The old union hiring hall was hated by employers, but did good work in getting people to the jobs. Today, we are in a nation where there are good jobs out there, but employers aren't reaching the people who could benefit from the jobs. Often,...
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Scene from the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike, which was done by members of AFSCME Local 1733.
CX2TBJ Members of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) rally to protest public services Former AFSCME head Gerald McEntee has died. But he was perhaps best.
Hamilton Nolan has an interesting interview with AFSCME president Lee Saunders. Nolan can't quite get over his Berniebroism in this interview, asking if unions supporting Hillary was a mistake and hinting at that old line I despise, that unions should organize instead of playing politics....
Now this is certainly interesting. The leaders of two of the nation’s biggest, most powerful labor unions — the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County.
On March 28, 1977, AFSCME Local 1644, a union primarily made of African-American sanitation workers, went on strike in Atlanta, hoping to force mayor Maynard Jackson to grant them a.
AFSCME wins April Fool's Day with a fake advertisement for a suppository that destroys the middle class. Note: "the drug is not for everyone including pregnant women, people with families, if you have a pre-existing mortgage or if you suffer from student debt"