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AFSCME President Obama will fulfill a Thanksgiving tradition today, granting a pardon to a turkey from North Carolina. The ceremony will be streamed live from the North Portico of the White House at 11:30am (ET) today. Watch it here: http://apps.facebook.com/whitehouselive/

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On November 25, 2009, one lone turkey will walk the hallowed halls of the West Wing... and leave a free bird.
Susanne Jones
Susanne Jones
LMAO...Good one Ralf!
Yesterday at 1:19pm
Russ Carmichael
Russ Carmichael
let's get health passed, please
Yesterday at 1:59pm
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AFSCME College seniors: Get a crash course in labor organizing while working on an actual organizing campaign during AFSCME's Alternative Union Break program. Spend your break fighting for justice. Learn more and apply now.

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The Alternative Break Program brings together talented activists who share a passion for social justice, but more importantly want to engage in work that speaks to bringing that idea to reality for public sector workers across the country.
Gabriela Campos- Matteson
Gabriela Campos- Matteson
I enjoyed my time working for AFSCME in a very long break from my college studies. I learned A LOT, met amazing people, and felt great about it.
Tue at 11:06am
Russ Carmichael
Russ Carmichael
Jean you can still be a member even retired... Our union is very active here. I retired in Arizona...
Tue at 12:26pm
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AFSCME This is our chance. This is our moment in history. This is our planet, and our future. Working together - we will win. Watch this Clean Energy Works video about the campaign for landmark clean energy legislation.

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Clean Energy Works is over 60 organizations who are working together to ensure that a strong clean energy bill is delivered to the President as quickly as possible.
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
sorry to hear that John...and all the while detroit has the highest unemployment in the nation...
November 20 at 6:06pm
John Salmeier
John Salmeier
Nice to know Union dues back legislation based on JUNK science, that is proven to kill American jobs. Their own studies prove "global climate change" is a lie.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/
Yesterday at 4:15pm
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AFSCME Reminder: the online briefing on H1N1 flu will begin in about an hour -- you can register right up until it begins at 3pm (ET). Get the latest information for you and your family from an AFSCME workplace health and safety specialist.

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Fill out the fields below to RSVP for a special online briefing to be held Tuesday, November 17 at 3pm (ET). You will receive an email with the call-in instructions.
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AFSCME We need jobs - and we need them now. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will outline a major jobs initiative this morning at an EPI event in DC. Watch the live webcast starting at 9 a.m. (ET).

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Watch the live webcast of the AFL-CIO/Economic Policy Institute "Spotlight on the Jobs Crisis" event from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M.
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
good luck creating jobs in a "jobless recovery"....I think the real key is that with 8 years of Clinton and 'W' Bush...and barely a year into B.H.O. the de-industrialization of America is picking up a fever pitch.....and those jobs that go to 3rd world countries with limited or no labor/environmental stantards aren't coming back. This was the plan... See More of the global elite all along. It was neccesary for their plan of global governance to be possible.

Climategate which broke yesterday should wake people up...While the environment is a real and true concern...it is being distorted into a carbon control grid that will enslave you !
Tue at 1:06pm
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AFSCME Tom Harkin: If the GOP obstructs moving the health care bill to debate and vote, Dems will make them stay there 24/7: "We are planning to do something that would require Republicans to be there 24 hours a day, and if they leave the floor, we'll ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading, and that'll be the end of it."

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The health care debate will be restarted in earnest tomorrow as Senate Democrats expect the Congressional Budget Office to score their version of the bill, which includes the opt-out public option. But Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) today on a radio...
John Salmeier
John Salmeier
My wife has had 2 deliberator operations. I earn a whopping $11 per hour. Pelosi, Reed, Obama DON'T mess with my healthcare it is not broken.

I do not need to visit a wack job lefty website. My wife's survival is the only proof I need to see our system is not broken.
November 18 at 4:50pm
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
until people see past the left/right, liberal/conservative, democrat/republican deception we are totally screwed. We do not have two parties in this country...we have one. Both major parties are just different wings of the same globalist elite plan to take over and enslave all of us. It is possible we could save our precious constitutional ... See Morerepublic...but we are running out of time...

Political parties are just a distraction...trying to keep our minds occupied so that the puppet masters who actually run our country can pull the strings unnoticed. The republic is crumbling...lets hope it doesn't fall without a struggle...
November 22 at 3:38pm
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AFSCME Forget the hype about H1N1 and let an AFSCME workplace health and safety specialist give you the latest information for you and your family. Attend a free webinar on Tuesday at 3pm (ET).

