April 19, 2016 Member Takes Workplace Violence Fight to DC AFSCME Minnesota member Eric Hesse, at a Capitol Hill press conference, called for reforms needed to prevent violence against health care workers. Read More
April 18, 2016 Public Safety at Risk from Malloy ‘Austerity’ AFSCME members in Connecticut are fighting to prevent state employee layoffs and deep cuts to vital services during the next fiscal year. Read More
April 13, 2016 Never Quit: In Oregon, a Fight for Fairness Oregon AFSCME won a grievance arbitration worth about $500,000 for Department of Corrections employees who had been short-changed. Read More
April 13, 2016 Governor Dayton Seeks $177 Million for Safe Staffing With mental health facilities severely understaffed, Gov. Mark Dayton calls for $177 million to improve patient care and safety. Read More
April 07, 2016 Sodexo Workers Catch Up with Jacksonville Pact For AFSCME Local 1328 members, their AFSCME Strong training was put to the test recently when it came to helping a subset of their coworkers to a contract win. Read More
April 07, 2016 Sandy Mayes Followed in Her Dad’s Footsteps Sandy Mayes of Kentucky followed in her dad’s footsteps, and she’s now leading her co-workers in Local 4011 to become AFSCME Strong. Read More
April 07, 2016 In Maryland, Council 67 Gets AFSCME Strong as Primary Vote Nears AFSCME members of Council 67 in Maryland are making their union stronger through one-on-one conversations. And while on the topic of standing up for their jobs and communities, they’re getting out the vote for the April 26 primary elections. Read More
April 04, 2016 Strong Working Families Begin with Paid Parental Leave AFSCME Florida Local 199 members successfully passed a partial paid parental leave ordinance. Read More
April 01, 2016 Safe Staffing Big Problem in Iowa Corrections Prison escapes and attacks on correctional officers led Iowa Local 451 members to say, “Enough!” Then they took action. Read More
March 31, 2016 Boycott Leads to Better Jobs Local 3299 wins its year-long campaign to end subcontracting of custodians and parking attendants at UC Berkeley. Read More
March 31, 2016 Kentucky School Workers Rally for Fairness Indiana/Kentucky Council 962 members urge the Jefferson County School Board to address short-staffing and other concerns as bargaining looms. Read More
March 29, 2016 EMS Professionals File Charges, Appeal for City Oversight Missouri Emergency Medical Service professionals working for American Medical Response say that transparency and oversight would be a big step forward. Read More
March 21, 2016 Adventures of an Activist: OCSEA’s Michelle Smith Tracking down this particular fee payer wasn’t easy, but Michelle Smith of OCSEA never gave up. Read More
March 18, 2016 Snyder Testifies; Flint Residents Fume AFSCME members were among nearly 100 Flint residents who descended on Capitol Hill March 17 to hear Gov. Rick Snyder testify before Congress. Read More
March 14, 2016 Primary Election Energizes Members With critical primary elections looming Tuesday, AFSCME members were energized to support Hillary Clinton. Read More
March 10, 2016 Connecting Co-Workers in Florida From state to state, workers are joining AFSCME for a stronger voice on the job. Read More
February 22, 2016 ‘Right-to-Work’ Scam Darkens West Virginia West Virginia lawmakers passed a law making it harder for workers to gain better wages, benefits and working conditions. Read More
February 17, 2016 New Mexico Corrections Officers Avert Uprising As 100 union members rallied at the State Capitol in support of increased funding to address dangerous understaffing inside New Mexico’s correctional facilities, officers were quelling an uprising at one of the state-run facilities. Read More
February 15, 2016 ‘AFSCME Saved My Career’ Late last year, James McGee learned about the value of his union when he turned to AFSCME Local 3030 to actually fight for his job. Read More
February 11, 2016 DC 37 Takes Fight for City University Funding to Albany DC 37 has revved up a campaign for higher education, urging New York state legislators to adequately fund the City University of New York. Read More
February 05, 2016 California Home Care Providers Win Overtime Pay California’s home care providers have finally won overtime pay and travel time compensation after years of advocacy. Read More
February 02, 2016 “We Have to Keep on Building This Union … We Can Never Give Up” Working with special needs children, Park says her voice on the job has made it possible for her to advocate for the education and care her students need. Read More
February 01, 2016 AFSCME Volunteers Rally with Bill Clinton in Iowa 400-plus volunteers from AFSCME and other unions joined former President Bill Clinton in Iowa for a Get Out The Caucus event. Read More
February 01, 2016 In Florida, Stepping Up the Drive for Respect Florida state employees, who have gone eight years without a pay increase, are telling elected officials it’s time for a change. Read More
January 28, 2016 AFSCME Strong Training in New Jersey: Small in Size, Big on Energy In January, AFSCME Council 52 welcomed the New Year by getting AFSCME Strong-er. Read More
January 28, 2016 Maryland Members in Tough Budget Fight AFSCME Maryland Council 3 members were able to restore step raises in this year’s budget, but they will face fights over proposed job cuts and outsourcing of state services. Read More
January 11, 2016 Workers Stand Up To Supreme Court Threat Hundreds of workers assembled outside the U.S. Supreme Court to protest the ongoing attacks against working families from wealthy special interest groups. Read More
January 07, 2016 AFSCME Member from Ohio Delivers Petition: Stop the Attacks! Stephanie Wiley helped deliver petitions demanding a special interest group stop using the U.S. Supreme Court to attack middle-class families. Read More
January 06, 2016 They’re AFSCME Strong and They Want You to Be, Too Detroit public service workers Phyllis McMillon and June Clark epitomize AFSCME Strong, knowing that one-to-one conversations with co-workers is what’s needed to build power at a time when workers are fighting for their rights on the job. Read More
December 28, 2015 Taking Back Our Union: Here's How We're Growing Stronger For the first time in more than 30 years, Chicago cab drivers have a union — a driver-led AFSCME local chartered with the goal of solving tough problems that range from burdensome revenue-raising regulations to police harassment. Read More