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- Next Wave Young Members Confer...
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Friday, June 19 at 9:00am - 2009 AFSCME Legislative Confer...
Washington Hilton Hotel
Monday, May 11 at 11:00am - AFSCME Nurses Congress
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Monday, May 4 at 9:00am - AFSCME 2008 International Conv...
San Francisco, CA
Monday, July 28 at 1:00pm
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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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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.
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. ...
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.
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.
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.
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