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MOCA workers are joining their counterparts at another Los Angeles-based museum, the Marciano Art Foundation, in the fight for better wages and better working conditions.
Pete Levine |A new survey shows public service workers value their pensions more than their pay.
Pablo Ros |The House has passed an AFSCME-backed bill to increase workplace safety for health care and social services workers.
Pete Levine |AFSCME will continue to stand with Dreamers, whose future is being weighed by the Supreme Court in a case involving an Obama-era policy known as DACA.
Pablo Ros |Thanks to a new state law, California child care providers have collective bargaining rights – the freedom to negotiate for better compensation and benefits, the ability to stand together in a strong union.
Former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse visited AFSCME International to talk about his latest book and the future of labor.
Pablo Ros |Thanks to AFSCME members, a school bus filled with food items is helping South Florida students fight hunger.
Mark McCullough |The College Affordability Act will help fix the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Pete Levine |What will help pro-worker allies win elections in 2020 and beyond? A “back to basics” strategy of organizing through face-to-face conversations, AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME strongly opposes a proposed rule change by the Trump administration that would effectively remove protections for LGBTQ workers who are employed by federal contractors and subcontractors.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride sat down for a conversation with the president of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), Thea Lee, to discuss ways to make the nation’s economy work for all of us.
AFSCME Staff |According to a new Government Accountability Office report, the new program is just as difficult to navigate and as confusing as its predecessor.
Pete Levine |In the absence of a federal law, states and D.C. are taking the lead in passing much-needed paid leave policies.
Pete Levine |In the latest “Union 411” video, Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride explores the value of the Union Difference – power, dignity, respect and fairness.
AFSCME Staff |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 |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 |