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Instead of resorting to layoffs to meet Gov. Chet Culver’s 10 percent across-the-board budget cuts, state government should implement an employee pay reduction, Iowa Tax Relief President Ed Failor Jr. said Monday.

After my report earlier today about the outlook for organized labor going into 2010, one unanswered political question remains: After Democratic majorities failed to move key components of organized labor’s agenda from 2007 to 2009, will national labor groups continue to direct resources to Iowa Democrats, or will they move on to other states where [...]

“I like to think that good legislation gets passed regardless of whether it is an election year or not,” said Marcia Nichols, political and legislative director for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61.

The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61 has issued a response to Gov. Chet Culver’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, promising to work with the governor to find cost savings and staying on message when it comes to whom to blame for the current economic crisis.
The cordial statement, sent [...]

“It was one of most peculiar mailings I’ve received,” said Cedar Rapids resident Gary Goldstein.
Goldstein was not the only Iowan confused by a full-color flier that arrived in Iowa mailboxes yesterday from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
“I saw it, read it and my first thought was ‘Who sent this?’ [...]

The presidential campaign for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced the endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the nation’s largest public sector union.
In total, AFSCME represents more than 1.4 million workers. The union has said it has plans to activate a 40,000-member voluntary force and launch a get-out-the-vote [...]