Tag: AFSCME
Wiretap: Sorry, we did spy on Congress, CIA says
The CIA admits that it actually did spy on Congress, hacking Senate Intelligence Committee files and filing a bogus report to the Justice Department....
Mitch Daniels, the State of the Union address and deficit realities
Popular Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has been chosen to deliver the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address tonight. Ideas about how best the government might respond to the limping economy and tackle the enormous federal budget deficit are sure to feature prominently in both speeches. Daniels comes to such a discussion with baggage, however, having head the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003, when the projected budget surplus of $236 billion ran down the sink hole to become a $400 billion deficit.
Labor ad: Stimulus is ‘first step’ in recovery
That was fast. Two labor groups -- Americans United for Change and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -- on Tuesday unveiled a national ad applauding President Barack Obama for signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The ad features footage shot earlier in the day at Obama's speech at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Largest union campaign a success in Colorado
In less than a year, Colorado’s 32,000 state employees have been unionized in what was considered to be the largest labor organizing campaign in the nation.
Labor Lobbying
UPDATE: Gov. Ritter will sign the healthcare worker whistle blower bill tomorrow, and issue and executive order calling for a taskforce to address hospital...