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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
- Apr 28 Workers Memorial Day Press Release Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Workers Memorial Day
- 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.
- Sep 14 Turnover rate improves for child services caseworkers JS Online The turnover rate among the front-line workers responsible for Milwaukee County's abused and neglected children improved during the first six months of 2009.
- Sep 10 Last Year’s Poverty Rate Was Highest in 12 Years New York Times In the recession, the nation’s poverty rate climbed to 13.2 percent last year, up from 12.5 percent in 2007.
- Apr 17 Prolonged Job Losses Strain State Agencies Stateline Sixteen months into this recession, the total number of jobs lost is nearly twice what it was during the last big recession from 1981 to 1982, and experts predict the American economy has not yet hit bottom.
- Mar 16 Union Proposes A Way To Employ More, Spend Less City Limits The largest public sector municipal labor union in the city is advocating for an approach it claims would help people to get employed and off welfare, and save the city money at the same time.
- Feb 23 Pennsylvania rocked by 'jailing kids for cash' scandal CNN Luzerne County has been rocked by a kickback scandal involving two elected judges who essentially jailed kids for cash.
