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	<title>AFSCME Council 67 &#187; News</title>
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		<title>Open Enrollment 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/10/13/open-enrollment-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City’s 2012 Open Enrollment is scheduled for October 17, 2011 through October 28, 2011. During that time employees will be able to log on to the City’s benefits website at www.baltimorecity.essbenefits.com to make changes to coverage and to sign up for new plans. This year the City will hold three days of Benefit Health Fairs on October 19, October 26 and October 27, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the War Memorial Building. All of the City’s vendors will be present at the Benefits Fairs to provide valuable information and wellness services. Free flu shots will be available. The staff from the Employee Benefits Division (EBD) will be at the Benefits Fairs to answer questions and assist any employee or retiree who needs help logging onto the online benefits enrollment system.]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Future At Stake This Labor Day</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/09/02/america%e2%80%99s-future-at-stake-this-labor-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This entry by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee is cross-posted from Firedoglake.
As we celebrate Labor Day 2011, working families face greater attacks on their economic security than at any time since the days of the robber ...]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Grand Prix Downtown Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/08/31/update-grand-prix-downtown-traffic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore City Department of Transportation would like to advise motorists of the traffic modifications that will be implemented for the 2011 Inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix race. The streetscape of downtown Baltimore is being transformed ...]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent action needed to restore the &#8220;COPS&#8221; Program</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/22/urgent-action-needed-to-restore-the-cops-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/22/urgent-action-needed-to-restore-the-cops-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House Appropriations Committee last week eliminated funding for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, including COPS Hiring Grants. The “C-J-S” bill now moves to the House floor, where the entire House of Representative ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Co-Chairs August March for Jobs and Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/22/afscme-co-chairs-august-march-for-jobs-and-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/22/afscme-co-chairs-august-march-for-jobs-and-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Clyde Weiss  &#124;  July 13, 2011
AFSCME will co-chair a massive rally and march in Washington, DC, on August 27, the day before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’sNational Memorial will be unveiled on the National Mall.
The rally, led ...]]></description>
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		<title>Baltimore community and prisoner rights activists will rally Thursday as part of nation-wide events to show support for California Prisoners staging a hunger strike against deplorable prison conditions</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/20/baltimore-community-and-prisoner-rights-activists-will-rally-thursday-as-part-of-nation-wide-events-to-show-support-for-california-prisoners-staging-a-hunger-strike-against-deplorable-prison-condition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Two hundred prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison (California) have been on a hunger strike since July 1, 2011 to protest the cruel, inhumane and tortuous conditions of their imprisonment. The hunger strike has been ...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Green&#8221; Volunteers Needed!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/07/18/green-volunteers-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers needed for greening event!
Monday, July 25 from 8:00 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM
Academy for College and Career Exploration (ACCE)
1300 W. 36th Street, Baltimore, MD
Our goal is to remove ¾ of an acre of unused parking ...]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Against Workers’ Rights; AFSCME Files Federal Lawsuit to Block Anti-Worker Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-against-workers%e2%80%99-rights-afscme-files-federal-lawsuit-to-block-anti-worker-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-against-workers%e2%80%99-rights-afscme-files-federal-lawsuit-to-block-anti-worker-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday June 14, 2011, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision with Justice David Prosser writing the majority opinion, ordered the implementation of Gov. Scott Walker’s union busting &#8220;Budget Repair&#8221; bill. Wisconsin Secretary of ...]]></description>
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		<title>State Battles Summit ends with commitment to fight</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/state-battles-summit-ends-with-commitment-to-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/state-battles-summit-ends-with-commitment-to-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Clyde Weiss  &#124;  June 08, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – “We stand with you as you have stood with us,” Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told AFSCME activists during the third ...]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re the last line of defense for the working class</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/were-the-last-line-of-defense-for-the-working-class/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/18/were-the-last-line-of-defense-for-the-working-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Clyde Weiss  &#124;  June 07, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – AFSCME Sec.-Treas. Lee A. Saunders, addressing hundreds of activists at our State Battles Summit this morning, declared that “corporate-backed politicians are trying to pull us apart rather than ...]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations Dale Chase!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/10/congratulations-dale-chase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/06/10/congratulations-dale-chase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 25, 2011, President of AFSCME Maryland Council 67 Dale Chase was elected to NationalConference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCEPERS). The National Conference on PublicEmployee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) is the largest trade association ...]]></description>
