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In PolitiFact debut, Brown says federal jobs pay twice as much as private sector jobs
12 days after his upset victory in Massachusetts, Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown made his debut on the Sunday morning talk circuit.
He talked about health care, the war in Afghanistan and deficit reduction in an interview with Barbara Walters on the Jan. 31, 2010...
News · politifact.com · Feb 8, 2010
2011 Pay Raise: Coulda Been Worse
Federal workers who predicted that President Obama would propose a 2011 pay freeze missed the boat. But not by that much.
The 1.4 percent figure proposed in the President's budget is larger than the guess-timate that the majority of readers -- in our entertaining but highly...
News · Federal News Radio · Feb 2, 2010
SITTING DOWN TO STAND UP: REMEMBERING GREENSBORO 1960:
February 1, 1960, began as a crisp winter’s day half a century ago. But by the end of the day, U.S. race relations would be changed forever. On that day, four neatly-dressed African-Americans students quietly took their seats a t a Woolworth’s...
News · DC Labor · Feb 1, 2010
Council 26 Steward Training (Photo included)
Forty stewards from 8 different Locals within Council 26 met at the AFSCME International Headquarters in Washington, DC for a Basic Stewards Training. Their length of time as stewards ranged from as short as several weeks to as long as 30 years. By the end of the two days they...
News · Council 26 · Jan 30, 2010