Value the work of AFSCME library workers
Say thanks to a library worker on this National Library Workers Day. Honor the value they bring to the communities they serve.
AFSCME members in Hawaii are already benefitting from the American Rescue Plan
AFSCME members in Hawaii are already seeing the benefits of the American Rescue Plan, which has taken furloughs and layoffs off the table for now.
AFSCME lauds President Biden’s ‘bold, comprehensive’ infrastructure plan
AFSCME President Lee Saunders calls President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “bold and comprehensive.”
Our Stories
The fight to expand worker rights in Maryland higher education continues in Annapolis
At Maryland’s legislative session, AFSCME members are working hard to help workers at community colleges and public universities.
Texas legislature urged to fix crumbling prisons, boost corrections staffing and pensions
AFSCME members ask the Texas legislature to fix crumbling prisons, increase corrections staffing and shore up the pensions they were promised.
Arizona paramedic and Never Quit winner was first inspired by fifth grade teacher
Meet Keith Lowry, a paramedic in Northern Arizona and member of AFSCME Local 2960, who’s a winner of AFSCME's Never Quit Service Award.
In Depth
The Union Difference
Better pay and benefits, safer working conditions and respect on the job. Those are some of the differences a union makes for working people.
The Case Against Private Prisons
Private prisons put communities at risk. By cutting corners to boost profits, they endanger inmates and correctional staff alike. Public safety belongs in the public sector.
Impossible Choices
Closing schools, cutting mass transit and shuttering hospitals. If Congress doesn’t help states and localities, they might be forced to do all that and more.
Union Difference
AFSCME’s free bachelor’s degree program is here to stay
AFSCME free bachelor’s degree program is now a permanent benefit.
Strong member input drives best contract in years for Nebraska employees
Thanks to robust participation by members of the Nebraska Association of Public Employees, state employees secured a strong contract that contains long-overdue wage increases.
Library workers in Oak Lawn, Illinois, are newest AFSCME members
Nearly 80 workers at Oak Lawn Public Library in Illinois are now part of the AFSCME family. We welcome them.
Featured Benefits
AFSCME’s free bachelor’s degree program is here to stay
AFSCME free bachelor’s degree program is now a permanent benefit.
2020 McEntee Scholarship Winner: WFSE’s John McClung
John McClung of Washington state is the 2020 Gerald W. McEntee Scholarship winner.
Earn A Bachelor’s Degree – For Free. But Hurry Up and Apply.
You now have until June 22 to enroll in AFSCME’s Free Bachelor’s Degree Completion program – and you have one more major to choose from.
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