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
December 22, 2015 Thousands Rally for Fairness Across Illinois Thousands of AFSCME members and retirees sent a loud and boisterous message to Gov. Bruce Rauner this month: Anti-worker agendas have no place in Illinois. Read More
December 17, 2015 Fight Against Outsourcing Starts Early Too often the dangers of outsourcing hit us when the proverbial train has already left the station, making the pushback efforts that much harder. But AFSCME members at the Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department got ahead of the curve. Read More
December 15, 2015 Ohio Corrections Officer Is Making Her Local AFSCME Strong In the last few months, Bobbie-Jo Heinlen of OCSEA has signed up 50 new members of her local and dozens of PEOPLE MVPs. Read More
December 10, 2015 NOLA Taxi Drivers Push for Seat at the Table Members of New Orleans Cab Drivers for Justice/AFSCME Local 234 are demanding a seat at the table on transportation policy. Read More
December 08, 2015 AFSCME Protesters Trump the Donald in Iowa AFSCME members take on The Donald at his own event in Davenport, Iowa, on Dec. 5. His policies: Bad for working families. Read More
December 08, 2015 DC 37 Members Lobby for Puerto Rico Support Members of New York DC 37 came to Washington last week to advocate for federal support for Puerto Rico. Read More
December 07, 2015 Showcasing Union Value in Small Town AFSCME Local 3918 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, is a small union, but its members are AFSCME Strong. Read More
December 04, 2015 Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 Chartered A little over a year after a few Chicago cab drivers approached Council 31 about getting a union, Cab Drivers United/AFSCME Local 2500 received its official charter and local number. Read More
November 24, 2015 Contract Ratification Boosts School Employees AFSCME Florida Local 1184 contract ratification campaign nets economic and union-building improvements for Miami-Dade Public School employees. Read More
November 10, 2015 Workers Shed Light on an Out-of-Balance Economy Pittsburgh-area union leaders and members are on hand to launch a public awareness campaign about the need to strengthen Pittsburgh’s middle class. Read More
November 04, 2015 EMS Workers Tackle Issue of Fatigue and High Turnover AFSCME members shine a light on the alarming rate of employees leaving American Medical Response in Independence, Missouri. Read More