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		<title>Workers Memorial Day</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/04/28/workers-memorial-day-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/04/28/workers-memorial-day-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in hundreds of ceremonies across the county working families are honoring workers who died or were injured on the job in the past year. In a Workers Memorial Day proclamation, President Obama says the nation must:
recommit ...]]></description>
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		<title>Prince George’s council to consider pay raise for some county employees</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/04/20/prince-george%e2%80%99s-council-to-consider-pay-raise-for-some-county-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/04/20/prince-george%e2%80%99s-council-to-consider-pay-raise-for-some-county-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prince George’s Council has agreed to consider a 2 percent pay  raise for about 1800 county unionized employees, whose contracts were    approved by former County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) ...]]></description>
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		<title>I AM A MAN</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/04/04/i-am-a-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/04/04/i-am-a-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died while defending AFSCME sanitation workers in Memphis who were fighting for their dignity and the right to collective bargaining. Today, public service workers are under attack again. ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME: Balanced Budget Amendment &#8220;A Recipe for Economic Disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/31/afscme-balanced-budget-amendment-a-recipe-for-economic-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/31/afscme-balanced-budget-amendment-a-recipe-for-economic-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
STATEMENT BY AFSCME PRESIDENT GERALD W. McENTEE ON THE SENATE INTRODUCTION OF A BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
“At a time when Americans need to pull together to deal with the worst economic crisis since the ...]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Maryland Pension Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/17/2011-maryland-pension-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/17/2011-maryland-pension-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to download information related to the proposed pension change.
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		<title>Your Pension is at risk!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/11/your-pension-is-at-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/11/your-pension-is-at-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your PENSION is at RISK!
WHY: Restructuring Bill to fill State budget gaps.
BY WHO: The State Of Maryland
WHEN: NOW!!
Currently there is a proposal in Annapolis that will affect EVERY PARTICIPANT
in the State Pension program. This affects ...]]></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>Neighborhood Protests Against Annual Liquor License Renewals</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/04/neighborhood-protests-against-annual-liquor-license-renewals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/03/04/neighborhood-protests-against-annual-liquor-license-renewals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Must file a petition with the Liquor Board with signatures of at least 10 residents in the vicinity of the liquor establishment. The petition must state that the community is
“protesting the renewal of the liquor license at [ADDRESS]” and must list SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS]]></description>
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		<title>March 14th: Keep The Promise Rally</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/02/25/keep-the-promise-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/02/25/keep-the-promise-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us to protect your future! Save jobs and benefits.  See you in Annapolis! Wear your AFSCME Green!
Date: Monday, March 14
Time: 5pm (arrive early for parking)
Location: US Naval Stadium, 550 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, MD, 21401
Guest ...]]></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>Public School Seniors &#8211; Win Money for College!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/public-school-seniors-win-money-for-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/public-school-seniors-win-money-for-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public High School Seniors &#8212; A chance for $1500 for college!
The Maryland Science Center is again offering two $1500 scholarships -The Dr. H. Bentley Glass Scholarships -to Baltimore City public high school students who will ...]]></description>
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		<title>Free Homeownership Workshops Prepare Attendees for Buying and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/free-homeownership-workshops-prepare-attendees-for-buying-and-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/free-homeownership-workshops-prepare-attendees-for-buying-and-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free Homeownership Workshops Prepare Attendees for Buying and Beyond
All Workshops are free and open to the public.
Pre-registration is open online at www.LiveBaltimore.com.
WHO: Live Baltimore
WHAT: Live Baltimore Free Education Workshops
SCHEDULE:
Hidden Dream Home: Buying and Rehabbing a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Trucks Where They Belong!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/keep-trucks-where-they-belong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/keep-trucks-where-they-belong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep Trucks Where They Belong!
Review Proposed New TRUCK ROUTE MAPS before adoption by Baltimore City Department of Transportation
NW SECTOR Review will be held at Roland Park Library (5100 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD)
WEDNESDAY, February 2
5:30 – ...]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Hearing: In-State Tuition Regardless of Immigration Status</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/city-council-hearing-in-state-tuition-regardless-of-immigration-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/city-council-hearing-in-state-tuition-regardless-of-immigration-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CITY COUNCIL EDUCATION HEARING
In-State Tuition Regardless of Immigration Status
City Council Chambers, 4th floor, City Hall
100 North Holliday Street
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
5:00 pm
(will also be televised on channel 25) 
Hearing will consider City Council Resolution 11-0243R in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Free Tax Preperation for Families</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/free-tax-preperation-for-families/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/29/free-tax-preperation-for-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free Tax Preparation for Families earning $49,000 a year or less and individuals earning $25,000 a year or less.
