Municipal Employees

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Detroiters reject austerity

April 1 — More than 500 loud and angry workers marched at the federal bankruptcy court in Detroit to voice…

April 3, 2014

AFL-CIO delegates against U.S. wars

One by one or in small groups, delegates to the the AFL-CIO national convention, held Sept. 8-11 in Los Angeles,…

September 20, 2013
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Union members march on New York City Hall

The Metropolitan Labor Committee, a coalition of trade unions representing 350,000 workers employed by New York City, held an after-work…

June 19, 2013
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Rallies coast to coast protest sequester

The American Federation of Government Employees called a national day of protest March 20 targeting the federal government-imposed sequester, which…

March 25, 2013

Union response to sequester

The first response to the threat facing government workers from the ­sequester was from the American Federation of Govern­ment Employees.…

March 8, 2013

Federal workers protest austerity, say no to ‘sequestration’

Washington, D.C. — Some 1,500 federal employees protested near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., demanding that Congress stop the federal…

February 25, 2013