Press Releases Archive
AFSCME’s Saunders: President Biden’s latest round of student debt relief will be life-changing for 78,000 public service workers
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced additional student loan forgiveness
AFSCME’s Saunders applauds Senate confirmation of Nicole Berner to the Fourth Circuit
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Nicole Berner to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:
AFSCME’s Saunders: With Biden, Social Security and Medicare will never be on the chopping block
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the former president’s comments about cutting Social Security and Medicare:
AFSCME’s Saunders: President Joe Biden is right – America is in the middle of a comeback story
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the State of the Union and this morning’s March jobs report:
AFSCME’s Saunders: After three years with President Biden, working people are building greater power than we’ve seen in decades
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address:
AFSCME’s ‘I AM Story’ podcast nominated for NAACP Image Award
This week, AFSCME’s “I AM Story” podcast received a nomination for a NAACP Image Award in the “Outstanding Podcast – Limited Series/Short Form” category.
Union momentum remains strong despite staffing shortages in the public service
AFSCME released the following statement in response to the BLS’ annual report on union membership and earnings released today
AFSCME’s Saunders applauds expansion of World Trade Center Health Program to include additional 9/11 first responders
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes an expansion of the World Trade Center Health Program:
Saunders on latest jobs report: The public service is ‘on the way toward a full recovery’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the U.S. economy gaining 199,000 jobs in November:
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: