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	<title>AFSCME Council 67 &#187; Featured</title>
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		<title>Union Representative Brings Interns to Jobs March</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/10/20/union-representative-brings-interns-to-jobs-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFSCME&#8217;s Glen Middleton says that young people are keeping Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s vision for workers’ rights and equality alive. By Danielle Wright
(American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees interns from left to right: ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Reflects on 9/11; New Video Features Public Service Workers Who Answered the Call</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/09/09/afscme-reflects-on-911-new-video-features-public-service-workers-who-answered-the-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. ─ As the nation pauses to reflect and remember the events of September 11, 2001, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME) released this video http://www.afscme.org/we-remember featuring public service workers who were ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ride For AFSCME People</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/08/11/ride-for-afscme-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! It&#8217;s almost time for the first AFSCME PEOPLE Poker Run! Hop on your motorcycle and come on down to Alpha Ridge Park in Howard County, Maryland. Enjoy the open road, spend time with your AFSCME ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Next Wave Conference in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/14/afscme-next-wave-conference-in-georgia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/14/afscme-next-wave-conference-in-georgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFSCME’s second Next Wave Conference was held this past weekend in Atlanta, GA and it was a huge success. Over 600 Next Wavers under the age of 35 attended the conference. The conference focused on ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Helps Launch National Drive to Better Home Care Providers’ Lives, Services</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/14/afscme-helps-launch-national-drive-to-better-home-care-providers%e2%80%99-lives-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home care providers represented by AFSCME Council 67 in Maryland, and AFSCME International Sec.-Treas. Lee Saunders, helped launch ‘Caring Across Generations,’ a national campaign to improve the future of long-term care in America.
The campaign was ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME goes head-to-head with Prince George&#8217;s County Council</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/afscme-goes-head-to-head-with-prince-georges-county-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/afscme-goes-head-to-head-with-prince-georges-county-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, Prince George’s County Council rejected the AFSCME Master Agreement covering Locals 2462, 3389, 2735 and 1170, and the Agreement for Local 241, which combined covers over 1,500 employees.  Newly elected County ...]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Home Care Providers’ Bargaining Rights Become Law</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/05/13/maryland-home-care-providers%e2%80%99-bargaining-rights-become-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/05/13/maryland-home-care-providers%e2%80%99-bargaining-rights-become-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 15:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 5,000 Maryland independent home care providers have achieved another victory in a campaign for dignity that began in 2008 when they voted to join AFSCME Council 67.
With a signature by Gov. Martin O’Malley, the providers’ ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Maryland Members Rally in Annapolis</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/22/afscme-maryland-members-rally-in-annapolis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/22/afscme-maryland-members-rally-in-annapolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of AFSCME of members rallied in Annapolis protesting Keep The Promise. Protestors urged
legislators to stop the proposed budget cuts that will ultimately devastate public services and education funding. The cuts cover security benefits for retirees, health care coverage for state employees, teachers and librarians.]]></description>
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		<title>Join the Baltimore Education Coalition in Annapolis to protect education from funding cuts!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/06/join-the-baltimore-education-coalition-in-annapolis-to-protect-education-from-funding-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/06/join-the-baltimore-education-coalition-in-annapolis-to-protect-education-from-funding-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pressure is growing to make cuts to funding for Baltimore City Schools. Yesterday morning, the Maryland Department of Legislative Services proposed additional cuts to education, including a 50/50 shift of teacher pensions to local school districts.]]></description>
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		<title>White Collar Workers Join AFSCME MD Council 67</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/02/16/white-collar-workers-join-afscme-md-council-67/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/02/16/white-collar-workers-join-afscme-md-council-67/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A record of 400 white collar workers were organized beginning in July 2010, and are now members of
AFSMCE MD Council 67. Executive Director, Glen Middleton and President, Dale Chase recognized the
need for Union representation amongst ...]]></description>
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		<title>Health and Retirement On The Chopping Block</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/29/health-and-retirement-on-the-chopping-block/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/29/health-and-retirement-on-the-chopping-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, December 20th, the Commission on the Sustainability of Public Employee and Retiree Health and Pension Benefits made recommendations to shift 10 percent of the cost of healthcare to state workers and to potentially ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Fights Back with “Stop the Lies” Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/02/afscme-fights-back-with-%e2%80%9cstop-the-lies%e2%80%9d-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/02/afscme-fights-back-with-%e2%80%9cstop-the-lies%e2%80%9d-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC — At a time when public services are under attack from right wing politicians and political talking heads, AFSCME is fighting back with “Stop the Lies,” an aggressive campaign that will expose right ...]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Home Care Providers Win First Contract Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/08/11/maryland-home-care-providers-win-first-contract-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/08/11/maryland-home-care-providers-win-first-contract-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In their second victory since voting to join AFSCME Council 67  in 2008, approximately 4,500 independent home care providers throughout Maryland now have a contract that will help improve the conditions of their work ...]]></description>
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		<title>2-Cents Makes Sense: Baltimore City Passes 2 Cent Bottle Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/07/06/2-cents-makes-sense-baltimore-city-passes-2-cent-bottle-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/07/06/2-cents-makes-sense-baltimore-city-passes-2-cent-bottle-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an 8-4 vote on Thursday City Council approves the Beverage Container Tax.
