Tag: text messaging

Flashmob Strikes Verizon Wireless Store in DC’s Union Station

Across the JwJ network, union and community activists continue to escalate pressure on Verizon to do the right thing and negotiate a fair contract with members of the Communications Workers of America. Last August the contract expired for 45,000 worker…

Nominate Your Health Care Reform Champion of Change

 

The White House Champions of Change program wants to honor those people who have helped people in their communities take advantage of the Affordable Care Act’s growing benefits and those who have championed access to health care for everyon…

250,000 Sign Petition to Apple to End Slave Conditions at Its Suppliers

Outraged at the inhumane treatment of workers in China who make iPads, iPhones and other Apple products, protesters visited a half-dozen Apple stores around the world yesterday to deliver petitions calling for reforms in the working conditions at f…

Georgetown Panel Examines Wisconsin Uprising

A year ago, thousands of Wisconsin workers filled the statehouse and streets of Madison protesting Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) attack on their collective bargaining rights. The battle reverberated beyond the borders of Wisconsin, triggering a nationwide …

Walker’s Attack on Wisconsin Values Anything But Progressive

Washington Post editorial writer Charles Lane this week wrote a column claiming Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is a “progressive.” This response from Wisconsin State Employees Union/AFSCME Council 24 Pres. Paulette Feld tells the truth …

The Disobedience School: Class of 2012

The Disobedience School: Class of 2012 hosted this past Saturday on the 28th was a big success. The event took place at UNITE HERE Local 26 on Harrison Ave. near the Chinatown T stop and it brought together about 40 people from different organizations …

Dean Baker: Auto Manufacturing Gives Big Boost to Jobs Growth

We asked economist Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), to expand upon recent reports that show a marked improvement in the nation’s jobs picture. In January, 243,000 jobs were created and unemployment dr…

Teacher Evaluation System Clears Final Hurdle

Teachers and principals won’t make the grade unless their students are making academic strides, according to a new evaluation system that the State Board of Education approved Friday.

“Student learning is the single most important factor” in the new…

AFGE Launches New `Explain It to Me, GOP Ad Campaign

"This material is related to legislation and internal union activity. You MAY copy this using union funds or using union equipment, when not on duty or not on official time. It may be distributed during lunch and learns, and other union event…

Take Action for Millions of Home Care Workers

Please take a moment today to tell the Department of Labor that home care workers should be entitled to minimum wage and overtime pay, like other American workers. Following an announcement by President Obama and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, the Dep…