June 27, 2018 Supreme Court Sides with Billionaires Over Working People The U.S. Supreme Court today sided with powerful CEOs, billionaires and corporate special interests against public service workers and everyday working people by issuing an adverse ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. Read More
June 22, 2018 Poor People’s Campaign Spotlights Those Left Behind Learn how the latest Poor People’s Campaign sheds light on how much progress must still be made, 50 years after MLK’s original campaign. Read More
June 14, 2018 Oregon VOA Members Win First Contract Workers at an Oregon behavioral health facility won their first contract after a tough fight. Read More
June 14, 2018 Strong Relationships, Member Solidarity Net Strong Contract in Northern CA Workers at the East Bay Municipal Utility District in northern California have won a new contract that is a testament to what public service workers can accomplish when they join together under a union. Read More
June 13, 2018 AFSCME-Backed Student-Loan Bill Passes House An important AFSCME-backed student loan repayment bill has cleared the U.S. House. Read More
June 12, 2018 MA Local Blocks School Bus Service Privatization Scheme One Massachusetts local blocked a misguided plan to privatize bus services offered by the public school district. Read More
June 06, 2018 ‘We Wouldn’t Have Anything If It Weren’t for Our Union’ Only by joining together in a union can public service workers stand up to those who want to take away their fair pay and benefits and wreck their retirement and health care security. Read More
June 05, 2018 MN Gov Signs Pension Bill Thanks to a new pension law, public worker pensions in Minnesota have been shored up for decades to come. Read More
June 04, 2018 AFSCME Stands with Federal Workers to Challenge Trump Executive Order AFSCME is joining a lawsuit filed by a federal employee union to fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on federal workers. Read More
June 01, 2018 City of Ann Arbor AFSCME Workers Notch Big Anti-Outsourcing Victory AFSCME members who work for the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, notched a big victory against outsourcing recently. Read More
May 30, 2018 Privatization Plan Defeated in NH Members of an AFSCME local in New Hampshire fought off a school district’s proposal to privatize custodial services. Read More
May 23, 2018 How the Plaintiff in Janus v. AFSCME Benefits from His Union Mark Janus, the plaintiff in the Janus v. AFSCME case, benefits from his union. So what convinced Mr. Janus to join this destructive lawsuit? Read More
May 23, 2018 128 Oregon Workers Say Yes to AFSCME A total of 128 Oregon behavioral health workers say yes to AFSCME. Read More
May 18, 2018 AFSCME Members Fight Privatization of Florida Public Utility AFSCME members in Jacksonville, Florida, have won the first round in their fight to prevent the local electric utility from falling into private hands. Read More
May 17, 2018 Hospital Workers in D.C. Vote Overwhelmingly to Join AFSCME Workers at Providence Hospital in the nation’s capital have decided to join together in a union to gain a voice in their workplace. Read More
May 16, 2018 AFSCME Oregon Executive Director Gets Arrested in Solidarity with Bargaining Workers Securing a fair contract may call for strong actions – including getting arrested. Just ask Oregon AFSCME. Read More
May 08, 2018 University of California Workers Strike for Fair Pay and Respect on the Job Members of AFSCME Local 3299 who work for the University of California are on strike. Read More
May 08, 2018 AFSCME Fights Pension Cost-of-Living Freeze in Ohio OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4 members are standing up for thousands of retirees who are already struggling to get by. Read More
May 03, 2018 Puerto Rico Members Protest Austerity Plan AFSCME members in Puerto Rico join mass protests against pay, retirement cuts and other austerity measures. Read More
May 01, 2018 Florida Local Uses Strong Contract to Save Jobs and Fix Workplace Problems Thanks to a strong contract, a Florida local was able to save jobs and fix other workplace problems. Read More
April 30, 2018 AFSCME Fights Outsourcing at the University of Washington AFSCME members in Washington state are fighting to prevent outsourcing of laundry services at the state’s public medical school. Read More
April 26, 2018 AFSCME Support Staff Partner with Teachers in Arizona Walkout A historic walkout brings together public school support staff and educators to demand adequate funding public education in Arizona. Read More
April 25, 2018 UC Workers Overwhelmingly Approve Strike Vote AFSCME-represented University of California workers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike vote. Read More
April 19, 2018 Council 3 Fights for Safe Staffing in the Department of Juvenile Services After Riot AFSCME Council 3 is fighting for additional staffing at juvenile detention facilities throughout Maryland following a violent episode at a Frederick County facility. Read More
April 17, 2018 AFSCME Texas Corrections Fights for Higher CO Pay For All, Not Just New Hires AFSCME Texas supports better pay for all correctional employees, not just new ones, and is fighting to make that happen. Read More
April 16, 2018 AFSCME to UC: Do More to Fight Inequality in Your Workforce AFSCME Local 3299, the University of California’s largest employee union, has some advice for its employer: Do more to reduce inequality in your own workforce. Read More
April 12, 2018 AFSCME Retiree to Congress: 'Hands off my Medicare, Hands off my Social Security' An AFSCME retiree has a powerful message for Congress: Don’t mess with Medicare or Social Security. Read More
April 09, 2018 Trenton School Custodians Vote Unanimously to Affiliate with AFSCME NJ About 65 school custodians in New Jersey’s capital, Trenton, have joined with AFSCME. Read More
April 05, 2018 ‘I AM 2018’ Rally Participants Urged to Continue Dr. King’s Struggle Thousands marched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death and the Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers’ strike. Read More