2016 Press Releases
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Puzder Appointment
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Overtime Rule
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on 2016 Election Results
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the Passing of Sergeant Allen Brandt
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on FBI Letter to Congressional Chairmen
- AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla’s Fiscal Plan
- As Trump Skipped Out on Taxes, Americans May Have Paid Price in Education, Health and SafetyEstimates by AFSCME suggest Americans may have been denied Head Start opportunities, veterans’ health professionals
- AFSCME President Lee Saunders on the Report that Donald Trump Avoided Paying Taxes for Decades
- More than 6,000 CA Public Service Workers Vote to Unite with AFSCMEPublic Employee Union, Local 1/AFSCME seeks to improve public services in Northern California
- AFSCME President Lee Saunders on the Continuing Resolution
- Judith Rivlin Named AFSCME General Counsel
- Bill Lurye Named AFSCME Chief of StaffGeneral Counsel Bill Lurye appointed as top advisor to President Lee Saunders
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Donald Trump’s Visit to Detroit
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the Obama Administration’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Justice Department Ending Use of Private Prisons
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Hillary Clinton’s Selection of Tim Kaine for VP
- AFSCME President Lee Saunders Wins Reelection by AcclamationAs president, Saunders has led the 1.6 million-member union through a period of growth and innovation despite unprecedented attacks against public employees
- Hillary Clinton Addresses AFSCME ConventionPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee to public service workers: “When unions are strong, America is strong”
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the Shooting of Police Officers in Baton Rouge
- Labor Leaders Win Strong Fair-Trade Platform Language
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the Shooting Deaths of Police Officers in Dallas
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the Shooting Deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
- AFSCME Members Welcome Secretary Hillary Clinton at 42nd International ConventionPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee will address thousands of public service workers in Las Vegas and countless more through Facebook livestream
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Supreme Court Denial of Certiorari in Home Care Association of America v. Weil
- AFSCME President Lee Saunders on the 2016 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report
- AFSCME President Lee Saunders on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in United States vs. Texas.
- National Unions Coordinate Support for Orlando Community
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders: “Now Is The Time To Unite For Working Families”
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Speaker Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Plan
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Final Obama Administration Overtime Rule
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Sec. Hillary Clinton’s Victories in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Sec. Hillary Clinton’s Victory in New York
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders Applauds Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders Praises SCOTUS Decision in Evenwel v. Abbott
- America Works Together: Response to Supreme Court Ruling in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
- Institutional Investors Continue to Press Companies for Disclosure of Lobbying In 2016Shareholder resolutions filed with 50 companies by 66 institutional and individual investors
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on President Obama’s Nomination of Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Hillary Clinton’s Victories in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, and North Carolina
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Sec. Hillary Clinton’s Resounding Super Tuesday Victory
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Sec. Hillary Clinton’s Victory in the Nevada Caucus
- AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Sec. Hillary Clinton’s Victory in the Iowa Caucus
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