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Releases & Statements

2009 Press Releases

• Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee Regarding the Release of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• New TV Ads Defend Members of Congress Under Fire From the Special Interests for Putting Their Constituents’ Interests First and Supporting the Affordable Health Care for America Act
• AFSCME Retirees Stand Up for Health Care Reform at White House
• New TV Ads Launched Thanking 11 Members for Standing Up to the Big Health Insurance Companies
• Health Care for America Now and AFSCME Say Thanks for Historic House Vote
• AFSCME President McEntee: “This Is Real Progress… The Senate Must Act Swiftly”
• AFSCME Commends Sen. Gillibrand for Nutrition Bill
• AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee Urges Rep. Kosmas to Vote for Health Care Reform
• AFSCME President McEntee: “This Is Real Health Care Reform”
• AFSCME President McEntee: Senator Reid’s Bill Is a “Significant Improvement”
• Major Improvements Needed Before Health Care Reform Goes to the Senate
• AFSCME Hails New Leadership at the AFL-CIO
• AFSCME President McEntee: “Finance Committee Health Care Bill is Deeply Flawed”
• AFSCME: “We’re With President Obama”
• Senator Grassley’s Destructive Attacks on Health Care Reform
• AFSCME’s “Highway to Health Care Reform” Tour Rolls into DC
• Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy
• HCAN and AFSCME Launch Ads Against Republicans Opposing Health Insurance Reform
• AFSCME Highway to Health Care Tour
• Congratulations Justice Sotomayor!
• AFSCME Lauds House Committee Passage of “Say-On-Pay” Legislation
• AFSCME Launches “Highway to Health Care Reform” Tour
• AFSCME Ramps Up Health Care Campaign with New TV Ad
• TV Ads Expose Votes Against Reform As Votes For Insurance Companies
• 13,000 Home Care Attendants Vote to Form Union to Improve Services for Seniors, People with Disabilities
• AFSCME TV Ad Campaign Urges Senators Conrad and Dorgan to Support Health Care Reform NOW!
• Confirm Judge Sotomayor
• AFSCME Launches Ad Campaign Urging Senator Feinstein to Support Health Care Reform NOW!
• Statement of AFSCME International President Gerald W. McEntee on the House Health Care Reform Bill
• Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the Urgent Need for Health Care Reform with a Public Option
• Senate HELP Bill Builds on the Strength of our American Health Care System
• Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Health Care Reform
• Catholic Bishops, Catholic Health Care, and Unions
• AFSCME Members and Family Members Awarded Union Plus Scholarships
• AFSCME Urges Senate to Confirm Sotomayor
• Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on National Corrections Officers Week
• Say on Pay Shareholder Proposals Garner Record Support During Tumultuous Shareholder Season
• Union Survey on Influenza Pandemic Finds Lack of Adequate Health and Safety Measures For Health Care Workers
• AFSCME, Americans United for Change Launch New TV Ad Spotlighting Republican ‘Party of NO’
• Chris Policano Joins AFSCME as Public Affairs Director
• AFSCME Demands Accountability at Citigroup
• No Time for Politics
• AllianceBernstein, Ameriprise, Barclays and Columbia Top List of Mutual Funds Supporting Excessive CEO Pay
• McEntee: "A Great Choice"
• McEntee on Obama's Speech: “He Understands What Is Needed”
• McEntee on Secretary of Labor Solis: “A Ray of Hope”
• McEntee: “A Major, Historic Victory”
• McEntee: “The Senate Took an Important Step”
• McEntee: “The House Has Acted Boldly”
• AFSCME Employees Pension Plan Announces 2009 Shareholder Proposals
• McEntee: “Create Jobs and Help States”
• AFSCME Video Highlights Historic Challenges, Opportunities Presented by Economic Crisis
• McEntee: "Jump-Start the Economy Right Now"

2008 Press Releases

• McEntee: Solis for Labor “A Terrific Choice”
• The American People Say “Yes We Can”
• 40,000 AFSCME Members Mobilizing for Final Get Out the Vote Effort
• AFSCME 2008: A Look at Our Political Program
• Senate Republican Leaders Turn Their Backs on Working Americans
• AFSCME Takes Largest AFL-CIO Delegation to the Democratic National Convention
• Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton Will Address AFSCME Convention Thursday, July 31
• “March for Justice” to Support Patient Care and Service Workers
• AFSCME Convention to Mobilize 40,000 Activists for November Election
• McEntee Says: “Governor’s Proposals Put Vital Services at Risk”
• AFSCME Goes Green: Plans Environmentally-Conscious, Weeklong Convention in San Francisco
• McEntee Says: “Health Care for America NOW!”
• Eleven AFSCME Members, Family Members Win Union Plus Scholarships
• AFSCME Endorses Senator Barack Obama for President
• AFSCME to Aid Midwest Flood Victims
• McEntee Calls for Unity to Take Back the White House
• McEntee Calls for Increased Funding for Libraries
• McEntee on King Anniversary: “We Must Create an America That Lives Up to Its Ideals”
• McEntee on Iraq: “Time to End the Madness”
• McEntee Calls on Democrats to Seat Florida Delegates
• McEntee on Stimulus Proposal: “State and Local Governments Need Fiscal Relief”
• McEntee on Union Membership Statistics: “Good News For All Americans”
• McEntee “Extremely Disappointed” by Stimulus Deal
• Institutional Investors Continue to Press Companies for an Advisory Vote on Executive Pay
• Speech: AFL-CIO MLK Holiday Press Conference
• Union Movement to Donate Computer Lab, School Supplies, and $15,000 to Memphis-Area Children

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