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Many AFSCME Florida members help educate school children. This year, they also helped children get a good start in school by donating hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies.
AFSCME Florida |Read about a budget consultant who’s infamous for shrinking budgets at the cost of essential public services.
Jay Hutchison |Hear from workers who are heading from California to Nevada to attend the AFSCME Public Service Forum – what their expectations are, what they want candidates to focus on.
Erica Zeitlin, AFSCME District Council 36, AFSCME International Staff |Congress needs to fully fund the IDEA program so devoted educators like New York’s Mandy Roberts-Amo can continue to help students with disabilities.
Pete Levine |It’s unclear whether Eugene Scalia, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next labor secretary, has what it takes to be an advocate for working people.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME applauded the House of Representatives for voting to repeal a regressive health tax that is part of the ACA and would make it harder for working families to afford quality health care.
AFSCME Staff |The effort to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade got a major boost when the House passed a bill raising it to $15 an hour by 2025.
Jay Hutchison |We applaud the House for passing a bill that would guarantee federal workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for their children or sick family members or to recover from serious medical problems.
Pablo Ros |With at least 19 participants, the 2020 Public Service Forum will be the largest presidential candidate forum in AFSCME history.
Pete Levine |The legislation would ensure “that rights aren’t just on paper, but that they can be enforced and implemented” legally and in ways to decrease retaliation.
Jay Hutchison |While the resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta comes as welcome news to workers, it highlights the Trump administration’s consistent theme of chaos over quality.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME knocks the Trump administration’s latest attempt to upend the Affordable Care Act.
Pete Levine |States and localities are ahead of Congress on raising the minimum wage up to $15 an hour. The last time Congress raised the federal minimum wage – from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour – was 10 years ago this month.
Jay Hutchison |The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act will give workers more freedom to join unions.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME and President Lee Saunders were honored by Pride@Work for fighting for LGBTQ workers’ rights.
Jay Hutchison |Measure denying pensions for new public service workers in San Diego is now history.
Erica Zeitlin, AFSCME District Council 36 |"They refused to let my co-workers donate vacation days to help me make it through. They refused my request for unpaid time off once my paid sick time ran out. And finally, they fired me."
AFSCME Staff |Too many families struggle to afford high-quality child care. However, thanks to a new bill introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Deb Haaland, that might change.
Pete Levine |Last week, the health subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on several critical health care bills facing funding shortfalls.
Mark McCullough |Though he claimed to be a champion of workers, President Donald Trump has proven to be an ally of corporations and wealthy special interests.
Pete Levine |