May 20, 2016 Nursing Assistant Works to Improve Health Care in New Hampshire For 32 years, nursing assistant Brenda Howard has never quit serving the patients of her community. And now she’ll serve her state on the new commission for health care workforce. Read More
May 19, 2016 AFSCME Members Help Twin Cities Renters Find Better, Safer Homes Members of AFSCME Local 668 (Minnesota Council 5) are helping low-income families find a decent place to live to raise their kids. Read More
May 18, 2016 EMS Workers Save Lives and Communities On EMS Week, let’s remember and give thanks to the many EMS professionals who save lives and make their communities better. Read More
May 17, 2016 Q&A With Johanna Puno Hester Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Q&A with AFSCME’s Johanna Puno Hester. Read More
May 16, 2016 Does Your Pet Have Union Pride? The union is all about supporting our families—including our pets. Share yours with us and see what happens next. Read More
May 06, 2016 Correctional Sgt. Rick Neyssen: Professionalism Key to a Dangerous Job It’s National Correctional Officers and Employees Week. In their honor, we share the story of Minnesota Correctional Sgt. Rick Neyssen. Read More
April 28, 2016 AFSCME Couple to Celebrate 14 Years of Love at Convention Cindy and Doug Cook couldn’t be more excited about attending AFSCME’s 42nd International Convention in Las Vegas this July. Their love was "union-made." Read More
April 27, 2016 Splash Medics Continue Mission to Prevent Child Drownings AFSCME Local 4911 members in Riverside County, Calif., founded Splash Medics last year to provide life-saving water safety tips to children. They’ve taught more than 2,000 kids so far. Read More
April 22, 2016 Honoring the AFSCME Members Who Never Quit Helping Others We’re honoring the AFSCME members who Never Quit when it comes to serving their communities. Read More
March 23, 2016 At 99, ‘Uncle Milton’ a Rhode Island Treasure Rhode Island retirees honored Milton Bronstein, Chapter 94 vice president, who at 99 is believed to be the oldest elected officer in AFSCME’s history. Read More
March 21, 2016 After Finishing Women’s Academy, a Leader is Reborn As long as she has been working, Bernadine Howell has been in a union – and she has been outspoken. Read More
March 07, 2016 Never Quit: Louise Lex, 86, Just Wants to Help People Louise Lex, 86, personifies the theme of National Women’s History Month: “Honoring Women in Public Service and Government.” Read More
February 23, 2016 He Delivers Baby – by Phone Emergency Dispatcher Robert Vega talked a woman through the delivery of her baby, with no paramedics on hand at the time. Read More
February 18, 2016 Campus Officer Saves Student’s Life What started out like any other Tuesday for Cuyahoga (Ohio) Community College campus security officer Ray Barnhardt turned out to be an opportunity to save a student’s life. Read More
January 29, 2016 AFSCME Members Wrestle with ‘Snowzilla’ AFSCME members throughout the East helped communities prepare for and recover from the historic blizzard nicknamed Snowzilla. Read More
January 19, 2016 Paramedic Rushes In, Saves Elderly Woman from Fire Paramedic Lt. Michael Daddona decided he could not wait for firefighters, rushing into the two-story house to rescue an elderly woman from smoke and flames. Read More
January 15, 2016 Park Worker Comes to Rescue of Slashed Officer New York City Parks worker Joanna Zeno, a member of DC 37, pursued a suspect in an attack at a park and helped police arrest her. Read More
December 17, 2015 City Workers Honored for Rescuing Elderly Woman Two AFSCME Local 2703 (Council 57) members were honored by the Merced, California, City Council for their efforts in rescuing an elderly woman who fell in her back yard. Read More
December 15, 2015 Forty Years of Service, Seeing with His Hands and Ears Mike Conrad has worked as a mechanic for LA County for 40 years, rebuilding air system brake calibers and fire pump pilot valves, among other things. He’s also been blind since birth. Read More
December 11, 2015 Bus Driver and Attendant Save Girl from Wild Dog A 5-year-old girl in the clutches of a wild pit bull was rescued Oct. 9 by a bus driver and bus attendant, both represented by AFSCME Local 2251. Read More
November 13, 2015 Archivist Picked for Health and Safety Advisory Council Library of Congress archivist Nan Thompson Ernst will serve on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health. Read More
November 12, 2015 Member Opens Veterans Museum Glenn Dusablon, president of AFSCME Local 2869 (Rhode Island Council 94), has created his own military artifacts museum honoring veterans. Read More
November 12, 2015 Lynn Loveday Honored for Helping Homeless Lynn Loveday, state vice president of AFSCME Council 94, was recently honored by the United Way of Rhode Island for her leadership to increase labor’s efforts to help her state’s homeless population. Read More
October 28, 2015 No Rescue Effort Needed for This AFSCME Couple Sparks flew in the 911 dispatch center of the New York City Fire Department as Oren Barzilay first laid eyes on Tyiesha Hinton. He couldn’t take his eyes off her and, being the union steward, grabbed the opportunity to talk to her. Read More
October 16, 2015 Paying Their Dues: A Love Story Here’s how a one-on-one conversation between a union organizer and a laid-back, nonunion social worker led to 45 years of marriage, four children and eight grandchildren, and a long career in the labor movement. Read More
October 03, 2015 AFSCME Mourns Loss of Wisconsin Leader Marty Beil Within his AFSCME family, Beil was regarded as a gentle giant: outspoken and pointed with foes of working men and women, but a soft-spoken mentor and friend to his union sisters and brothers, and colleagues. Read More