House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday joined AFSCME President Lee Saunders and front-line public service workers from states experiencing surges in coronavirus cases to urge the Senate to approve at least $1 trillion in flexible aid to states, cities and towns.
COVID-19 has stolen 120,000 lives, putting nearly 40 million Americans out of work, and exposing mass injustices in the workplaces and our communities.
To beat COVID-19 and kick-start our economy, we're relying on vital federal funding. Without this funding, Wisconsin faces a budget shortfall and public service workers face layoffs. We can solve this pandemic, but only if we provide aid to states, cities, and towns to increase and sustain public safety and health, education, sanitation and other essential public services.
SUBJECT: AFSCME Wisconsin Statement of Solidarity Honoring Juneteenth
AFSCME Wisconsin Statement of Solidarity Honoring Juneteenth
AFSCME Wisconsin applauds Milwaukee County Executive Order #20-15 initiated by County Executive David Crowley and Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson. This Executive Order officially recognizes Juneteenth as a floating holiday for all county employees.
AFSCME praised today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that extends protections under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to millions of LGBTQ workers.
In a statement, AFSCME President Lee Saunders said such protections are long overdue and represent an important step in the fight for equality and justice for all workers.
Economists of diverse backgrounds, who might otherwise disagree on a range of policy issues, spoke with a single voice on Monday on the need for Congress to provide robust aid to states, cities and towns.
Such aid, they said, is crucial in the midst of an economic crisis that is decimating state and local budgets and threatening essential public services that are critical to beating the pandemic and jumpstarting the economy.
