Government budget deficits, wage freezes, layoffs, furloughs and other fallout from the nation’s recession are everywhere. More and more members are feeling the squeeze paycheck to paycheck. The silver lining is that workers have more resources than they realize.

Member mobilization and tireless lobbying gave AFSCME the ability to do more than simply limit losses at the state Capitol this session.

When politicians and state administrators targeted the Moose Lake correctional facility, a treatment program in Carlton, and all of the state's fish hatcheries and tree nursuries, AFSCME members fought back with a vengeance.

Every time Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he’s not raising taxes, it’s more evidence he’s not paying attention. The state's own reports reach a different conclusion.