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Sep. 30, 2020

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Strengthen Your Local & Leadership: Join Our Fall 2020 Saturday Study Halls

AFSCME members in good standing are invited to attend any of our offered trainings that range in topics from how to effectively run a meeting to handling grievances and treasurer finances.

Strengthen Your Local & Leadership: Join Our Fall 2020 Saturday Study Halls

Sep. 29, 2020

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Putnam School Custodian Plays To Beat The COVID Blues

Dan McGinley of Local 1303-087 (Putnam Board of Education) is a school custodian whose love of blues music provides the perfect thematic accompaniment for the age of COVID-19.

Putnam School Custodian Plays To Beat The COVID Blues

Sep. 24, 2020

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EPI report highlights Trump’s failures on coronavirus and need for state, local aid

From taking away health care to opposing an increase in the minimum wage; from encouraging offshoring to obstructing fair union elections, the Trump administration over the past four years has done plenty that is bad for workers.

EPI report highlights Trump’s failures on coronavirus and need for state, local aid

Sep. 21, 2020

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The Choice for Working People is Joe Biden

There are countless reasons against voting for Donald Trump in November.

The Choice for Working People is Joe Biden

Sep. 16, 2020

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COVID-19 deaths lower in unionized nursing homes

Nursing homes have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 40% of all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have been linked to nursing homes.

COVID-19 deaths lower in unionized nursing homes