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
November 04, 2015 Community and Labor Fight for Fair Wages and a Fair Contract Members of AFSCME Local 350-5 (Council 75) in Milwaukie, Oregon, won a fair contract after pressing their demands at City Hall. Read More
October 30, 2015 Maryland Next Waver Feels Urgency of the Moment "The more active you become in your union, the more you get to see what can be done,” says Sgt. Kyle Shanholtz of AFSCME Local 1772, Council 3. Read More
October 28, 2015 Winning a Raise Was Just the Beginning AFSCME Texas Corrections Officers recently won a double-digit pay raise, but for two members getting AFSCME Strong, victory means more than money. Read More
October 27, 2015 Parish Cab Drivers Rally for Fair Rules About 50 cab drivers and their community supporters have a clear message for New Orleans-area jurisdictions: The rules should apply to Rideshare drivers too! Read More
October 22, 2015 Ohio CO Taken Hostage After Safety Breach A convicted double-murderer took a female corrections officer hostage for 11 hours in an Ohio prison Oct. 18 after a “cost-saving” practice called “pull and move” left her in a population of inmates but alone at her post. Read More
October 20, 2015 For Latina Leaders, AFSCME Strong is Close to Home For Josette Jaramillo and Betty Jo Aragon, AFSCME Strong is deeply personal. Jaramillo and Aragon, president and vice president of AFSCME District Council 76 respectively, are from Pueblo, Colorado, a city where nearly half of all residents are Latino. Read More
October 20, 2015 Child Care Providers Seek Voice For Minnesota child care provider Lisa Thompson, having a union means having a voice to advocate for quality child care. Read More
October 15, 2015 Missouri State Workers Need a Raise Missouri state employees are currently ranked the lowest paid among all states, a situation that state workers are seeking to remedy with appeals to Gov. Jay Nixon and state legislators. Read More
October 13, 2015 AFSCME Strong is Key to Increase Membership Tina Rees, a member of AFSCME Local 258, recently received an award from Council 57 in California for her efforts engaging her coworkers in the union. Read More
September 30, 2015 Gov. Rauner Threatens to Stop Health Care Payments llinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has taken the fight over a new state budget to a new low: He’s stopped making payments to doctors, hospitals and others that provide health care to people covered by the state’s insurance plan. Read More
September 22, 2015 Paramedic Activist Seeks to Lift Up EMS Profession EMS solidarity: California paramedic Jared Kirby traveled to Ohio to help EMTs and paramedics there build a union with AFSCME. Read More
September 21, 2015 Puerto Rico Members Visit DC to Seek Solutions to Fiscal Crisis A delegation of public workers from Puerto Rico, members of AFSCME Council 95, visited Washington, DC, to meet with members of Congress and U.S. Treasury officials to discuss the fiscal and budgetary challenges faced by working people on the island. Read More
September 17, 2015 Big Win for Largest U.S. Probation Department The LA County Deputy Probation Officers Union/AFSCME Local 685 overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bargaining agreement that will improve public and personal safety. Read More
September 17, 2015 Chicago, New Orleans Cabbies Join Global Uber Protest Hundreds of AFSCME-represented cab drivers in Chicago and New Orleans joined cab drivers from around the world Sept. 16 in a “Global Day of Action Against Uber” and other unlicensed rideshare taxi operations. Read More
September 14, 2015 Public Safety Congress Gets AFSCME Strong Hundreds of AFSCME first responders gathered in Albuquerque, N.M., for the 2015 Public Safety Congress to discuss important issues regarding public safety, service and building power through AFSCME Strong. Read More
September 11, 2015 Campaign Helps Reduce Violence in Minnesota Hospitals Minnesota state hospital workers – AFSCME Council 5 members – waged a successful public education campaign to improve safety against violent attacks by patients. Read More
September 10, 2015 Contract Oversight is $1.25 Million Payoff District 1199J, NUHHCE/AFSCME reached a settlement with the county that will mean big increases in many paychecks following a settlement to fix a contract oversight. Read More
September 04, 2015 Unified Locals AFSCME Strong with New Contract AFSCME Locals 1328 and 1781, representing 2,400 clerks, LPNs, maintenance, PCAs and other professional and critical staff at UF Health Jacksonville, overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. Read More