Lee Saunders Archive
To honor Labor Day, Congress must keep front-line workers on the job
This year, during the worst public health crisis in a century, working people are rising to the moment in new, extraordinary ways.
Saunders: ‘We have risen to the moment. But we have more work ahead of us’
AFSCME president, in a rousing speech, tells Convention delegates they have accomplished much in two years but still have more to do.
‘Though small in stature, he was a giant among men’
We remember civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a friend of labor throughout his illustrious life and career.
AFSCME president on Floyd killing: No union contract is a shield for police brutality
So many police officers are in agony over George Floyd's tragic death. It should not be used as an excuse to bash unions or undermine worker rights.
Fund the Front Lines
Despite more than a decade of underfunding public health and safety, those workers have stepped up to meet the crisis. Government must help them with emergency and long-term support.