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Tag: AFSCME

William Lucy
Posted inBusiness

Revered Labor Leader William Lucy Dies at 90

by WI Web Staff September 25, 2024September 26, 2024

William “Bill” Lucy, a respected and revered Black labor leader, died at the age of 90 after a lifetime of defending civil and human rights and advocating for social justice and worker freedom.

Lee Saunders, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Posted inPress Room

AFSCME Reelects Leaders for Four-Year Terms

by WI Web Staff August 14, 2024August 15, 2024
Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (center) receives an endorsement for her reelection bid from AFSCME Council 67 on May 19. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPrince George's County

Alsobrooks Receives ‘Proudest Endorsement’ from AFSCME

Avatar photo by William J. Ford May 19, 2022May 25, 2022
**FILE** D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

McDuffie Gets Major Labor Nod in D.C. Attorney General Race

James Wright photo by James Wright Jr. March 21, 2022March 22, 2022
The 1968 Memphis Sanitation workers strike changed the course of history. (Courtesy of AFSCME)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

AFSCME Campaign Engage Young People of Color Ahead of 2020 Election

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown May 1, 2019December 21, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy still affects multitudes of people around the world. (Courtesy of Democracy Now)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

SAUNDERS: MLK’s Dream on the Ballot

by WI Guest Author August 29, 2018October 31, 2020
The 1968 Memphis Sanitation workers strike changed the course of history. (Courtesy of AFSCME)
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, MLK Memorial Issue, Supplements

Memphis 1968 Sanitation Workers Honored by NAACP

Avatar photo by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor January 17, 2018October 31, 2020
Rep. John Lewis (second from right), with activist Roy Wilkins of the NAACP (left), the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and labor leader A. Philip Randolph
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

SAUNDERS: The False Slogan of Right to Work — An Attack on Worker Freedom

by WI Guest Author December 13, 2017October 31, 2020
Posted inNational

Labor Group Withdraws UNCF Support Over Koch Gift

by Washington Informer July 15, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Union Pulls Black College Support After Koch Gift

by Washington Informer July 11, 2014October 30, 2020

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