economy Is the Best Deficit Reduction Strategy” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on debt ceiling negotiations (Press Release)
• Jun 03 Ordinary workers took extraordinary stand, made history Memphis sanitation strike an important turning point in the fight for civil rights, workplace equality... (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

• May 02 Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee on the Death of Osama Bin Laden
• Apr 28 Workers Memorial Day Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Workers Memorial Day (Press Release)
• Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)

• Dec 09 Republicans Block Workers’ Rights, Social Security, Mine Safety Bills Living up to its reputation as the party of “No,” Republican lawmakers stalled collective bargaining... (AFL-CIO Now Blog)
• May 26 Utah Opens State's First Satellite Emergency Department There's no hospital attached to the new Lone Peak Emergency Center, but the freestanding emergency... (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Mar 01 Killer Buildings Here at Home Are a 'Predictable Surprise' As the Chile earthquake shows, even though there may be strong building codes many older... (Emergency Management)

Coast-to-Coast Victories for Emergency Medical Workers

New England EMS workers wasted no time in joining their California counterparts as part of United EMS Workers-AFSCME Local 4911 — and they did it with an even bigger margin...

Fighting Back

2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...

State Battles Summit: Sec.-Treas. Saunders Keynote

State Battles Summit: Pres. McEntee Keynote

AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee delivered the opening keynote address at AFSCME's State Battles Summit, three days of intense education about fighting the unprecedented right-wing attacks on public service workers...

• Nov 03 We Are AFSCME: A New York Paramedic Shares Harrowing Hurricane Sandy Story FDNY paramedic Madelyn Brown and her AFSCME sisters and brothers did extraordinary work this week.... (Blog)
• Oct 02 Romney Doesn’t See Richard and Temo. He Doesn’t Want to Pay Them Either. Videos give a face to the invisible people Romney is disregarding with his tax-avoiding acrobatics.... (Blog)
• Oct 02 EMS Professionals Coast-to-Coast Vote to Join AFSCME Thousands of paramedics and emergency staff for California and New England communities unite for profession.... (Blog)

• Sep 27 1,800 EMS Workers Vote to Join AFSCME Organizing win comes as professionals across the country look for solidarity, strength through the union.... (Blog)
• Aug 06 Northern California EMS Workers Score Organizing Win EMS workers from Rural/Metro of Northern California voted overwhelmingly to join AFSCME Local 4911. (Blog)
• Jun 01 EMS Workers Circulate Petition to Protect and Improve Services California EMS workers calling on their employer, AMR, to let their union election proceed. (Blog)

• May 22 AFSCME Honors National Emergency Medical Services Members Recognizing tireless service and professional care that saves lives during National Emergency Medical Services Week.... (Blog)
• May 03 New England EMS Workers on Their Way to Joining AFSCME EMS workers in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire file for a union election. (Blog)
• Apr 17 California EMS Workers Fight for Voting Rights Rally calls on American Medical Response to allow workers to proceed with their union election.... (Blog)

• Apr 09 Honoring Public Safety Telecommunicators National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week recognizes 911 dispatchers and other related public service employees. (Blog)
• Mar 08 California EMS Workers Vote to join United EMS Workers-AFSCME Local 4911 New AFSCME members are from emergency medical services company Medic Ambulance in Solano County, Calif.... (Blog)
• Mar 02 Santa Clara United EMS Workers Win First Job Action a Week After Certification New AFSCME members stand together against attempted layoffs. (Blog)