Tag: AFSCME

On Monday Martha Laning announced her candidacy for Chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin had received the endorsement of the PEOPLE Conference of AFSCME, the union representing many of Wisconsin’s public employees. Martha Laning is proud to announce her endorsement by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal…

This is great news! AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders today announced that, even in the face of attacks from anti-worker politicians, billionaires and judges across the country (including the United States Supreme Court), AFSCME gained more than 90,000 new members during the past six months. AFSCME nearly doubled the goal set…

Late last year I wrote a bit about the true cost of labor and how maintaining an undervalued minimum wage structure subsidizes employers and skews the cost/value of some products and services. For those who didn’t have time to read through to the conclusion, here is a graphic from AFSCME…

In this morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, political columnist Daniel Bice outlines the loss in membership in public unions since the enactment of Wisconsin Act 10 that obliterates the power of Wisconsin public employee unions. Well, public employee unions except for the protected police and firefighter unions that is. Now the…

This is unbelievable… The Wisconsin State Employees Union last month seized tens of thousands of dollars from five union locals of correctional officers that have broken away from WSEU. WSEU’s director said the union had taken about $45,000, while an official with one of the locals said the total was…

No doubt you’re probably wondering, “Who the heck is Danny Donohue?” Donohue (pictured, left) isn’t an elected official, nor is he a candidate for elected office, but he is a candidate for AFSCME International President. As many of you know, I’m a proud member of AFSCME (Council 24, to be…

Go forth, read, and discuss…

This weekend the members of AFSCME Council 24 held their annual convention, and at that convention a number of seats on Council 24’s executive board were elected. The election of those key seats on Council 24’s executive board was not without some intrigue, as the slate of candidates backed by…

There’s no doubt in my mind I’ll come under fire in some circles for what I’m about to write, but I think it’s important that as the Democratic gubernatorial primary swings into full gear some Democrats/progressives/liberals don’t rush to form a circular firing squad in order to attack Milwaukee Mayor…

Cory Liebmann has an excellent take on the attacks being leveled against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, attacks that have come from folks like John “Sly” Sylvester of WTDY AM’s “Sly in the Morning” show as well as from AFSCME directly. If the people asking this question can’t remember Tom Barrett’s…