Press Releases Archive
AFSCME’s Saunders: We urge Congress to protect federal workers’ freedom to collectively bargain
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in support of efforts to hold a vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
AFSCME’s Saunders: Shutting down the Department of Education will harm our children, educators and nation
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court opening the way for the administration to illegally shut down the Department of Education
Supreme Court Intervenes to Allow Trump’s Unlawful Reorganization of the Federal Government to Continue as Case Proceeds
Court Uses Shadow Docket to Lift Lower Court's Pause of Unconstitutional Overhaul of Vital Departments and Agencies
AFSCME’s Saunders: We will hold every elected official accountable who voted to betray working families
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Congress passed the budget reconciliation bill.
AFSCME’s Saunders: The Senate’s distorted priorities will leave working people footing the bill
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation bill,
AFSCME’s Saunders on SCOTUS decision: We remain undeterred in our commitment to defend our freedoms and democracy
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions:
Victory for Working People as Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Bust Federal Employee Unions
Trump’s union-busting executive order was retaliation against labor unions for challenging administration’s illegal workplace actions, judge finds
Court Partially Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Anti-Science Meddling and Cuts to Pandemic Prevention Programs
Municipalities in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Missouri and Public Sector Union Win Injunction to Prevent Cuts at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Court Declines to Issue Nationwide Relief
AFSCME's Saunders: We stand with our family in Minnesota and demand that justice be served
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the tragic assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman:
"We at AFSCME are heartbroken and outraged that a day in which hundreds of thousands of Americans engage...
In a letter to the Senate, nearly 900 state and local elected leaders oppose extreme cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP and public services
Today, in an effort organized by AFSCME, more than 900 state and local elected officials from 36 states signed onto a bipartisan letter to oppose the budget bill, which would severely hurt states, cities, towns and schools nationwide.