RSS Feed 2019 Press Releases

• Dec 12 AFSCME Calls on Senate to Pass the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act
• Dec 06 AFSCME Strongly Supports Landmark Bill to Restore Voting Rights
• Dec 04 AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Senator Warren’s Part-Time Worker Plan Saunders calls Warren’s plan an example of policy that creates an economy that works for workers
• Dec 04 Lee Saunders on Mayor Buttigieg’s Health Care Equity Proposal Saunders praises the Mayor’s efforts to address inequities in health care, stresses the importance of expanding both access and quality of care
• Nov 21 AFSCME Applauds Passage of Workplace Violence Prevention Bill
• Nov 15 AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Senator Warren’s Medicare for All Proposal
• Nov 06 Lee Saunders on DNC Standing in Solidarity with UC Workers
• Jun 18 Universal Child Care Bill Will Help Hardworking Families
• Nov 05 Working People Win Big in Virginia and Kentucky AFSCME President Lee Saunders calls elections in VA and KY a major rejection of the politics of division and an embrace of an agenda that gives working people a seat at the table
• Oct 17 AFSCME mourns the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings
• Sep 30 ‘Largest Union Organizing Campaign in the Country’ Underway as 40,000 California Child Care Workers Win Freedom to Collectively Bargain California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 378, giving childcare providers the ability to organize for improvements on the job while setting the stage for the largest union election and organizing campaign in the country
• Sep 20 AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Presidential Run
• Sep 19 Lower Drug Costs Now Act Promises to Bring Down Prescription Drug Prices
• Sep 19 AFSCME Opposes Scalia Appointment
• Sep 18 AFSCME Stands in Full Support of Striking Auto Workers
• Aug 28 Public Support for Unions Continues to Surge
• Jul 23 Permanent Authorization of 9/11 Victim Fund a Major Victory for First Responders, Public Service Workers
• Jul 19 AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Impending Scalia Nomination
• Jul 18 Raising the Minimum Wage Will Strengthen the Working Class
• Jul 17 Repeal of 40% Tax on High-Cost Health Benefits Vital to Improving Health Care
• Jul 17 Former Vice President Joe Biden to Attend AFSCME Public Service Forum in Las Vegas The former vice president will join nearly the entire field of 2020 presidential candidates at the forum on Aug. 3 to answer questions from AFSCME members about the public services they provide to America’s communities.
• Jul 15 Pete Buttigieg, Steve Bullock to Attend AFSCME Presidential Forum in Las Vegas The South Bend mayor and Montana governor will join at least 15 other presidential candidates at the forum on Aug. 3 to answer questions from AFSCME members about the public services they provide to America’s communities.
• Jul 15 New Bill of Rights Promises to Give Domestic Workers the Respect They Deserve
• Jul 12 AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Acosta Resignation
• Jul 12 Bill Would Provide Federal Employees Time to Care for Children, Family Members
• Jul 11 AFSCME to Host 2020 Public Service Forum Moderated by HuffPost At Least 15 Presidential Candidates Expected in Las Vegas on Aug. 3  to Answer Questions from AFSCME Members
• Jul 09 AFSCME Knocks Trump Administration’s Continued Efforts To Eliminate Care For Millions of Americans
• Jun 25 Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act Gives Workers More Freedom to Join Unions Landmark proposal would establish path to middle class for millions of public service workers, including women and people of color
• Jun 12 Nevada Governor Signs ‘Historic’ Union Law to Help 20,000 State Workers Nevada’s collective bargaining bill is the latest evidence of growing grassroots and political momentum building behind public service workers and unions heading into 2020
• Jun 03 Union Momentum Grows: 20,000 Nevada State Employees to Gain Collective Bargaining Rights New law is the largest expansion of state workers’ freedom to negotiate in 16 years as AFSCME focuses on growth
• May 14 Consumers, Health Leaders and Allies Must Join Forces to Ensure Consumer Interests are Reflected in National Health Care Debate, Says New National Alliance Groups issue ‘Call to Action’ to fundamentally change the economic incentives of the health care system to provide affordable, high-quality health care for America’s families
• May 02 AFSCME Blasts Trump Administration’s ‘Vicious Attack’ on Home Care Workers’ Freedoms
• Apr 17 AFSCME Launches Interactive Seven-Figure Campaign to Engage Young People of Color Ahead of 2020 Election ‘I AM – Be the Change’ will build on the legacy of Dr. King and the 1,300 Memphis sanitation workers
• Apr 11 AFSCME Endorses Key Legislation that Would Provide Student Debt Relief to Millions of Public Service Workers
• Apr 04 AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘Anniversary of Dr. King’s Death is a Call to Action on Civil Rights’
• Mar 27 ‘Workers chose to stick with their union’: AFSCME Posts Strong Membership Numbers in New Filing with Department of Labor Gain of 9,000 new working members and 19,000 retirees, despite Janus v. AFSCME decision and right-wing efforts to “defund and defang” public service unions and urging members to quit
• Mar 26 AFSCME Applauds the Introduction of the IDEA Full Funding Act
• Mar 14 AFSCME Supports the ‘Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act’
• Mar 11 AFSCME President Lee Saunders on DNC Choosing Milwaukee for 2020 Convention
• Mar 11 The Trump 2020 Budget is Wrong for America
• Feb 27 Institutional Investors Continue to Press Companies for Disclosure of Lobbying In 2019 Shareholder resolutions filed with at least 33 companies by 70 investors
• Feb 25 AFSCME Urges Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act
• Feb 19 AFSCME Stands in Solidarity with West Virginia Teachers
• Feb 14 Saunders Salutes Budget Compromise, Calls State of Emergency an Abuse of Power
• Feb 05 Lee Saunders: Invest in Our Communities and Public Services to Strengthen the Nation
• Feb 01 AFSCME Applauds Congressional Proposal to Invest $100 Billion in America’s Public Schools
• Jan 25 AFSCME President Lee Saunders: Time to Permanently End Shutdown, Restore Vital Services Immediately
• Jan 18 New Union Membership Data Reveal Anti-Worker Assault Is Failing Bureau of Labor Statistics Update Shows Public Sector Unions Holding Strong
• Jan 02 AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders Calls on President Trump to Accept House and Senate Proposals to End Shutdown

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