Press Releases Archive
AFSCME’s Saunders applauds return to merit staffing in Employment Service programs
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement responding to the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on Wagner-Peyser Employment Service staffing:
AFSCME’s Saunders: Nicole Berner will ‘bring much-needed experience’ to the Fourth Circuit
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the White House nominated Nicole Berner o serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:
Saunders: AFSCME members mobilized their communities to elect a pro-worker majority in the Virginia legislature
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after voters flipped the Virginia House to elect a pro-worker majority within both chambers of the state legislature
AFSCME’s Saunders: With Laphonza Butler, ‘working people have a new world-class fighter in the United States Senate’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat:
Saunders: 'There is work to do to ensure that we don’t face another race against the clock'
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown:
Saunders: Sen. Feinstein was a pioneer and gifted legislator
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement on the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein:
AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘UAW workers are striking for all working people
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the United Auto Workers (UAW) announced plans to expand their strike:
AFSCME’s Saunders: Congressional extremists must ‘stop using our lives as bargaining chips’ and keep the government open
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement as Congressional extremists threaten a government shutdown:
ICYMI: Following a summer of activism, AFSCME boosts public service hiring through 'Staff the Front Lines' bus tour
The Staff the Front Lines bus made stops in 17 cities and turned out more than 2,000 job seekers looking to begin a career in public service
AFSCME’s Saunders commends bold step to protect nursing home staff and residents
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement responding to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule on nursing home minimum staffing requirements.