Press Releases Archive
The Story of I AM: AFSCME to launch podcast series covering the legacy of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike
The series will feature exclusive interviews with Memphis sanitation strikers, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. James Lawson, AFSCME President Lee Saunders, and more
Saunders on State of the Union: President Biden is living up to his pledge to be ‘the most pro-union president in history’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address:
Life’s better in a union: AFSCME launches union wage calculator compiling BLS data released today
Today, upon release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual report on union membership and earnings, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is launching a Union Wage Calculator.
AFSCME's Saunders: Government funding bill brings long-overdue benefits and protections for working people, ‘but there is more work to be done’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Congress passed the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill:
AFSCME's Saunders on the Respect for Marriage Act: ‘Love wins’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law.
AFSCME’s Saunders: With Sen. Warnock in Congress, ‘the future for working Georgians is bright’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Sen. Raphael Warnock won the Georgia Senate runoff.
AFSCME’s Saunders: This House Democratic Party leadership ‘will be a force for working people across the country’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after leadership elections were held for the 118th Congress.
AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘With the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, we are finally codifying that love is love’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement celebrating the Senate’s passage of the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act.
Saunders: ‘AFSCME will not let up until UC student workers win the contract they deserve’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released a statement in support of UC Student-Workers Union UAW 2865, UAW Local 5810 and Student Researchers United-UAW members who are on strike.
Saunders: Pompeo comments about Weingarten are desperate attention-getting stunt
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released a statement in reaction to remarks by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about AFT President Randi Weingarten.