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Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Apr. 17, 2019

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Megha Desai is a public defender in Multnomah County, Oregon. In a given week, she might work upwards of 60 hours. Right now, she has about 145 open cases.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

Apr. 10, 2019

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AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

All-knowing sources of information. Tour guides to the highways and byways of history. The friendly voice of a morning story time.

AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

Council 4 Conference Charts Path Forward In Post-Janus World

Council 4 Conference Charts Path Forward In Post-Janus World

Apr. 08, 2019

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Council 4 Conference Charts Path Forward In Post-Janus World

Using the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME as a jumping-off point, Council 4’s biennial conference served as a call to action to maintain strength and solidarity in the face of stern challenges ahead.

Council 4 Conference Charts Path Forward In Post-Janus World

We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

Apr. 04, 2019

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Apr. 04, 2019

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We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

Fifty-one years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to help rally the community around 1,300 AFSCME sanitation workers who had gone on strike.

We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

Apr. 02, 2019

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To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

In the 1980s, I was living and going to school in Minnesota when women who worked for state government won a big victory. They got the state to increase the pay of women in “female dominated jobs” by passing a pay equity bill. In other words, they put a dent in the gender pay gap.

To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job