October 06, 2017 Budget Measure Attacks Working People Like You AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders says a House budget measure would “degrade the basic quality of life for American working families.” Read More
October 05, 2017 Portland AFSCME Members Help Break Down Workplace Discrimination AFSCME members of Local 88 in Oregon are speaking up in support of a resolution for workplace equity. Read More
October 04, 2017 Clerk of Courts Members Rally Community to Save Services and Jobs Read how one Florida local prevented layoffs and led a campaign to preserve courthouse services. Read More
October 04, 2017 Stop the Plan to Hurt You and Give Tax Cuts to the Rich Congress will soon vote on a proposal to enact massive cuts to programs and services and give huge tax breaks to rich people and corporations. We can’t let that measure pass. Read More
October 03, 2017 After Harvey, AFSCME Texas Helps Members Rebuild AFSCME Texas members are helping restore lives after Hurricane Harvey. Read More
September 29, 2017 The Rich Get Richer Under Trump’s Self-Serving Tax Plan The GOP’s tax plan will cut taxes for the rich and powerful – including Trump – but not for working families. Read More
September 28, 2017 Supreme Court to Take Up Anti-Union Janus Case This Term The Supreme Court has agreed to take up Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, a blatantly political effort to further rig the economic rules against working people. Read More
September 27, 2017 Strong Contract Turns into Strong Membership Growth AFSCME Local 3346 executed a strong contract-ratification campaign and membership blitz to show new employees at Florida International University the AFSCME difference. Read More
September 26, 2017 Another Attempt, Another Failure to Repeal Obamacare President Donald Trump and Congress have failed time and again, since the beginning of the year, to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). They did so again today. Read More
September 20, 2017 If It Walks and Talks Like a Duck … It’s Trumpcare It’s called the “Graham-Cassidy bill,” but the latest attack on the Affordable Care Act is really just another version of Trumpcare. Read More
September 11, 2017 We Remember The AFSCME-represented officers, paramedics, dispatchers and other public service workers at Ground Zero on 9/11 will always recall how they approached their jobs that day and in the weeks and months to come. We will never forget. Read More
September 07, 2017 911 Dispatchers’ Calls for Help Go Unanswered AFSCME members in South Bend, Indiana, are making the case for why St. Joseph County needs to hire more 911 dispatchers. Read More
September 06, 2017 Congress Plans Tax Breaks for the Rich, Spending Cuts for Working Families In the coming weeks, congressional leaders will be hoping to hand out huge tax windfalls to the rich by cutting programs working families need. Read More
August 29, 2017 1.8 Million Reasons to Belong to a Union After being illegally furloughed in 2011, members of one ASFCME local in Massachusetts received back pay this summer, thanks to our union’s persistence. Read More
August 25, 2017 AFSCME Union Scholars Build the Future of Labor The AFSCME Union Scholars Program allows college juniors and seniors to learn firsthand about the labor movement. Read More
August 23, 2017 A Candidate Who Will Fight for Working People: Elizabeth Guzman Elizabeth Guzman, a member of AFSCME Virginia Local 3001, is up against an eight-term, anti-worker incumbent in the House of Delegates. Read More
August 22, 2017 HOPE Trains Activists to Focus on Growth HOPE in Houston is training its activists to focus on growth to combat the Texas Legislature’s anti-union fervor. Read More
August 18, 2017 On the Digital Information Highway, Librarians Never Stop Serving their Communities Meet AFSCME-represented librarians in Portland, Oregon, who are working hard to bridge the digital divide in their community. Read More
August 17, 2017 Connecticut State Workers Sacrifice for the Good of Their State Connecticut public service workers sacrificed for the financial good of their state but also won key victories and protections for themselves in their new contract. Read More
August 16, 2017 Never Giving Up Nets FL Member 40K in Back Pay The president of a Florida local fought – with AFSCME Florida’s help – and won $40,000 in back pay in a case that underscores a key benefit of joining our union. Read More
August 15, 2017 Lessons from Iowa This past February, Iowa’s collective bargaining law was gutted. Learn how they’re standing up to take back what’s theirs. Read More
August 11, 2017 Red Cross Workers in Midwestern Local Win First Contract Success. About 300 Red Cross workers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota have secured their first contract. Read More
August 10, 2017 New England Advanced EMTs & Medics Secure Much-Deserved Raise More than 100 AFSCME-represented medics and advanced EMTs who work for American Medical Response in New England are getting nice raises this week thanks to Local 4911’s tenacity. Read More
August 08, 2017 PA Child Care Providers Stepped up and Kids are Better for It Determined to fight for Pennsylvania’s children, AFSCME’s child care professionals worked hard in the state legislature to increase child care funding. They succeeded. But the real winners were the children. Read More
August 08, 2017 Furloughed NJ State Workers Will Get Paid, Thanks to AFSCME New Jersey state workers who were needlessly furloughed will get back pay, thanks to the tireless advocacy by members of AFSCME New Jersey. Read More
August 07, 2017 Springfield Housing Authority Workers Fight for Fair Wages, Better Contract The fight for a fair contract continues at the Springfield, Ill., Housing Authority. Read More
August 03, 2017 Activists Share Ideas, Develop Best Practices to Strengthen AFSCME At the first of many planned AFSCME activist exchanges, 18 activists shared ideas and strategies to strengthen our union. Read More
August 01, 2017 Threats Facing Working People and AFSCME’s Response AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders discusses the threats facing AFSCME members and working people everywhere and what our union is doing about it. Read More
July 28, 2017 You Helped Defeat Trumpcare, Saving Millions of Lives. Thank You. Working people won big this morning when right-wing politicians failed despite repeated attempts to take health care away from millions. Read More
July 27, 2017 Never Underestimate a Well-Run Ratification Campaign When you win a good contract, it often speaks for itself. But what if pay is not something you can bargain over? In Jacksonville, members showed what a strong ratification campaign can look like for expanding our voice and our union. Read More