Public Workers
Public service union leader urges Boehner to cool violent rhetoric
March 18, 2011AFSCME president Gerald McEntee has called upon the House Speaker John Boehner to "stop using violent metaphors and demonizing public employees."
Read moreAttacks on public workers put women in bulls’-eye
March 16, 2011Women are calling Republican budget cuts and attacks on public employees a double-barreled "war on women."
Read moreVideo: Farmer-labor alliance reborn in Wisconsin
March 15, 2011March 12 the big tractors thundered into Madison, Wisconsin.
Read moreYour mailman talks about St. Patrick’s Day and workers who vote Republican
March 11, 2011St. Patrick's Day marks the 41st anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. The key to our dismal conditions then was this: we had no collective bargaining rights.
Read moreFight for public workers is about freedom
March 9, 2011The rights of public workers and the services they provide is a part of the bigger fight for all workers to organize and win decent wages, working conditions, benefits and strong communities.
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