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AFSCME Stands in Solidarity with Ferguson Community
The American Federation of State, County and Municiple Employees, AFL-CIO ^ | August 20, 2014 | Chris Fleming

Posted on 08/20/2014 4:36:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders issued the following statement in regards to the situation in Ferguson, Missouri:

“The thoughts and prayers of our union, AFSCME, are with the family of Michael Brown. As parents, as community members, and as members of a union that works each day for economic and social justice, our hearts go out to them.

“Our union stands in solidarity with the entire Ferguson community. And we stand with our labor and faith allies to urge a peaceful resolution to this tragic situation.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: afscme; biglabor; democrats; ferguson; unions
AFSCME's 1.6 million members provide the vital services that make America happen. With members in hundreds of different occupations — from nurses to corrections officers, child care providers to sanitation workers — AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and prosperity and opportunity for all working families.

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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO 1625 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5687 Telephone: (202) 429-1145 Fax: (202) 429-1120

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Not a word of support for Darren Wilson, who unlike the late Michael Brown, is almost certainly a union brother?

1 posted on 08/20/2014 4:36:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“economic and social justice”

No further comment.


2 posted on 08/20/2014 4:37:43 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ferguson, a leftist cause made to order...or contrived and contorted to fit the order.


3 posted on 08/20/2014 4:38:59 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All the usual suspects (and I mean that literally) are lining up....


4 posted on 08/20/2014 4:39:01 PM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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To: Ray76
AFSCME

The bunch of goons and scum supported by "Republican" Martin Luther King during his last days alive. That so-called "Reverend" wasn't winning souls for Christ while he was in Memphis along with his friend, Jesse Jackson. No, both of those race baiters stood shoulder-to-shoulder and arm-in-arm with the commie union thugs of AFSCME.


5 posted on 08/20/2014 4:42:59 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

and by “Ferguson community” they mean all those out of towners who came to riot and loot.


6 posted on 08/20/2014 4:46:50 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’d like to know how many of the rank-and-file members are on board with this. That, of course, will never be revealed.


7 posted on 08/20/2014 4:47:13 PM PDT by Paulie (Get off the grid.)
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To: Paulie

I’m going to guess somewhere between 1% and 5%.


8 posted on 08/20/2014 4:51:10 PM PDT by matt04
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
AFSCME's 1.6 million members provide the vital services that make America happen.

What are they? Hookers? Pimps? Drug pushers? What?

9 posted on 08/20/2014 4:59:55 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp! It's my home!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

AFSCME represents Sheriff’s Deputies.


10 posted on 08/20/2014 5:13:02 PM PDT by Does so ("Miranda Warnings" and loss of "Common-Law Marriage" = 2 Big Mistakes...)
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To: Does so

I once belonged as a state employee at a workforce center and before that as a security officer at an air base.


11 posted on 08/20/2014 5:19:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Ray76

This why UNIONS SUCK and need to be starved of union dues and die.


12 posted on 08/20/2014 7:01:44 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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