March 5 to April 21, 2010

Join union members and other community members in a march and rallies throughout California's central valley communities.  more

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Help End the Crisis in California’s budget process! The California Majority Rule campaign seeks to end the gridlock to pass a budget. This ballot initiative campaign seeks to change state law so that a simple majority of the legislators can pass a budget or raise sorely needed revenues. Check out Californians For Democracy's website to help put an initiative on the November ballot.

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Governor Schwarzenegger begins his last year in office by putting forth an $82.9 billion budget with nearly $3 billion in cuts to health and human services, and salary cuts for our members who work for the state. more

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AFSCME members were among the many health care reform advocates who arched on Sacramento on January 11th with other union members, medical students, nurses and others. more

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How Does the California Budget Crisis Affect YOU? The California budget crisis is affecting our members and their families in the most profound ways. Some of us are impacted by wage and benefit concessions. Some of our families are impacted by social service cuts to children or elder family members. Furloughs are taking their toll on our members’ ability to pay bills, and short staffing at work causes members to bring their stress home. Tell us your story

California is facing unprecedented hard times due to rising costs of providing services, combined with the failure to generate appropriate revenues to provide these vital services. This section provides current news about how the state and local agencies AFSCME represents are attempting to address this crisis. (more)