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- Oct 30 Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Hurricane Sandy
- Oct 01 Meet Richard Hayes. He Picks Up Mitt Romney’s Trash. AFSCME launches campaign featuring public workers who service Mitt Romney’s La Jolla, Calif., neighborhood (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 22 Memphis saves jobs of union championed by King Sanitation workers score a victory as city council passes budget without privatizing solid waste collection.... (Associated Press)
- 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)
- Mar 09 Wisconsin Public Employees: Ramming Through Anti-Freedom Bill “An Affront to Democracy” On Wednesday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Republican state senators rammed through an anti-freedom bill that stripped nurses, teachers and EMTs of their rights to collectively bargain – the rights enjoyed by just about every other Wisconsinite. (Press Release)
- Jan 14 Martin Luther King and Public Employees Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (Press Release)
- Jul 06 Thirsty for answers: Mayor's plan to sell water co. raises questions
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- Dec 17 AFSCME Stands With Its Sisters and Brothers Responding to Newtown Tragedy Our thoughts and prayers are with all of Newtown's residents and town employees. (Blog)
- Nov 30 We Won in San Diego AFSCME-endorsed mayoral candidate Bob Filner prevailed over Carl DeMaio, an anti-worker city councilman. (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 01 Meet Richard Hayes: He Collects Mitt Romney’s Trash Videos spotlight public service workers, underscore Romney’s arrogant dismissal of nearly half of all Americans.... (Blog)
- Sep 20 What’s Stirring the Waters in Kenova? AFSCME Local 598 in West Virginia fights efforts to privatize water and sanitation services. (Blog)
- Aug 17 Oklahoma Workers Regain AFSCME Union Membership Aquatics technician Dustin Williams of Muskogee, Okla., shares his story (Blog)
- Aug 08 Florida AFSCME Members Organize, Defeat Privatization Scheme North Miami Beach city council overwhelmingly voted down a plan to privatize sanitation services. (Blog)
- Aug 03 Win-win for Residents and Public Service Workers in California In a recent open competition over operation of a San Diego landfill, city workers won.... (Blog)
- Aug 01 Lexington, Ky., Sanitation Workers Win Vote to Unionize with AFSCME Newest members of Council 62 look forward to having an increased say on the job.... (Blog)
- Aug 01 Remembering a Leader of the Memphis Sanitation Strike Grieving the loss of Joe Warren, a champion in the civil rights and labor movements.... (Blog)
- Jul 03 AFSCME members are on the frontlines of Minnesota flood recovery After record rainfall unleashed flash floods in Duluth late last month, AFSCME city, county and... (Blog)
- May 30 North Miami Beach AFSCME Members Fight Sanitation Privatization Member mobilization, community outreach put the brakes on city manager's push to privatize sanitation services.... (Blog)
