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AFSCME WORKS Online Xtras

Up-to-date news for the web from AFSCME WORKS Magazine.

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  Philadelphia Workers Rally for Fair Contract
  "A fair contract with no concessions" was the unequivocal demand of thousands of Philadelphia city employees at a rally near City Hall.
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  Minnesota AFSCME Members OK Winning Contract
  Minnesota state employees represented by AFSCME Council 5 have overwhelmingly ratified a new two-year contract that beats back threatened wage cuts, health insurance take-backs and furloughs.
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  Demanding Health Care Reform Now!
  2,000 AFSCME members and thousands of other union members and community activists gathered near the U.S. Capitol for National Health Care Reform Rally and Lobby Day.
• Thousands to Rally for Health Care Reform
  2,000 AFSCME members are expected to join thousands of other union members and their allies from across the nation for National Health Care Reform Rally and Lobby Day.
• Missouri Veterans Home Workers Picket for Better Care
  Nurses and other health care workers – members of AFSCME Council 72 – are demanding increased staffing levels so residents will get the care they deserve.
• In Memoriam: Howard Ocobock
  Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE)/AFSCME Council 28 vice president Howard Ocobock died June 6 in Longview, Wash., after a battle with cancer.
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  L.A. Rally Supports Home Care Providers
  Members of United Domestic Workers Home Care Providers Union (UDW/AFSCME) and other service worker unions recently participated in the largest demonstration of support for California's home care providers in state history.
• Deal Avoids Furloughs in Pennsylvania
  PA state employees, including those represented by AFSCME Council 13, have reached an agreement to prevent the state from balancing its budget through furloughs and job cuts.
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  Workers Fight Favoritism
  Louisiana state employees – members of AFSCME District Council 17 – are fighting efforts to restore favoritism to government.
• Pensions, Benefits on Agenda for AFSCME Retiree Leaders
  About 100 AFSCME retiree leaders from chapters across the country are attending the annual Council meeting held in Washington, D.C.
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  Labor Secretary Tells AFSCME Leaders to Help Pass Employee Free Choice Act
  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis called on AFSCME members attending the union’s 2009 Legislative Conference to urge lawmakers to support the Employee Free Choice Act.
• AFSCME Activists Fight for Middle Class on Capitol Hill
  Standing 700 strong, an army of AFSCME leaders and activists from across the country headed to Congress during the second day of the union's 2009 Legislative Conference.
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  Vice President Biden: Rebuild the Labor Movement!
  Joe Biden, addressing AFSCME leaders at the 2009 AFSCME Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., urged passage of the Employee Free Choice Act to help rebuild the American middle class.
• AFSCME Legislative Conference Features Vice President
  Hundreds of AFSCME leaders and activists will hear from Vice Pres. Joe Biden and other speakers at the union’s 2009 Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
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  NYC Day Care Workers, Parents March to Save School Funding
  Hundreds of day care and Head Start employees from District Council 1707 marched to protest proposed cuts to kindergarten and other youth programs.
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  AFSCME RN to Congress: “Government Must Protect Frontline Workers Fighting Pandemic Influenza”
  Miguel García testified before Congress on the need for comprehensive federal standards to protect health care workers in the face of a flu pandemic.
• HHS Secretary Addresses AFSCME Nurses
  Department of Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius said national health reform depends on the LPNs and RNs standing at the frontlines.
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  California Nurses Approve Historic First Contract
  Registered nurses at Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center in Riverside have overwhelmingly ratified their first contract and won a strong voice in the workplace.
• Nurses Congress to Address Health Care Crisis
  Some 300 registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) from across the country gather in Washington, D.C. for the 12th annual National Nurses Congress hosted by AFSCME-United Nurses of America (UNA).
• AFSCME President McEntee Honored by AFL-CIO in Maryland
  The Metropolitan Baltimore Council of AFL-CIO Unions has named AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee this year’s “COPE Person of the Year.”
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