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Rep. Kosmas's Health Care Position Draws Unions' Ire

Jerry Waxman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orlando, Public Option, Flara, Health Care Reform, Florida, Iupat, Unions, Suzanne Kosmas, Health Care, Afscme, Gerald McEntee, Politics News
Jerry Waxman

All of the union leaders declared that their members felt betrayed by Kosmas and that she had sold out to her big insurance and real estate friends.

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Quinn's State Layoffs Plan Blocked By Judge

State Journal-Register | Ryan Keith | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Budget, Pat Quinn Layoffs, Illinois Budget Cuts, Pat Quinn, Quinn Afscme, Afscme, Chicago News

A southern Illinois judge has blocked layoffs that would put hundreds of state workers out of a job later this week....

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Quinn Plans Layoffs After Union Balks At Concessions

State Journal-Register | Ryan Keith | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Layoffs, Pat Quinn, Pat Quinn Budget, Afscme, Chicago News

Gov. Pat Quinn's administration said today it will have to move forward with significant layoffs of state workers after the largest union refused to r...

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Democratic Voters Rally to Pressure Their Representatives at Orlando Town Hall

Jerry Waxman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Nelson, Public Option, Town Hall, Seiu, Orlando Town Hall, Health Care Reform, Afl-Cio, Alan Grayson, Afscme, Politics News
Jerry Waxman

Senators like Bill Nelson need to realize that they can't just automatically take Democratic voters for granted: if they are going to seek reelection they are going to have to earn their votes.

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Why Health Insurance Reform Will Pass This Fall -- It's the High Political Ground

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Organize for America, Afscme, Public Health Insurance Plan, Health Care for America Now, President Obama, Public Option, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Reform, Seiu, Health Care, Politics News
Robert Creamer

You have to wonder if there shouldn't be a penalty for pundits who make self-assured predictions that are regularly wrong, and yet continue to be treated as if they know what they're talking about.

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Quinn To Union: Take Furloughs Or Face Layoffs

Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Layoffs, Illinois Budget, Pat Quinn, Illinois State Employees, Pat Quinn Budget, Afscme, Illinois Furloughs, Chicago News

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants state employed union workers to take furlough days to help balance the state's budget. He says about 2,600 American ...

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Quinn Reveals $1 Billion In Budget Cuts, Layoffs

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Budget, Illinois Budget Deficit, Pat Quinn, Illinois Budget Cuts, Pat Quinn Budget, Illinois Tax Increase, Pat Quinn Budget Cuts, Afscme, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn used his new authority over the state budget on Friday to reduce spending cuts for programs that help abused children a...

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Union Nurses Call For Health Care Reform (WATCH)

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Afscme, Health Care Ad, Nurses, Health Care, Politics News

The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will begin airing a new television ad on Sunday as part of their health care ...

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Daley Lays Off 431 City Workers After Unions Don't Blink

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Workers, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago Union Concessions, Mayor Daley Layoffs, Chicago City Layoffs, Teamsters, Afscme, Chicago News

UPDATE 431 city workers were laid off Wednesday after two unions and the Daley administration were unable to reach an agreement by a 5 p.m. deadline,...

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Labor Movement Backs UNITE HERE Against SEIU Raids

Randy Shaw | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home

Read More: Afscme, Unite Here, Labor, Change to Win, John Wilhelm, Organized Labor, Labor Unions, Terrence O'Sullivan, Gerald McEntee, Seiu, Andy Stern, Home News
Randy Shaw

In a dramatic blow to SEIU's efforts to raid UNITE HERE members and jurisdictions, 15 of the nation's leading unions pledged Monday to provide UNITE H...

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The Big Lie about the Employee Free Choice Act

Gerald McEntee | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Ceos, Rick Berman, Middle Class, Unions, Afscme, Hilda Solis, Democrats Efca, Efca, Obama, Unions Hilda Solis, Union Officials Efca, Afl-Cio Efca, Union Efca, Economic Recovery, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

America's top CEOs have declared their top legislative priority for 2009 -- to scuttle the bipartisan legislation that would restore workers' freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life.

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Aerosmith, Rep. Cantor, Hookers, and Hypocrisy

Don Parker | Posted 03.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Sukie Jones, Hookers, Back in the Saddle, Economic Stimulus Package, Satire, Sen. David Vitter, Aerosmith, Rep. Eric Cantor, Political Humor, Democrats, Stimulus, Sado-Masochism, Republicans, Afscme, Comedy News
Don Parker

After Eric Cantor released an ad touting the Republican "victory" over the Democrats in the battle over the stimulus legislation, Aerosmith sent Cantor the following letter:

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DC Journalists Love GOP Obstructionists, But Americans Don't

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Research 2000, Chuck Todd, Mitch McConnell, Congressional Republicans, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Reid, Daily Kos, Msnbc, Afscme, Ap, Polling, Liz Sidoti, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Democrats, Harry Reid, Chris Cillizza, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

There appears to be a pretty big gap between what DC journalists think Americans think, and what Americans actually think. Look at the DC media's "winners" and "losers" in the wake of the stimulus bill.

