Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program’s Replacement is Broken Too
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 |economic security
States Passing Much-Needed Paid Leave Laws
In the absence of a federal law, states and D.C. are taking the lead in passing much-needed paid leave policies.
Pete Levine |Imperial County Emergency Medical Services Workers Join AFSCME
Taking a page from Riverside EMS workers, EMS professionals in Imperial County also took action – they voted resoundingly to join AFSCME Local 4911.
Jashua Bane |A Summer Protest for Fair Wages, Health Care and Adequate Staffing
Summer time is protest time in upstate New York. Workers at Auburn Community Hospital are going public with their demands for a fair contract – and they have community support.
AARON GALLANT, AFSCME District Council 66 |At Long Last, LA County Sanitation Employees Secure a Fair Contract
Guaranteed pay raises and no pension cuts are key provisions in a contract won by AFSCME District Council 36 members who work for the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts.
Jashua Bane |New Southern California EMS Contract to Set Standard for the Industry
It wasn’t easy, but EMS workers in Riverside, California, reached a contract with American Medical Response that will provide much-deserved pay raises and improved health coverage for 450 workers.
Jashua Bane |CT AFSCME Members Celebrate Passage of Landmark PTSD Legislation
Thanks to the hard work by AFSCME Council 4 members, police and parole officers and firefighters in Connecticut who have PTSD can collect unemployment and receive medical coverage.
Larry Dorman, AFSCME Council 4 |At Last. Congress Authorizes Permanent 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Congress has authorized permanent funding for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund after years of efforts by survivors and other advocates, including AFSCME members.
Pete Levine |U.S. House Votes to Boost Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
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 |Fighting the Pay Fight
Texas corrections officers fought hard to correct longtime pay inequities – and won by persuading state legislators to do the right thing.
Antonio Lewis |Despite Vetoes, Alaska Members Fight for Public Services
Alaska members are not giving up the fight to reverse Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes. They’re working with the legislature to prevent public services and higher education from being decimated.
Jashua Bane |Court Case Threatens Health Care for Millions
AFSCME knocks the Trump administration’s latest attempt to upend the Affordable Care Act.
Pete Levine |States, Cities Tackling Minimum Wage, Congress Trying to Catch Up
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 |Proposals in Congress Would Allow More Workers to Form Unions
The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act will give workers more freedom to join unions.
AFSCME Staff |New Era in Illinois: State Workers Secure Fair Contract
In an unmistakable sign that a new era has dawned in Illinois, state workers have secured a fair, new contract from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration.
AFSCME Council 31 |Behavioral Health Workers Closer to Winning Full Funding of Student Loan Repayment Program
Establishing and funding this new loan repayment program, part of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, is a priority for AFSCME’s United We Heal campaign.
Mark McCullough |Gov. Murphy Discusses His Middle Class Plan at NJ Town Hall
Gov. Phil Murphy discussed his plan to strengthen the middle class with an audience of working people, including members of AFSCME New Jersey.
Kathleen Cancio |NJ Minimum Wage Will Rise to $15/Hour By 2024
New Jersey becomes the fourth jurisdiction in the country to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Jocelyn Alcox, AFSCME New Jersey |More Proof of a Rigged System
As U.S. banks enjoy a massive tax windfall, they continue to slash jobs, proving that the deck remains stacked toward corporations and against workers.
Pete Levine |GM Layoffs Prove Tax Cuts Hurt, Don’t Help, Workers
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 |