The Affordable Care Act Is Not Jenga. It’s Not a Game. Period.
The country will suffer – and working people especially so – if higher courts side with a Texas federal judge and rule that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Pablo Ros |The country will suffer – and working people especially so – if higher courts side with a Texas federal judge and rule that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Pablo Ros |New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show union membership remains strong, proving workers are hungrier than ever for a voice on the job and a seat at the table.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME President Lee Saunders praises the mandatory time off proposal announced today by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, which will benefit all the workers in the city.
AFSCME Staff |This news comes as more than 800,000 federal workers are either furloughed or are being forced to work without pay.
Jessica Powell |Many federal workers are facing the frightening prospect of not being able to pay their mortgages, rents, car loans and meet countless other day-to-day obligations.
Pete Levine |AFSCME President Lee Saunders to President Donald Trump – don’t shut down the federal government over politics.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME has long encouraged public investment in our country’s infrastructure. In 2019, we will continue to make our voices heard so that any infrastructure plan creates good jobs and invests in public services.
AFSCME Staff |Those cuts reduce revenues, creating bigger deficits that Trump and his fellow Republicans use as an excuse to cut public services that working families rely on like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Americans for Tax Fairness |Voters chose to side with the common good in at least two powerful ways: stopping privatization and implementing progressive taxes to pay for much-needed public services.
Jeremy Mohler, In the Public Interest |The bill would help protect hospital, psychiatric, behavioral health care, EMS workers and others by requiring the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to issue a federal worker-protection standard.
Pete Levine |Even as public service workers in Puerto Rico made sacrifices, their government was betraying them. This week, AFSCME and AFT sued the government, alleging mismanagement of pension funds.
AFSCME Staff |Latina women had to work until November 1 of this year to earn the same wages their white male counterparts earned in the previous year. Ten months longer!
Pablo Ros |A new rule by the Trump administration would subject immigrants to indecency and indignity. It runs counter to AFSCME’s values.
Elissa McBride |Learn about AFSCME’s archives, a rich lode of labor history.
Stefanie Caloia, AFSCME Archivist |With these junk plans, insurers are permitted to screen for, and charge more for, pre-existing conditions.
Pete Levine |The long-term goal is for all workers–union and non-union, public and private sector–to have access to paid family leave.
Elissa McBride |There is plenty of evidence that this is a strong economy primarily for those already in a privileged position.
Lee Saunders |Yes, really. The U.S. House has approved a bill that would offer a new round of tax cuts for the richest 1 percent of Americans.
AFSCME Staff |She reiterated AFSCME’s opposition to Kavanaugh, underscoring that he has consistently “ruled for wealthy corporate interests against working women, against working people.”
AFSCME Staff |Unions help reduce the wealth inequality between white families and families of color, a new report shows.
Pablo Ros |