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Labor Unions Divided In Emanuel Replacement Race

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 03.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Seiu Feigenholtz, Illinois Special Election, John Fritchey, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Afscme Fritchey, Sara Feigenholtz, Seiu, Afscme, Chicago News

Organized labor is splitting its vote in the race to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Congress. AFSCME, the big government workers' union, quietly endorsed st...

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Put Our Economy Back on Track

Gerald McEntee | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afscme, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Republican Obstructionism, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

Every day of delay is a day when more Americans get a pink slip. Let's hope that Senate Republicans stand with the President during this crisis rather than playing politics like the House GOP.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now

Gerald McEntee | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afscme, Health Care, Inauguration Day, Economic Crisis, Economy, State Fiscal Crisis, Middle Class, Martin Luther King Jr., Working Families, Barack Obama, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

Obama will need our help to repair the damage that has been done during the past eight years. He will need our hearts, our minds and our spirit.

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ACORN Helps Lead Progressive Action to Pass A Stimulus Package

Bertha Lewis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rallies, Jobs With Justice, Economic Stimulus Package, MoveOn.Org, Acorn, Economy, Seiu, People for the American Way, Sierra Club, Americans United for Change, US Action, Afscme, Politics News
Bertha Lewis

Because of reality facing America's low- and moderate-income communities, ACORN members and their neighborhoods function as the canaries in our nation's economic coal mine.

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Health Care Reform Needs a Public Option

Gerald McEntee | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care for America Now, Change, Health Insurance, Afscme, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

If we fail to insist on a public health insurance option as part of any health care reform legislation enacted in Congress, we won't have the kind of change that America voted for in November.

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State Child Welfare Agency Gutted

Associated Press | John O'Connor | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois DCFS, Illinois Child Welfare, Department of Children and Family Services, Dcfs, Blagojevich Dcfs, AFSCME DCFS, Afscme, Chicago News

The state's child-welfare agency, preparing to cut almost 200 employees amid a budget crisis, says it needs remaining staff members punching in on ov...

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Obama Win Emboldens Unions

Crain's Chicago Business | Mike Colias | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana, Seiu, George W. Bush, Chicago Labor Unions, Christopher Cimino, Chicago Hospitals, Unions, Barack Obama, Afscme, Chicago News

Unions are planning aggressive organizing drives at Chicago-area hospitals in the wake of Tuesday's election of Barack Obama, a close ally of organize...

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The American People Say "Yes We Can"

Gerald McEntee | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, President Barack Obama, State and Local Government, Fiscal Crisis, Working Families, Election Results, Public Services, 2008 Presidential Election, Afscme, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Barack Obama, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

Tuesday's election was a milestone in building an America that lives up to its ideals, an event that has broken down old barriers and opened up new doors.

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Last Minute Gay-Baiting Flier Against GOP Senate Leader McConnell

TNR | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election Day, Mitch Mcconnell Military Record, Mitch Mcconnell Election, Anti-Mcconnell Flier, Senate Races, Mitch Mcconnell Homosexual, Mitch McConnell, Mitch Mcconnell Gay, Afscme, Politics News

Here is a radio advertisement running right now in Kentucky, paid for by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. AFSCME is o...

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Ohio's Rough Road

Gerald McEntee | Posted 11.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Afl-Cio, Job Losses, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, Afscme, 2008 Presidential Election, Ohio, Business News
Gerald McEntee

It's not about numbers -- it's about how the poor economy plays out for actual workers and their families. Consider what's happening at Cooper Tires, a 90-year-old company based in Findlay, Ohio.

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Videos of the Labor 2008 Program to Elect Pro-Worker Candidates!

Stewart Acuff | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afscme, Phone Bank, Economy, Union, Aft, Afl-Cio, Iam, Uaw, Labor 2008, Mail, Barack Obama, Walk, Apwu, Worksite, Atu, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

Here are some fun videos that show you our core program elements.

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Hillary Clinton Rallies Senior Citizens And Union Members For Obama In Pittsburgh

Barbara White Stack | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Hillary Supporters for McCain, Obama Pittsburgh, Econmy Election 2008, Allegheny County, United Steelworks, Clinton Obama, Bankruptcy Election 2008, John Sweeney, Afl-Cio, Aflcio, Dan Onorato, Bernard McLaughlin, Emma McLaughlin, Leo W. Gerard, Alliance for Retired Americans, Rendell Clinton, Afscme, Clinton Support Obama, Governor Ed Rendell, Hillary Clinton Pittsburgh, LTV, Hillary Clinton Support Obama, Hillary Clinton, Governor Rendell, Hillary Supporters for Obama, Obama Pennsylvania, Home News
Barbara White Stack

Pittsburgh, PA--At an event billed "Hot Dogs with Hillary," it was inevitable that an animal reference would pop up, after all, this campaign has been...

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