AFSCME Local 146 Secretary Linda Tremble was elected Council 57 President at the April 25th Delegate Assembly.   more

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The Center for American Progress Action Fund has released a report which details the negative impact Meg Whitman's various economic proposals would have on the California economy as well as a letter signed by top economists including Robert Reich and Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow. read more

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Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the U.S. Senate’s 61 to 38 vote this morning to end the filibuster on the Jobs Bill

A new policy brief from the Health and Human Services Network of California and the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research & Education details the devastating economic repercussions of the Governor’s proposed budget cuts to health and human services. more information

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Guide and analysis provided by the California Budget Project.  read more 

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AFSCME Council 57 members and their community partners are taking Legislators' District Offices by storm to decry the “all-cuts” approach to the budget in the Governor’s May Revision. The AFSCME California Budget Solutions and Alternatives to an All-Cuts-Budget provides concrete effective measures the State can take to resolve the fiscal crisis we are in. Read more……

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A recently released study shows that jobs in the public sector require more education than comparable jobs in the private sector, while public sector workers earn 11-12% less for those jobs. The Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security describe how long-term patterns show that the average compensation of state and local employees is not excessive

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