Location:
PNC Bank Community Room, 12 East 25th Street (Across from Safeway)
Appointments Preferred
Tuesday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm
Saturdays 9:30am-1:00pm
Sites operating from Saturday, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dependent Child Tuition Waiver Benefit</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/12/dependent-child-tuition-waiver-benefit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/12/dependent-child-tuition-waiver-benefit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To whom it may concern,
We  want to make sure your union members/principals/schools are aware of an  amazing benefit available to them.
If there are any members/school  staff that are non-city residents AND have ...]]></description>
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		<title>Stop The Lies</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/07/stop-the-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/07/stop-the-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
New Year, same shell game being played by the fat-cats on Wall Street.
In 2009, public employee Joe Wisniowski made $40,000/year as an Airport Equipment Operator for an Ohio airport while Wall Street raked in $20.3 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Major Water Line Work on 39th Street begins January 10 From University Parkway(west) to St. Paul Street</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/06/major-water-line-work-on-39th-street-begins-january-10-from-university-parkwaywest-to-st-paul-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/06/major-water-line-work-on-39th-street-begins-january-10-from-university-parkwaywest-to-st-paul-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duration of entire project, estimated at 5 weeks from January 10. Goal is completion just before Valentine’s Day.
Start date and place:
First Phase
Work is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 10, 2011,
at 39th &#38; University (eastbound ...]]></description>
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		<title>New GOP Scapegoat: Public Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/05/new-gop-scapegoat-public-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2011/01/05/new-gop-scapegoat-public-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dorian Warren, assistant professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, sorts fact from shameless scapegoat politics in the latest round of Republican demonizing of public sector workers like teachers and firefighters.

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		<title>D.C. Post Office Named After Dorothy Height</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/23/d-c-post-office-named-after-dorothy-height/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/23/d-c-post-office-named-after-dorothy-height/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama recently signed a bill that names the United States Postal Service office in Washington D.C. after civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height. 
On Dec. 15, Obama signed into order H.R. 6118, which renames ...]]></description>
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		<title>They have big money and big mouths</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/02/they-have-big-money-and-big-mouths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/12/02/they-have-big-money-and-big-mouths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall  Street CEOs — with the help of their political friends in Congress and  the media — are trying to divert attention from the simple fact that  they caused our economy to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Prince George’s County Commemorates World AIDS Day &#8211; December 1, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/19/prince-george%e2%80%99s-county-commemorates-world-aids-day-december-1-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/19/prince-george%e2%80%99s-county-commemorates-world-aids-day-december-1-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World AIDS Day Program &#8211; Wednesday, December 1, 2010 &#124; 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Prince George’s Community College &#124; Community Room B &#124; 301 Largo Road, Largo MD 20774-2199
Giveaways

Drama Play Merci and Grace Presented by ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mercy Medical Center Free Flu Clinics</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/09/mercy-medical-center-free-flu-clinics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/09/mercy-medical-center-free-flu-clinics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore City Health Department is joining with Mercy Medical Center to offer two (2) free flu vaccine clinics for City employees.
When &#8211; Tuesday November 9-10, 2010 from 7:00am-1:00pm
Click here for more information. 
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		<title>Charles Street Closure</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/05/charles-street-closure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/05/charles-street-closure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore City Department of Transportation would like to advise motorists that a portion of southbound Charles Street will close for construction. Beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, November 08, 2010, southbound Charles Street (service lane) will be ...]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day Holiday Notice – November 11, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/05/veterans-day-holiday-notice-%e2%80%93-november-11-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/11/05/veterans-day-holiday-notice-%e2%80%93-november-11-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Public Works’ Offices will be closed on Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11, 2010.



Trash and recycling WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.
Saturday, November 13, 2010, will be the make up collection day for trash and recycling ...]]></description>
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		<title>Election Day Holiday Notice – November 2, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/10/30/election-day-holiday-notice-%e2%80%93-november-2-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/10/30/election-day-holiday-notice-%e2%80%93-november-2-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Director Alfred H. Foxx announced today that Department of Public Works’ Offices will be closed on Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, 2010.
On Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, 2010:

Trash and recycling WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.
