In Depth Archive

More people are seeking behavioral health services, but the workers aren’t getting the respect they deserve. Our multimedia project shows how you can change that.

EMS is one of the most dangerous professions in the country. Unfortunately, the EMTs and paramedics who put their lives on the line every day are up against a broken system.

Proponents of so-called “right to work” often use lofty language to sell their agenda, but the truth behind right to work is much uglier. It was started in the Jim Crow South of the 1940s by a self-described white supremacist.

An AFSCME member who participated in the 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers’ strike vividly recalls the events of that seminal moment in our nation’s history.

How well do you know your union? Here’s a primer for would-be members, new members and even veteran AFSCME members.

Pres. Lee Saunders explains why the Janus v. AFSCME case is a big threat to public service workers.

Young activists are urged to reconnect with AFSCME’s Next Wave program, which has a new look.

For 5 million Americans who receive home care and for the AFSCME members who provide that vital service, cuts and caps to Medicaid would have devastating consequences.

Alaska state employees report to work every day because their communities are counting on them. State senators should do their basic jobs and pass a budget.

At a time of growing economic and political uncertainty, thousands of public service workers across the country are joining with AFSCME to gain a voice.

Read the inspiring story of how Renita Smith, a Maryland member, saved school children from a burning bus.

When politicians talk about repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they seem to forget that the health of millions of families and communities is at stake.