New federal data on last year’s union membership shows working people remain strong despite “relentless, dishonest attacks from wealthy special interests,” AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME icons were honored at the 49th Annual NAACP Image Awards on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Pete Levine |Fifty years after the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, trash hauling remains a dangerous profession – especially at private firms.
AFSCME Staff |The gap between CEOs’ pay and that of the average worker continues to widen, made possible by unfair loopholes.
AFSCME Staff |Here are the facts about President Donald Trump’s “infrastructure plan,” which the White House says it will release soon.
Donald Cohen, In The Public Interest |Learn how the tax bill Congress approved will personally benefit the president and big corporate donors.
AFSCME STAFF |Millions of kids may lose their health insurance if Congress fails to fund the CHIP program.
Pete Levine |Retirees from across Michigan banded together in late October to form Michigan Retirees United, AFSCME Chapter 255.
AFSCME Staff |AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders is asking congressional leaders to first seat Alabama Sen.-Elect Doug Jones before voting on their disastrous tax cut plan.
AFSCME Staff |The latest round of right-wing attacks on working people is putting the dream of higher education further away than ever.
Pete Levine |Former AFSCME Sec.-Treas. Bill Lucy will receive the prestigious Chairman’s Award of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Pablo Ros |The Trump administration sided with corporations and the wealthy in Janus v. AFSCME, which threatens workers’ ability to form strong unions.
Pablo Ros |Members of Congress led by Sen. Bernie Sanders today unveiled a plan to help Puerto Rico deal with its debt burden and recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria.
Pablo Ros |Vulnerable children may not get the health insurance they need and deserve because leaders in Congress are playing political games.
Pete Levine |A nonpartisan analysis shows that the true intent of the Senate tax bill – raise taxes on working families, cut taxes for the rich and big companies.
Pablo Ros |In fighting to pass the DREAM Act, AFSCME affirms its commitment to strengthening all working families, no matter their country of origin.
Pete Levine |Wisconsin’s anti-worker law, Act 10, is hurting public school teachers and students and is a warning to other states considering similar bills, a new report says.
Pablo Ros |This week, Trump announced his choice of Alex Azar, a former Big Pharma executive, to lead the Department of Health & Human Services. That’s like sending the fox to guard the hen house.
Pablo Ros |Fallen Heroes Fund assistance offers support, hope to AFSMCE members in Texas.
Namita Waghray |As wildfires raged in Northern California, AFSCME emergency workers called on their training to rescue those caught in the inferno.
Pete Levine |