May 01, 2017 The Art of the Steal: President Trump’s Tax “Reform” Spells Disaster The Trump plan will give a big tax cut to the super wealthy. Put a billionaire in the White House and his tax plan is going to help millionaires and billionaires. Read More
April 28, 2017 President Trump’s Hollow Education Executive Order President Donald Trump’s executive order on education is a shallow initiative that threatens protections for America’s public school students while doing nothing to help them. Read More
April 28, 2017 Today We Honor Workers Who’ve Lost Their Lives on the Job On this Workers’ Memorial Day, we honor those who have died on the job and strengthen our commitment to fight for safe workplaces. Read More
April 26, 2017 Our Middle Class Is Shrinking Compared to Western Europe’s. This is Not Good Middle-class Americans are falling further behind, even compared to their counterparts in Western Europe, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. Read More
April 25, 2017 Leaders in Congress Want to Take On Health Care Again. Why? President Trump wants Congress to step up to the plate and take another swing at the Affordable Care Act. But this second replacement plan is even worse than the first. Read More
April 24, 2017 Call Trump to Stop the Shutdown With a government shutdown looming, tell President Trump to act now to protect our public services. Read More
April 21, 2017 New Study Shows “Right-to-Work” Laws Harm Workers Recent “right-to-work” laws in the Midwest set the stage for a kind of regional experiment that is helping us answer an important question: What’s the impact of “right-to-work” laws on a state’s workforce? Read More
April 13, 2017 Slashing the Federal Workforce Isn’t Cool, Mick Mulvaney The Trump administration relishes the prospect of slashing the federal workforce. They’re wrong. Here’s why. Read More
March 31, 2017 A Safer Workplace for California Health Care Workers Healthcare workers in California will get new workplace safety protection rules, starting April 1. Read More
February 24, 2017 Private Prisons Yet Another Giveaway to Corporate America Reversing course from the Obama administration, Trump’s Justice Department announced it will continue the use of private prisons to house federal inmates. Read More
February 22, 2017 Obamacare Repeal Will Raise Your Taxes The House GOP’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act should worry everyone who has employer-provided health insurance because it calls for taxing your health benefits. Read More
February 21, 2017 Trump’s Immigration Policies ‘Nothing Short of Mass Deportation’ Trump’s new immigration push ‘nothing sort of mass deportation,” AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders says. Read More
February 17, 2017 Good News on Pay for Illinois Public Service Workers A judge in Illinois has given state employees reason to breathe easier – for now. Read More
February 17, 2017 The Affordable Care Act Is Saving Lives – Now It’s Time to Save It When politicians talk about repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they do so as if they didn’t realize that the welfare of millions of people is at stake. Read More
February 17, 2017 The Financial Services Industry Doesn’t Want You to Care About This. We Do. Financial advisers should consider your best interests over their own, but the financial industry – and the Trump administration – have a different agenda. Read More
February 16, 2017 Trump Names New Labor Secretary Nominee A day after we bid good riddance to Andrew Puzder, President Trump has named a new nominee to head the U.S. Labor Department: Alexander Acosta. Read More
February 15, 2017 Puzder Out as Labor Secretary Nominee Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, fast food CEO Andrew Puzder, has withdrawn his name from consideration. Will Trump’s next choice be someone who stands up for working families? Read More
February 15, 2017 We Must Be Vigilant on Health Care The Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid are all at risk of being gutted. It’s up to us to protect them. Read More
February 14, 2017 Paying the “Price” for New HHS Secretary AFSCME International president explains why older Americans are particularly vulnerable now that the Senate has confirmed Tom Price as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Read More
February 13, 2017 Playing Politics with a Child’s Life In Illinois, politics could imperil an infant’s life. Read More
February 13, 2017 Note to Labor Nominee: It’s OK If You’re Having Second Thoughts Andrew Puzder should reconsider taking on the role of U.S. secretary of labor because the entire trajectory of his career as fast food CEO is at odds with the mission of the Labor Dept. Read More
February 10, 2017 Iowa Pols Should Support Workers’ Rights, Not Squash Them More than 184,000 Iowa public service workers are about to lose important collective bargaining rights. Read More
February 09, 2017 Could IL Public Service Workers Go on Strike? Will Illinois public service employees go on strike? Thousands of workers have until February 19 to decide. Read More
February 02, 2017 Americans Want Unions – But Will Their Leaders Listen? This week, the Pew Research Center published survey results showing that most Americans approve of labor unions and view them more favorably than in the recent past. Read More
December 21, 2016 UNITE HERE, 2 Trump Hotels Announce Agreements Victory! UNITE HERE has reached agreements with Trump Hotels in Las Vegas and Washington, DC, after going to the mat with AFSCME’s backing. Read More
December 12, 2016 Victory for Patient Care – San Diego’s Sharp Nurses Ratify Contract Victory! The nurses at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego have ratified a new contract that will go far toward solving nurse shortages that are at the heart of the five-month dispute. Read More
December 09, 2016 Attacks on Wisconsin Corrections Officers Reach Crisis Level At Wisconsin correctional facilities, staff shortages are leading to increased assaults, a situation that’s reached a crisis level. Read More
November 30, 2016 Talks Resume for San Diego's Sharp Nurses Contract talks have resumed between Sharp HealthCare in San Diego and the members of Sharp Professional Nurses Network (SPNN), avoiding a threatened three-day strike this week. Read More
November 27, 2016 AFSCME Supports Rallying Airport Workers On Nov. 29, let's stand with airport workers across the country who are demanding $15 an hour and better working conditions. Read More