AFSCME Council 61

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A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis

It was 10 years ago this month that the 2008 financial crisis kicked into high gear.

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Don’t Like Wealth Inequality? Join a Union

No politician running for office today would openly advocate for more wealth inequality in our country, where the richest 1 percent of the population owns 40 percent of the wealth. Even candidate Donald Trump in 2016 promised to stand up for the “forgotten men and women of our country,” who feel betrayed by a rigged economic system that benefits a small minority at their expense. Yet every single day, President Trump and congressional leaders seem determined to do more to increase wealth inequality than to alleviate it; do more for corporations and the wealthy than for single parents working two or three jobs to make ends meet.

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Brett Kavanaugh: No R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Women’s and Workers’ Rights

Like others around the world, I mourned the death last week of Aretha Franklin.

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A Seat at the Table for EMS Workers in Prescott, Arizona

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National AFSCME News

Kavanaugh’s Pro-Corporate Agenda is a Major Disqualification
If Brett Kavanaugh ends up on the U.S. Supreme Court, the court’s core principles of equal justice and the right to a fair hearing will continue to be eroded. — Sep 21
A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis
Ten years ago this month, the Great Recession kicked into high gear, creating huge problems for working people that they are still working through. But things are looking up. — Sep 20
A Busy Summer for AFSCME Retirees
AFSCME retirees founded three new chapters this summer – in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Memphis, Tennessee. — Sep 19
S-T McBride: ‘Let’s Hear the Truth’ About Kavanaugh’s Past
She reiterated AFSCME’s opposition to Kavanaugh, underscoring that he has consistently “ruled for wealthy corporate interests against working women, against working people.” — Sep 18
PennDOT Worker, AFSCME Member Loses Life on the Job
AFSCME mourns the loss of a Pennsylvania member who died in a worksite accident. — Sep 14