Press Releases Archive
Communities and AFSCME Sue to Save Efforts to Stop Trump Cuts, RFK Jr. Anti-Science Meddling
"The pandemic exposed just how urgently we need strong public health systems,” said AFSCME President Lee Saunders.
Victory for Press Freedom and Workers: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to Protect the U.S. Agency for Global Media
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction in Widakuswara v. Lake, affirming the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) was unlawfully shuttered by the administration
DOGE’s Data Dive Denied: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction and Blocks Access to SSA System
A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Elon Musk’s so-called DOGE from further accessing sensitive personal data stored within the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) systems.
AFL-CIO, Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Cuts to Key Labor Relations Agency
AFL-CIO, AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, IAM, SEIU, and UFCW Are Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit to Restore the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
AFSCME’s Saunders: 911 dispatchers deserve respect, not defunding
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, which runs from April 13-19:
AFSCME’s Saunders: Forcing Social Security beneficiaries to use X is Elon Musk’s latest money-making scheme
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after it was reported that the Social Security Administration is moving all public communications to Elon Musk’s X
Saunders: AFSCME members won’t let Congress defund public services for billionaire tax cuts
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the House passed a budget reconciliation package that will force devastating cuts to essential public services nationwide:
Coalition Statement Responding to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling
Public Service Unions, Small Business, Veterans and Conservation Organizations and Rule of Law Advocates Vow to Continue Fight
AFSCME’s Saunders: Library workers are always there for our communities – now, let’s be there for them
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement recognizing National Library Workers’ Day
AFSCME and union partners join with members of Congress to reintroduce bill to expand workers’ freedoms
As workers face unprecedented attacks despite support for labor unions remaining at near-historic highs, the bipartisan Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act is needed to protect and expand the freedom of public service workers to collectively bargain.