After months of debate and hours of negotiations, AFSCME is victorious. For months, AFSCME leaders have flooded City Hall hearings declaring “4 -Cents ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pink slips coming next week for up to 600 city workers, reports Sun</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/05/25/pink-slips-coming-next-week-for-up-to-600-city-workers-reports-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/05/25/pink-slips-coming-next-week-for-up-to-600-city-workers-reports-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six hundred layoff notices are slated to land on the desks of Baltimore union leaders next week, as the City Council scrambles to reach an agreement over a bevy of competing tax proposals to plug ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME WE DID IT!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/24/afscme-we-did-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/24/afscme-we-did-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we celebrate a great accomplishment; the signing of the Healthcare Bill.  It could not have happened without your 4 million calls, rallying in front of the capital, and stopping big insurance companies from issuing ...]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Signs Executive Order Regarding Historically Black Colleges and Universities</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/04/president-obama-signs-executive-order-regarding-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/04/president-obama-signs-executive-order-regarding-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDER ON HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
East Room &#8211; 4:54 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Well, it is ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Remembers Dr. King</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/01/19/afscme-remembers-dr-king/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/01/19/afscme-remembers-dr-king/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 18, our nation celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AFSCME has a particular tie to Dr. King and his causes. For it was in Memphis, where he joined 1,300 AFSCME ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers Up For Raise Amid Bad Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/01/13/lawmakers-up-for-raise-amid-bad-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/01/13/lawmakers-up-for-raise-amid-bad-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland is $1.5 billion over budget and state workers are being furloughed, but a commission is recommending raises for the governor and state lawmakers.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; State lawmakers are currently up for a raise, even ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mikulski Announces Final Senate Approval of Bill Putting $800,000 For Maryland 2-1-1 In Federal Checkbook</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/24/800k-for-maryland-2-1-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/24/800k-for-maryland-2-1-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Trumka: Senate Health Care Bill Must Change to Be Real Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/22/trumka-senate-health-care-bill-must-change-to-be-real-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/22/trumka-senate-health-care-bill-must-change-to-be-real-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, ...]]></description>
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		<title>National Service and Youth Unemployment &#8211; Strategies for Job Creation Amid Economic Recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/07/national-service-and-youth-unemployment-strategies-for-job-creation-amid-economic-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/07/national-service-and-youth-unemployment-strategies-for-job-creation-amid-economic-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Young Workers Show Less Progress Than 10 Years Ago</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/02/young-workers-show-less-progress-than-10-years-ago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/02/young-workers-show-less-progress-than-10-years-ago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFL-CIO aims to bring young people into unions</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/02/afl-cio-aims-to-bring-young-people-into-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/12/02/afl-cio-aims-to-bring-young-people-into-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They came to Pittsburgh, heard a host of speeches, elected new officers and passed a raft of resolutions. But did the AFL-CIO convention really accomplish anything?]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: We Need Strong Unions for a Strong Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/09/16/obama-we-need-strong-unions-for-a-strong-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/09/16/obama-we-need-strong-unions-for-a-strong-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama had a strong, inspiring message for delegates to the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention: We’re going to make this country work again. In a speech punctuated by chants and standing ovations, Obama said he’s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care For America</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/07/06/health-care-for-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/07/06/health-care-for-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 25th, with your participation, thousands rallied in DC in front of the Capitol demanding health care for all Americans.  AFSCME’s own Executive Director; Glenard Middleton stated that:
“The time is NOW we have ...]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care For America Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/06/08/health-care-for-america-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/06/08/health-care-for-america-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFSCME Maryland must lead the fight for health care reform. Once we achieve a system that controls costs and covers everyone, then we can turn our full efforts on winning better wages for our members.


