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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 Budget cuts hurt probation efforts Many cash-strapped MN local governments have cut funds for probation departments during December budget deliberations.... (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Apr 28 Budget cuts slice programs for ex-inmates Cuts in probation and parole programs could undermine recent successes in shrinking bloated prison populations... (USA Today)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
- Mar 29 Florida lawmakers look to privatize prisons The Florida Senate quietly slipped language into budget proposal that seeks to give corporations the... (Miami Herald)
- Mar 23 Number of Life Terms Hits Record
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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)
- Jan 01 AFSCME Across America: Organizing for Power From state to state, workers are organizing with AFSCME for a stronger voice on the job. Here are some recent victories: (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Jan 01 Kentucky: State Workers Gain Rights Through AFSCME Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) signs two negotiated union agreements covering approximately 9,000 corrections and social service workers. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Mar 01 Minnesota – Corrections Officers Beat Privateers In a major triumph in the fight against privatization, CCA shut down its Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton in February. After battling for 15 years to keep privateers out of Minnesota, AFSCME’s efforts finally paid off. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Jan 01 Illinois - AFSCME Wins Reprieve for State Workers The jobs of 2,600 state employees facing layoffs were spared, temporarily, through a court ruling won last fall by Council 31. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Mar 01 AFSCME Across America More than 14,000 Washington state employees will soon benefit from a $30-million legal settlement after a Superior Court judge removed the last hurdle in a pay-equity class-action lawsuit filed by AFSCME Council 28 and others. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
