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From Jobs to Justice: AFSCME's Journey

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One of America's biggest unions didn't start to fight for higher pay. It started to stop

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politicians from handing out jobs to their unqualified friends. Back in 1932,

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during the Great Depression, a few state workers in Wisconsin got nervous.

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They saw politicians trying to dismantle the civil service system—the thing that made sure jobs

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were based on merit, not who you knew. They formed a group to fight back, and that group became

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AFSCME. At first, their main tactic was just lobbying to protect these

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jobs. But things changed. Fast forward to the 50s and 60s, and the union's

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new members wanted more. They wanted collective bargaining. A leader named Jerry

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