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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 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 28 California Voters Favor Taxing the Rich to Fend Off School Cuts Voters support raising the top rate of state income taxes to prevent public-school funding cuts.... (Bloomberg)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
- Apr 12 Federal budget cuts hit health, labor, education hardest More than half of $38 billion in spending cuts hit education, labor and health programs.... (Dispatch Politics)
- 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)
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- Jun 01 The Main Street Movement Fights over budgets, pensions and public services are really a battle for the American Dream. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- May 10 School Privatization Conference Draws Hundreds of Protesters Attendees gathered in DC to discuss replacing the public education system with a voucher program.... (Blog)
- May 03 Finding Real Solutions for Our Schools Former DC school superintendent Michelle Rhee exaggerates her abilities, putting children's education at risk. (Blog)
- Apr 28 AFSCME Michigan Stands Up for Education Gov. Rick Snyder has proposed stripping $900 million from K-12 school funding. (Blog)
- Apr 08 Shutdown? Republicans in the U.S. House are threatening to shut down the federal government if Democrats... (Blog)
- Apr 07 1 Kasich Budget = 51,000 Lost Ohio Jobs Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has proposed a two-year budget which could mean a direct... (Blog)
- Jan 01 Rhode Island: Members Help Derail Privatization Scheme A plan that threatened the jobs of 60 bus drivers and 100 custodians was tabled last fall after more than 400 union members and community activists throughout the city rallied to oppose the plan. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Jan 01 Washington, DC: One Nation Comes Together Tens of thousands of Americans - including AFSCME members - gathered last fall in Washington, DC, to deliver a message of change. The One Nation March brought union members, social activists, and human and civil rights leaders committed to good jobs. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Jan 01 AFSCME Women Take Charge Through leadership programs - and this year's women's conferences - the national union is equipping women with the tools and knowledge they'll need to make a difference in our union, the labor movement and our nation. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Dec 21 Rhode Island School Employees Join AFSCME (Blog)
- Oct 07 New Jersey - Unions Fight Budget Cuts Sending a Message - AFSCME workers were among the nearly 40,000 union members and community supporters who descended on downtown Trenton to protest budget cuts. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Apr 23 Marching Across California to Restore the American Dream A massive demonstration at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 21 heralded the end... (Blog)
