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A New Voice Special Edition: September 2018

A New Voice Special Edition: September 2018

A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis

It was 10 years ago this month that the 2008 financial crisis kicked into high gear.

A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis

Building for Our Next Fight!

We live in an era of great inequality where the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Our Country, our State, and our County are experiencing a tremendous economic boom while we're falling further and further behind.

Building for Our Next Fight!

Tentative Agreement Reached!

Early in the morning on August 29, after nearly 19 hours of mediation, all 6 Hennepin County AFSCME locals reached a tentative agreement for our contract with Hennepin County. As members you will vote on whether or not to accept it.

Tentative Agreement Reached!

Don’t Like Wealth Inequality? Join a Union

No politician running for office today would openly advocate for more wealth inequality in our country, where the richest 1 percent of the population owns 40 percent of the wealth. Even candidate Donald Trump in 2016 promised to stand up for the “forgotten men and women of our country,” who feel betrayed by a rigged economic system that benefits a small minority at their expense. Yet every single day, President Trump and congressional leaders seem determined to do more to increase wealth inequality than to alleviate it; do more for corporations and the wealthy than for single parents working two or three jobs to make ends meet.

Don’t Like Wealth Inequality? Join a Union