WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, today announced the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill, which has been approved by the Senate, includes $800,000 in …

The health care bill being considered by the U.S. Senate is inadequate and too tilted toward the insurance industry, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said today.
In recent days, as the Senate has debated health care reform, …

AFSCME Maryland Council 67 and Next Wave is partnering with Zion Baptist Church in efforts to support needy families this Christmas.
Today at 6pm, all AFSCME members are welcome to attend this Multi-cultural event at the …

Mikulski vows to keep fighting for women, include her amendment in final legislation that goes to President
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate today passed in a 61 to 39 vote an amendment authored by …

Federal investments in our national service programs are an important way for Congress and the Obama administration to tackle high unemployment and growing poverty across the nation. The almost two-year-long Great Recession appears to be giving way to an incipient economic recovery, but job growth and wage growth will be slow in the months ahead. Providing short-term employment opportunities for jobless youth and helping to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to transform participants’ long-term career prospects would strengthen the economy and spur economic demand.

The US Constitution requires a national census once every 10 years. The census is used to determine the number of seats each state will have in the U. S. House of Representatives and the boundaries …

President Barack Obama this week is convening a jobs summit to address the urgent need to create jobs for the more than 26 million unemployed or underemployed workers looking for work in an economy in …

A new study finds disturbing developments for young workers between the ages of 18 and 35.  The study blames the downturn in the economy and insufficient government intervention.
Eric Schaffer passes the time trolling the Internet, …