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- 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 25 With each UC cut, low-wage workers pushed closer to margins The University of California's lowest paid workers have taken the brunt of cuts. (San Jose Mercury News)
- 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)
- 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)
- Apr 08 GOP Budget Slashes Pell Grants The House Budget Committee's budget proposal contained unprecedented cuts to the Pell Grant program. (Center for American Progress)
- May 21 Academic Pay Takes a Pounding: Worst Year Yet? The lowest faculty raises in 50 years is just one example of how hard colleges... (HigherEd Morning)
- Mar 02 U. of Idaho President Orders Furloughs in Next Months The University of Idaho announced on Tuesday details of a furlough plan that will affect... (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Oct 30 University employees spared from layoffs Workers at Iowa’s three state-run universities appear to have escaped layoffs from the state budget... (Des Moines Register)
- Sep 25 Thousands protest fees, cuts at UC campuses Thousands of students, professors and workers at University of California campuses across the state poured... (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Jul 21 Higher Ed. Bill Contains Money for 'Green Schools' The bill includes more than $4 billion over the next two fiscal years for a... (Education Week)
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- Jun 05 AFSCME Member Struggles with Student Debt Standing in solidarity with workers like Maisha Brown, AFSCME is sponsoring Student Debt Day 2013.... (Blog)
- May 29 Evergreen College Employees Strike for Job Security and Fair Pay The strike follows more than 16 months of stalled negotiations. (Blog)
- May 22 Elected Officials Come Out In Support of UC Workers on Strike AFSCME Local 3299 members are on their second day demanding improved patient care at UC... (Blog)
- May 21 University of California Patient Care Workers Strike for Better Patient Care Walkout involves thousands of patient care workers, follows more than 10 months of stalled negotiations.... (Blog)
- Feb 05 California University Employees Demand an End to Executive Excess Administrators must cut executive pay before considering more tuition hikes, layoffs, or cuts to workers.... (Blog)
- Dec 17 Custodians at Saint Michael’s College Unionize The pope called unions indispensable, yet hardly any Catholic colleges have collective bargaining agreements. (Blog)
- Oct 22 An Education on Activism at One California University UCLA workers’ pensions and rights are under attack but they’re schooling opponents in face-to-face activism.... (Blog)
- Oct 10 AFSCME Rallies for Justice in Education at Supreme Court High court hearing arguments on University of Texas admissions system. (Blog)
- May 22 College Students and Workers Coming Together in Main Street Movement AFSCME is engaging young people and developing young worker activists across the country. (Blog)
- Apr 25 President Obama Slow Jams a Scary Truth About College Costs Behind the laughter on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was a serious message to Congress.... (Blog)
- Apr 10 University of California Irvine Ends Outsourcing of Custodial Services After a four-year battle, 94 custodial workers were officially classified as University employees. (Blog)
- Aug 03 Anti-Worker Mackinac Center Takes Aim at Univ. of Mich. Graduate Research Assistants Right-wing, anti-worker organization tries to stop graduate research assistants from organizing with a union. (Blog)