Saturday, November ...]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Open Enrollment</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/10/21/2011-open-enrollment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/10/21/2011-open-enrollment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City&#8217;s 2011 annual open enrollment will be held from October 25, 2010 through November 5, 2010. Open enrollment allows employees an opportunity to review their current elections and make changes for the new Plan ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Marches for One Nation</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/23/afscme-marches-for-one-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/23/afscme-marches-for-one-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join AFSCME Council 67 and tens of thousands of organizations and American families as we march on Washington Saturday October 2, 2010.  We will show the people who “ just say no” to working ...]]></description>
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		<title>Join Young Trade Unionists Parade on Labor Day</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/05/join-young-trade-unionists-parade-on-labor-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/05/join-young-trade-unionists-parade-on-labor-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Young Trade Unionists Parade on Labor Day
Monday, September 6th @ 9am.
7200 Sollers Point Road.
If you have any questions feel free to info@youngtradeunionists.org or (443) 604-9962. A copy of the flier is attached to this ...]]></description>
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		<title>Growth in Jobs Beats Estimates, Easing Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/05/growth-in-jobs-beats-estimates-easing-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/05/growth-in-jobs-beats-estimates-easing-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American businesses added more jobs in the last three months than originally estimated, calming fears of a double-dip recession. Yet the pace of growth signaled that the wheels of the economic recovery were still spinning ...]]></description>
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		<title>Now&#8217;s Your Chance To Vote Early &#8212; Don&#8217;t Miss It!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/02/nows-your-chance-to-vote-early-dont-miss-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/09/02/nows-your-chance-to-vote-early-dont-miss-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early Voting Begins September 3, 2010
 WHO CAN VOTE EARLY? 

Any registered voter can vote early. If September 14, 2010 is not good for your schedule come out early. Remember your vote counts!
Friday, September, 3
Saturday, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle Tax Resurfacing</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/06/30/bottle-tax-resurfacing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/06/30/bottle-tax-resurfacing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, City Council members pushed the beverage container tax to the back of the City’s budget, but thanks to AFSCME and the members of Local 44 the beverage container tax is back on the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Save Our Jobs!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/06/26/save-our-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of AFSCME members marched in front of the War Memorial Building yesterday, to declare      “Save Our Jobs” to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake.  Wearing T-Shirts that read “I am a Public Employee and Proud of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Union workers flock to city hall to protest cuts, wage freeze</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/04/21/union-workers-flock-to-city-hall-to-protest-cuts-wage-freeze/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/04/21/union-workers-flock-to-city-hall-to-protest-cuts-wage-freeze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[City union employees flooded the Takoma Park public hearing Monday night to protest the layoffs and wage freeze proposed in the city manager&#8217;s draft of the 2011 budget.
About 30 union employees, mostly from the city&#8217;s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to Fight! Ready to Lead! 39th Biennial Convention in Boston, MA</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/04/08/ready-to-fight-ready-to-lead-39th-biennial-convention-in-boston-ma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/04/08/ready-to-fight-ready-to-lead-39th-biennial-convention-in-boston-ma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFSCME will hold its 39th Biennial Convention in Boston, MA, June 28-July 2. More than 5,000 delegates and guests from across the country will come together to focus on expanding our organizing efforts, securing important ...]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to Cut Youth Wages Headed to House Floor!</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/04/01/bill-to-cut-youth-wages-headed-to-house-floor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/04/01/bill-to-cut-youth-wages-headed-to-house-floor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 23, 2010 House Bill 1792 was passed out of committee. This amended version of the bill we told you about last month would reduce the minimum wage for workers 18 and Under. For ...]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes Jobs Bill that Delivers Aid to States; Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits and COBRA Subsidies</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/15/senate-passes-jobs-bill-that-delivers-aid-to-states-extends-unemployment-insurance-benefits-and-cobra-subsidies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/15/senate-passes-jobs-bill-that-delivers-aid-to-states-extends-unemployment-insurance-benefits-and-cobra-subsidies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFSCME&#8217;s Make America Happen Campaign achieved an important victory in the fight to stabilize hemorrhaging state budgets and help those hard hit by the economy when the Senate passed the American Workers, State, and Business ...]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Big Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/11/stop-big-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/11/stop-big-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is leading a large union contingent in a march from the AFL-CIO and AFSCME buildings to a mass rally at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., during the meeting of the big insurance industry front ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFSCME Activists Protest Against Big Insurance Companies</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/11/afscme-activists-protest-against-big-insurance-companies-big/</link>
		<comments>http://www.afscme67.org/2010/03/11/afscme-activists-protest-against-big-insurance-companies-big/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As leaders of America’s health insurance companies meet today, inside the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC , hundreds of AFSCME members joined thousands of demonstrators in the nation’s capital for a mass citizens arrest.  ...]]></description>
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