COVID-19 Crisis Presents Especially Tough Challenges for Home Care Workers
Home care workers, who take care of the most vulnerable members of their communities, are at high risk of contracting the coronavirus or infecting their clients.
A Fragile Balance, Broken
At a California hospital for sexually violent offenders, staff fear a coronavirus outbreak will wreak havoc on their patients.
Unions Condemn Chamber of Commerce for Defense Production Act Opposition
Union leaders blast the U.S. Chamber of Congress for lobbying against President Donald Trump invoking the Defense Production Act.
Our Stories
Helping Out-of-Work Nevadans File for Unemployment is How She Serves Her State
This Nevada member is helping out-of-work Nevadans pay their bills, put food on their table.
Arizona EMS Workers Put Their Communities First but Struggle to Find Resources
Patti Davidson, an Arizona paramedic, describes how she ventures into battle with COVID-19 without all the weapons she needs.
‘We’re Just Here to Make Sure Everybody, No Matter Who You Are, is Taken Care Of’
OAPSE member Donna Ragland describes what it’s like on the front lines in Columbus, Ohio.
In Depth
AFSCME Women: Motivated, Mobilized and Leading the Way
We organize for rights and respect, and in 2020 we will organize to make sure people in public service have a say in the elections.
Scam Alert: State Policy Network
You could become the target of a scam to trick you into quitting your union. Don’t fall for it.
Union Popularity on the Rise
More Americans support standing together in unions as the economy increasingly benefits the wealthy and powerful.
Featured Benefits
Hurry. The Deadline for the AFSCME Family Scholarship Is Fast Approaching.
AFSCME has extended the deadline for the AFSCME Family Scholarship to Jan. 15. Hurry up and apply.
Earn a Bachelor’s Degree with New AFSCME Benefit
Exciting new benefit: Introducing a bachelor’s degree completion program for AFSCME members and their families.
Meet the 2019 Winner of the Gerald W. McEntee Scholarship
This year’s winner of the Gerald W. McEntee Scholarship juggles a full-time job, graduate studies and union activism.
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