…consistently found overuse of consultants for state contracts. We’ve reduced the use of consultants in the Comptroller’s office, and I’m encouraging other state agencies to review their policies regarding consultants….
…We are organizing to stop layoffs and budget cuts and to reclaim the public funds to use them for the workers, communities and students.” Oliver Gray, Associate Director of AFSCME…
…164B of the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMP) has been negotiating a new labor agreement at Pacific Steel for several months. The old agreement expired…
Letter to the Editor – Retirees Concerns with Healthcare Reform Act March 24, 2011 By Paul Miller, Executive Director, Protect Seniors. Org March 17 marks the first anniversary of the…
…requiring agencies to list the full time workers covered by outside contracts saying that would bring “greater transparency” to the process. The State legislation, which calls for a report prepared…
…the banks and investors pay their share of taxes. We are organizing to stop layoffs and budget cuts and to reclaim the public funds to use them for the workers,…
…legislative opposition. Those changes have reduced or eliminated state aid for graduate students, dependents of retired workers, certain independent students without dependents, and students who are struggling with federal student…
Retirees Concerns with Healthcare Reform Act March 22, 2011 By Paul Miller, Executive Director, Protect Seniors. Org “March 17 marks the first anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection…
Reprint March 16, 2011 By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd – March 11, 2011 http://www.alternet.org Everybody knows the GOP’s biggest weakness is money, so why not hit ’em in the sweet spot?…
March 15, 2011 By Vanessa DeSantis Policymakers and grassroots organizers had a chance to mingle at the ANOROC Democratic Club’s 82nd Anniversary Dinner Dance, on the evening of Thursday March…
