October 10, 2018 Workers at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Say They Are Determined to Unionize With the help of their coworkers, they’ll continue to fight for a voice on the job. Read More
October 05, 2018 It’s Not Too Late to Say NO to Kavanaugh No to someone who’ll be a rubber stamp for interests that want to rig the rules of our economy. No to someone who has sided with corporations. Read More
October 03, 2018 University of California Employees Mulling Second Strike of the Year The strike vote, set for later this month, follows a three-day walkout by 53,000 UC workers last May over their employer's outsourcing practices. Read More
October 02, 2018 Collective Action Prevails, Even Against Corporate Giant Amazon The workers’ fight mirrors the fight taking place across the country by overlooked and underpaid workers who are tired of being pushed around and silenced. Read More
September 20, 2018 A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis Ten years ago this month, the Great Recession kicked into high gear, creating huge problems for working people that they are still working through. But things are looking up. Read More
September 12, 2018 Maryland Retirees Call on the Governor to Keep the State’s Promise to Them “It is of a moral imperative that Governor Hogan act now to protect the dignity of the thousands of Marylanders who dedicated their lives and careers to public service.” Read More
September 06, 2018 Keeping Kavanaugh Off the Supreme Court Call 1-888-981-9704 today to reach your state’s senators and tell them to vote no on Kavanaugh. Read More
September 05, 2018 AFSCME Members Rally for Safe Staffing Levels After Attack on Co-Worker They are seeking tougher worker-safety policies at a psychiatric hospital after one of their co-workers was attacked by a patient. Read More
September 04, 2018 New Mexico Public Safety Officers on Front Lines of Compound Raid Taos County sheriff’s deputies were part of a team of authorities who rescued 11 children from a compound. Read More
August 27, 2018 Federal Judge Protects Workers’ Rights Against Attacks by Trump Administration Federal workers achieved an important victory over the weekend, when a federal judge struck down key provisions of a series of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump to attack federal workers. Read More
August 23, 2018 Keeping Baltimore’s Water in Public Hands AFSCME leads fight to bar the sale of the city’s water utility. Read More
August 22, 2018 Contract Negotiations Underway, Workers at UMass Memorial Excited and Hopeful “I think it’s exciting that we’re going to be able to share our input with the administration and I’m hoping that we’ll reach an agreement.” Read More
August 21, 2018 For Washington, D.C., Private EMS Workers – a New Contract and a Path Forward The EMS professionals at American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance service in Washington, D.C., recently ratified their first contract. Read More
August 20, 2018 Brett Kavanaugh: No R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Women’s and Workers’ Rights Stand up and speak out against Kavanaugh’s nomination. Our respect on the job is on the line – and Kavanaugh is going to find out what it means to us. Read More
August 10, 2018 MD Behavioral Health Workers Organize to Save Jobs, Block Unfair Relocation Maryland behavioral health care workers banded together and successfully fought a proposal to relocate their jobs. Read More
August 08, 2018 MO Victory Over ‘Right to Work’ Shows Growing Momentum, Public Support for Unions The effort to pit private-sector workers against each other and drive down wages for all employees was defeated. Read More
August 03, 2018 Behavioral Health Workers in Oregon Want Change and Won’t Give Up Before she began her career in behavioral health, Vialante Vieira was in a drug and alcohol recovery program at Volunteers of America Oregon in Portland. That experience helped her find her calling. Read More
August 02, 2018 NYC’s Public Health Network Agrees to Convert Many Temps to FT Jobs After months of intense negotiations, the union has inked a deal with NYC Health + Hospitals (NYC H+H) that sharply curbs the agency’s reliance on temporary agency workers. Read More
August 01, 2018 A Seat at the Table for EMS Workers in Prescott, Arizona “We have a voice at the table with someone fighting for us." Read More
July 26, 2018 Dania Beach Members Hold Management Accountable for Promised Raise Without a union, you are fighting on your own against the very people who can make or break your job. Read More
July 26, 2018 Speak Up Now to Stop Trump’s Nominee to the Supreme Court! We deserve a Supreme Court that protects the rights of all Americans, not just the wealthy and powerful. We deserve a court that holds the president and Congress accountable. Contact your senators and tell them to stop Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination. Read More
July 25, 2018 Dividing Workers into Camps is a Right-Wing Plot, not the AFSCME Way AFSCME is committed to representing everyone in a workplace, not just those who pay union dues. Read More
July 24, 2018 Standing with Federal Workers Against the White House’s Attacks Wednesday is #RedforFeds day. Wear red to show solidarity for federal government workers whose rights are being threatened. Read More
July 19, 2018 Under Attack, Our Union Grows Stronger AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride and four AFSCME activists on Thursday discussed best practices for growing our union while fighting attacks from anti-worker interests. Read More
July 18, 2018 When Anti-Union Operatives Attack With Lies, AFSCME Fights Back With the Truth “When the Freedom Foundation came knocking, our members trusted me and other union representatives to tell it to them straight." Read More
July 17, 2018 We Organize Together. We Win Together. “We must inspire hope in the weary and the fearful. Now more than ever, we must ask our co-workers questions that stir them up and challenge them to take action: Will we have the power we need to improve our lives if we are not united?” Read More
July 16, 2018 We've Got Plenty of Fight "In a democracy, in a democracy with good union strength and skill and organizing power … we the people will win out." Read More
July 09, 2018 Unionized Child Care Workers March Up ‘Canyon Of Heroes’ Demanding Wage Equality Early childhood educators and other staff in New York City held a large rally to speak out about getting paid less than their peers. Read More
July 06, 2018 New Member Explains Why She Joined Her Union After the Janus Ruling A must-read column from a new member of AFSCME Council 31 who explains why she converted from being a fee payer to a full union member – after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. Read More
July 05, 2018 A Long, Hard-Earned Victory for Bay Area Community College Workers Support staff at one California community college district are celebrating a strong contract that followed an arduous negotiating process. Read More