Public Workers

GOP uses “budget cutting” to attack unions

February 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

An influential right-wing group among the House's new GOP majority, the 170-member Republican Study Committee (RSC), is using "budget cutting" as an excuse to attack federal worker union reps.

Officials use budget woes to attack public unions

January 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

State officials around the country are using state and local budget woes as a smokescreen for campaigns against public unions.

Martin Luther King Jr. and the attack on public workers

January 17, 2011 By Scott Marshall

As we celebrate the life and historic contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, public workers are under fierce attack across the country.

State budget crises and Mr. Holland’s sorrow

January 12, 2011 By Art Perlo

In the coming year, states face a combined shortfall likely to exceed $112 billion.

Public workers in the bull’s-eye

January 5, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Taking advantage of the economic crisis, the Republicans and Wall Street have placed public workers in the bull's-eye of their attack.