AFSCME's file:
AFSCME

AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is the largest public employee and health care workers union in the United States.

Recent statements involving AFSCME

In labor negotiations with city employees, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "demanded concessions that went beyond those mandated" by Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law

Says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.

"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."

"I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair."

"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."

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