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 |Working people are still struggling in this rigged economy and wages are barely increasing.
Jacob Baum |Learn how the latest Poor People’s Campaign sheds light on how much progress must still be made, 50 years after MLK’s original campaign.
Pete Levine |Tell Congress not to cut food stamps to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
AFSCME Staff |Public service workers across the country are slipping out of the middle class, according to The New York Times. This is a reminder that labor unions are needed more than ever.
Pablo Ros |Virginia delegate and AFSCME member Elizabeth Guzman discussed her political career with AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride in the first event of the “AFSCME Women Making History” series.
Pablo Ros |American workers are disenchanted with President Donald Trump. A year after he assumed office, there is no longer any doubt about his failure to stand up for working families.
Pablo Ros |The gap between CEOs’ pay and that of the average worker continues to widen, made possible by unfair loopholes.
AFSCME Staff |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 |Real freedom and opportunity means more than just getting by. It means having a voice on the job, affordable health care, the promise of retirement security after a lifetime of hard work, and equal democracy for all. That’s The AFSCME Agenda.
Lee Saunders |With the release of “The AFSCME Agenda: Freedom and Opportunity for All,” our union is reasserting our values and paving the way toward stronger communities.
AFSCME Staff |House leaders have released a tax bill that will hurt working families.
AFSCME Staff |This dedicated Connecticut public service worker makes sure people get enough to eat and have the necessary education and training to find meaningful work.
AFSCME Staff |President Donald Trump’s failure to focus on the problems of working people have left a vacuum on economic issues that Democrats will try to fill with a new plan called “A Better Deal.”
Pablo Ros |The economy is improving but wages are flat. We explain why.
Ray Inoue |A House budget proposal would be disastrous for millions of people who rely on Medicaid, Medicare and a host of other programs aimed at helping vulnerable Americans.
Clyde Weiss |President Donald Trump’s proposed education budget will do away with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which supports financially-strapped public service workers.
Pete Levine |President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget proposal would hurt the very people who put him in office just so he could give his rich buddies massive tax cuts.
Omar Tewfik |CEO pay continues to balloon while workers’ pay shrinks in comparison, according to new findings released by AFL-CIO’s Executive PayWatch.
Clyde Weiss |