Stop ...]]></description>
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		<title>Union Survey on Influenza Pandemic Finds Lack of Adequate Health and Safety Measures For Health Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/05/01/lack-of-adequate-health-and-safety-measures-for-health-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/05/01/lack-of-adequate-health-and-safety-measures-for-health-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Union Survey on Influenza Pandemic Finds Lack of Adequate Health and Safety Measures For Health Care Workers
McEntee praises Obama request for$1.5 billion in additional funding

Washington, DC — A new union survey of more than 100 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Share Bill Passed</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/04/27/fair-share-bill-passed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/04/27/fair-share-bill-passed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland Council 67 has spent weeks to make Maryland happen and we did on Monday the House of Delegates passed the “Fair Share Bill”. The House passed the bill with amendments and the Senate was considering the bill late into the evening on the last day of the legislative session. ]]></description>
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		<title>McEntee on King Anniversary: We Must Create an America That Lives Up to Its Ideals</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/04/03/mcentee-on-king-anniversary-we-must-create-an-america-that-lives-up-to-its-ideals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/04/03/mcentee-on-king-anniversary-we-must-create-an-america-that-lives-up-to-its-ideals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement from AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the anniversary of the 1968 AFSCME Sanitation Strike in Memphis and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Washington, D.C. — AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee issued ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSMCE Maryland Council 67 Mourns the Loss of Former President</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/03/31/afsmce-maryland-council-67-mourns-the-loss-of-former-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/03/31/afsmce-maryland-council-67-mourns-the-loss-of-former-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFSCME Council 67 mourns the loss of our brother Raymond Clarke; former Assistant Director of Maryland state-wide council and Local 44 and executive board member of the Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO. We are deeply saddened ...]]></description>
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		<title>One Maryland</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/03/25/one-maryland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/03/25/one-maryland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Message from the Governor Covering the Uninsured
Over the past two years, we’ve expanded access to quality, affordable healthcare to 100,000 more Marylanders through expanded dental coverage for children, increased Medicaid funding, enhanced prescription drug coverage for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Obama signs $787 billion stimulus bill into law</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/02/25/obama-signs-787-billion-stimulus-bill-into-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/02/25/obama-signs-787-billion-stimulus-bill-into-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama makes history once again, after signing one of largest pieces of legislation in US history.  Only 30 days into office the president has set a remarkable precedent upon our nation.]]></description>
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		<title>The Earned Income Tax Credit Puts Dollars Back in Working Families Pockets</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/02/16/earned-income-tax-credit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/02/16/earned-income-tax-credit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Earned income tax credit could put dollars back in the pockets of many working families in Maryland. Maryland is one of the 20 states that offer earned income tax credit to lower –to- middle ...]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Martin O’Malley discusses his plans for Maryland in his third State of The State Address</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2009/02/16/governor-martin-o%e2%80%99malley-discusses-his-plans-for-maryland-in-his-third-state-of-the-state-address/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the downfall of the economy, Democratic Governor O’Malley, predicts hope to the General Assembly for the upcoming years in distinct reference to the newly elected President Barack Obama. In his 30 minute speech O’Malley ...]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama Elected As Nation&#8217;s First Black President</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/12/18/obama-first-black-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/12/18/obama-first-black-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec 16 2008 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As 13 electors cast ballots Monday for the nation&#8217;s first black president in the Confederacy&#8217;s old Capitol, Henry Marsh emotionally recalled the smartest man he ever knew — ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFL-CIO Old Fashioned Political Rally</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/27/afl-cio-old-fashion-political-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/27/afl-cio-old-fashion-political-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFL-CIA Old Fashion Political Rally On Thursday on October 16, 2008]]></description>
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		<title>Slot Referendum Will Help Baltimore City Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/slot-referendum-will-help-baltimore-city-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/slot-referendum-will-help-baltimore-city-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We represent approximately 20,000 workers across the state, in both the public and private sectors and we endorse the passage of the November 4th slots referendum. It is crucial that we pass this referendum]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Opposes Baltimore City&#8217;s Ban on Cell Phones While Driving</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/cell-phone-while-driving-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/cell-phone-while-driving-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement of Opposition: City of Baltimore AM-5-1-12: Use of Communication Devices Prohibited When Operating City Motor Vehicles or Driving Personal Vehicles for City Business
The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 44 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Unity in Labor: Roundtable Discussion Series</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/unity-in-labor-roundtable-discussion-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/unity-in-labor-roundtable-discussion-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore City Council President, Honorable Stephanie Rawlings-Blake &#038; AFSCME Council 67 Present the
Unity in Labor: Roundtable Discussion Series
This series is the result of a collaborative effort to address the issues surrounding labor for Baltimore City ...]]></description>
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		<title>Council 67 Supports the NAACP and Homeowners Against Predatory Lenders</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/council-67-supports-the-naacp-and-homeowners-against-predatory-lenders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2008/10/15/council-67-supports-the-naacp-and-homeowners-against-predatory-lenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFSCME Council 67 lent its full and unwavering support to two demonstrations led by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against unscrupulous lenders that are preying on communities across America.
The NAACP ...]]></description>
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