New Hampshire: Afscme

March 10, 2009 - 02:21 pm

Group says EFCA would benefit Granite State

A New Hampshire health care group says that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would help the state’s economy and workers.

“The bill could provide a major boost to the economy by helping workers share in the prosperity that they help create,” the group NH for Healthcare wrote in a press release. “A report released last month from the Center for American Progress showed that if even 5% more of New Hampshire’s workers joined unions, $82 million would be pumped into the state’s economy each year.”

According to the group, The Employee Free Choice Act “restores the option of ‘majority sign-up,’ in addition to elections, to ensure that workers, not employers decide how to form a union.

Mon, 10/20/2008 - 14:53

AFSCME buys ad time against Sununu

The American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees People (AFSCME) has bought a significant amount of ad time to television ads run against incumbent U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley).

According to reports filed with the FEC, AFSCME has bought $535,000 worth of ads against Sununu.

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Tue, 07/08/2008 - 14:17

National health care effort starts N.H. campaign

[img_assist|nid=2331|title=New Hampshire for Health Care chapter announced|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=420|height=315]CONCORD- A coalition of groups promoting "quality, affordable health care for all" has begun operating in the Granite State.

Health Care for America Now, a national effort led by groups such as the SEIU, AFSCME, MoveOn.org and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, announced at a press conference that they are forming a New Hampshire campaign, New Hampshire for Health Care, aimed at reaching voters throughout the state.