Press Releases Archive
AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘Impeach this president who daily desecrates American values and lives’
AFSCME calls on President Trump to resign. If he will not, Congress should impeach and convict this president who daily desecrates American values and lives.
Saunders celebrates selection of Mayor Marty Walsh as the next labor secretary
Saunders: “After four long years of brazen hostility toward working people, the Labor Department will now have leadership that is true to its mission and purpose.”
Saunders denounces ‘acts of vandalism against our democracy’
Saunders: “What we saw at the U.S. Capitol was insurrection, sedition and terror enabled by the president of the United States.”
Saunders celebrates Georgia Senate wins and new federal government trifecta
Saunders: “We now have the strong leadership required to defeat this pandemic, to get the economy moving again and deliver desperately needed aid to states, cities, towns and schools.”
AFSCME President Lee Saunders on the passing of AFSCME Council 20 Executive Director Andrew Washington
Andrew was a tireless champion for the workers he represented and always had their best interests at heart, whether at the bargaining table or the public podium.
AFSCME’s Saunders blasts COVID relief package as ‘a slap in the face to front-line heroes’
Emergency funding for essential services is critical to getting the virus under control and getting our economy moving again.
Time to build on the ACA, not take away health care during a pandemic
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are asking the highest court in the land to rip health coverage away from 21 million people.
AFSCME’s Saunders: Biden and Harris will be ‘two fearless fighters for working people’; every vote must be counted
Presidential election victory especially meaningful for front-line public service workers who continue to battle a brutal pandemic
AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘Every vote must be counted; the will of the people must prevail’
Nothing is more important at his moment for our nation and our democracy than protecting the right of every American who voted.
Time to flip the Senate and end the corrupt power games
The Senate majority has illegitimately forced through the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.