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COVID soaring again—Delta variant strikes hard

Sep. 08, 2021

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Sep. 08, 2021

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COVID soaring again—Delta variant strikes hard

Vaccines have proven to be the most effective way by far to protect against the coronavirus and its variants, reducing infection and preventing hospitalization and death.

COVID soaring again—Delta variant strikes hard

Americans are pro-union

Sep. 03, 2021

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Sep. 03, 2021

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Americans are pro-union

Americans’ approval of labor unions is at the highest point it’s been in decades—68%—a recent Gallup poll found.

Americans are pro-union

Child tax credits arrive

Jul. 22, 2021

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Jul. 22, 2021

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Child tax credits arrive

Last week AFSCME members got a big boost in their “mailboxes”—the largest-ever tax cut for working families in American history is the newly expanded child tax credit, part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan.

Child tax credits arrive

Cook County employees win contract

Jun. 29, 2021

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Jun. 29, 2021

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Cook County employees win contract

After months of bargaining, 4,000 Cook County employees secured a new union contract with significant pay increases.

Cook County employees win contract

Tentative agreement reached with Cook County

Jun. 23, 2021

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Jun. 23, 2021

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Tentative agreement reached with Cook County

We did it! On June 23, the AFSCME bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement on a new union contract for some 4,000 members in Cook County government.

Tentative agreement reached with Cook County