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- 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 02 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)
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- Nov 16 Remembering Taylor Rogers Former AFSCME Local 1733 president led the historic 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis. (Blog)
- Sep 28 AFSCME Members Collect Toys for Children Who Lost Everything to Tropical Storm Lee The members of Local 3718 hope the toys will help children cope with the disaster.... (Blog)
- Aug 30 AFSCME Member Killed on the Job in Tragic Accident A Pennsylvania sewer worker, Larry Fisher, is killed in a workplace accident in Delaware County.... (Blog)
- Jun 30 Standing Up for Public Service Workers in San Diego Sec.-Treas. Saunders and Rev. Sharpton speak out against right-wing attacks on city employees. (Blog)
- May 31 The Main Street Movement Fights over budgets, pensions and public services are really a battle for the American Dream. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- May 02 Video: Memphis Comes to Washington Eight of the original 1968 Memphis sanitation strikers attended an induction ceremony in Washington, DC.... (Blog)
- Apr 29 Pres. Obama Meets with Memphis Sanitation Workers Participants in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike met with Pres. Obama in the White House.... (Blog)
- Apr 28 Memphis Sanitation Workers to Join U.S. “Labor Hall of Fame” Department of Labor to honor AFSCME Local 1733 members from the famous 1968 strike. (Blog)
- Apr 12 In Minnesota, Reality Trumps Ideology In a continued effort to dismantle the retirement security net of American workers, extreme right... (Blog)
- Apr 11 Rallies for Workers’ Rights and Public Services Still Going Strong AFSCME members are not taking a spring break from ongoing efforts to demonstrate the depth... (Blog)
- Apr 08 Shutdown? Republicans in the U.S. House are threatening to shut down the federal government if Democrats... (Blog)
- Apr 06 MSNBC Profiles Public Service Workers Under Attack As attacks on public service workers continue across the country, MSNBC.com has posted a collection... (Blog)