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Discuss workplace strategies such as how to protect yourself from the flu, and learn about policies that should be in place on your job.
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AFSCME Watch
Michelle Obama's Senior Health Care Roundtable streaming live from The White House right now. Alliance for Retired Americans leaders Barbara Easterling, Judy Cato & Barbara Matteson join the
meeting.

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WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and policies, White House history, and the federal government.
Stephen
Stephen
First Ladies should stay clear of Health Care issues, unless they involve only children. Doesn't anyone remember the last go-round with Mrs Clinton?
November 14 at 11:36am
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
every once in a while all the 1st Ladies must show a use for the personal staff of 30 or so that are assigned to them :-)
November 14 at 2:42pm
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AFSCME Every day, 16 workers go to work and don’t come home. They are killed on the job. But far too often, employers that have created or ignored dangerous workplace conditions are not held accountable. Civil penalties are weak and criminal prosecutions rare. Learn more:

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Pass this on to friends and family to help protect America's workers. Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of their employers. Under existing laws, these employers get a slap on the wrist, or walk away scot-free. ...
Russ Carmichael
Russ Carmichael
The histories of our unions are not known by the young for the most part... Child labor laws came from union fighting the forty hour week, every holiday ones has... On and on and on... Union’s wanted the thirty hour week split so we could employ everyone with a decent wage... It was never about overtime, it was about the labor force having jobs and people not being slaves to the bosses...
November 14 at 10:54am
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
I do agree Renee, Hellen, and Russ...accidents and improper follow up are unaceptable. The history of what we have Bargained for needs to be passed on. It's sad when there are only a handful of people that attend a monthly local meeting...but we will press on !
November 14 at 2:46pm
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AFSCME We're running ads to thank members of Congress for casting their votes for the historic health care reform bill which passed on Saturday. Watch an example ad below for new Rep. Bill Owens from NY-23, and see all the ads here: http://bit.ly/1utvTK

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AFSCME and Health Care for America Now thank Representative Owens for his historic vote to pass health care reform. For Congressmanl Owens, it's about more than health care.
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
reganomics, bush sr and w omics, clintonomics, and obamaomics all have certain similarities...that they always help the elite global banking cartel !
November 11 at 5:39pm
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
i welcome your comments barry...the previous 2 afscme posts contain mine !
November 11 at 5:40pm
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AFSCME Health care reform passes the House. From the AFL-CIO blog: "There’s still a long way to go, but today is a great day for the country and a big step toward a health care system that works for everyone."

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This is what progress looks like. Tonight, by a 220-215 vote, the U.S. House has passed a historic health care reform bill that will improve the nation’s health care system, covering millions of uninsured and making insurance work better for those who have it.
Pastor Vile
Pastor Vile
Crunching the numbers, LIEberman, the CBO disagrees.
Oh, and the current debt to the insurance agencies is breaking America right now.
November 9 at 11:44am
Jim Carter
Jim Carter
Hold everybody accountable! If they voted "No", then they have to go!!!

As a progressive, I'm as disappointed in Obama as Mr. Biff Hause is. The problem is, he still is 100% better than having a neocon in office! Let's try to get him in line, rather than blow the chance for real change (once again). I would hate to see another Republican president in 2012!
November 9 at 10:50pm
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AFSCME URGENT: The House is debating historic health reform legislation right now. Will your representative vote for quality, affordable health care for all Americans, or will they vote for the status quo? Make your voice heard and call now!

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This is what health reform looks like. Call your Member of Congress right now and demand that they stand for real reform and the middle class by voting YES on the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Biff Hause
Biff Hause
worst part is that instead of having a discussion as brothers and sisters...those who follow mainline democrats are antagonistic and attacking towards those who aren't drinking the "blue" kool-aid. And even though I'm an independent...people think that I'm a republican, which pisses me off too...I hated bush, and since there hasnt been much change... See More in how things are run in the white house...we basically changed from a texas oil gangster, to a chicago politician. I'm just happy I'll be paying more and more taxes that I can't afford ! Awesome !
November 8 at 12:09pm
Susan
Susan
Erin, I'm with you. I'm so glad to see others taking a strong stand and making their voices heard.
November 9 at 3:38pm
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