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- DiNapoli: ‘Stop Twisting the Facts’ on Public Pensions February 22, 2012New York State Controller Thomas DiNapoli New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push for a 401(k)-style plan for new public workers threatens the economic security of the state’s current and future retirees and in an op-ed in today’s New York Daily News, New York State Controller Thomas DiNapoli warns policy makers not to “knowingly push future generations toward ina […]
- This is What Democracy Looks Like in Florida on Lobby Day February 22, 2012AFSCME Council 79 Pres. Jeanette Wynn calls on lawmakers to defend the middle class during the union’s Lobby Day at the state Capitol in Tallahassee. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Hundreds of AFSCME members from across Florida traveled yesterday to meet with their elected representatives, speak up for the working class and speak out against recent attacks on workers’ […]
- Romney’s Campaign Figures Don’t Add Up February 22, 2012Chart courtesy Talking Points Memo Mitt Romney’s campaign is proving that while money can’t buy you love, it can buy a whole lot of ads. But they come at a tremendous cost: His campaign spent more in January than it brought in. According to spending reports, Romney’s Presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting him raised $13.1 million in January, but […]
- The Simpsons’ Solidarity February 22, 2012This week, The Simpsons aired its 500th episode. Chronicling the life and the hilarity of a working family from the fictional town of Springfield, this animated sitcom has often taken on issues important to workers. The best work-related episode and arguably the best Simpsons episode EVER, “Last Exit to Springfield,” aired in 1993. In that episode, Homer Sim […]
- The Truth Behind Right-to-Work-For-Less February 22, 2012The corporate interests behind the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) think the way to break the strength of unions is to undermine worker solidarity. That’s why they’re pushing right-to-work-for-less legislation in Arizona and other statehouses across the country. Their biggest success occurred this month in Indiana, which became the 23 […]
- AFSCME Wisconsin Members Mobilizing with Teletownhalls February 21, 2012They’re phoning it in and it’s making them stronger. AFSCME members from across Wisconsin are joining together in teletownhall meetings to discuss anti-worker attacks and effective ways to fight back. Council 24 held a teletownhall recently in advance of the state issuing sweeping changes in the personnel system that could negatively affect membership. Membe […]
- Prison Privateer Offers to Buy Prisons from Starving States February 21, 2012Cash-strapped states are offered a deal they may find hard to refuse: sell their prisons to Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest operator of for-profit prisons, and get back plenty of cash to remedy their states’ budget problems. And what’s in it for CCA? A 20-year management contract and assurance that the state will take steps to […]
