Take Action Nov. 18
Next time you're about to jet-set off to...a family get-together for the holidays? A conference? A family vacation?
Wherever your travels may take you this winter there's one thing you shouldn't leave home without: an AFGE luggage tag.
When President Bush created the Transportation Security Agency, he denied Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) the right to organize, but left open the possibility for them to form a union in the future. That time's coming, but there is a lot of fear among some TSOs caused by anti-union managers who are afraid of giving up any control.
You can support the TSOs by attaching luggage tags to both your checked and carry-on bags that let them know that you support their organizing campaign. To order tags email Graham.
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Playing Chicken with Our Economic Recovery
DECEMBER 20th, 2011 | Congress stands at the crossroads of yet another Federal shutdown, the third this year. If we were waiting for a clear indication that we need to more Representatives in Washington who will put working families and the middle class first, this is it. Partisan bickering keeps the real leaders on both sides of the aisle, who are ready to fight for the 99% of us who work for a living, doing their jobs.
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Breaking Down Wealth Inequality
NOVEMBER 30th, 2011 | Occupy Wall Street has rippled across the country leaving a wake of activism and protest in nearly every state and wide-scale demonstrations teeming in over 20 major North American cities. The message is clear: we are the 99%. We work the jobs, we pay the bills and we’re tired of the 1% keeping all of the profits.
