http://www.afscme.org/rss/blog Thu, 20 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000 AMPS en AFSCME Press Release Feed AFSCME Press Release Feed hourly 1 AFSCME’s Saunders: Alexis Herman was a trailblazer in every sense of the word https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-alexis-herman-was-a-trailblazer-in-every-sense-of-the-word Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:12:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-alexis-herman-was-a-trailblazer-in-every-sense-of-the-word AFSCME’s Saunders: A historic and relentless assault on working people and unions underscore the first 100 days of this administration https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-a-historic-and-relentless-assault-on-working-people-and-unions-underscore-the-first-100-days-of-this-administration Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:08:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-a-historic-and-relentless-assault-on-working-people-and-unions-underscore-the-first-100-days-of-this-administration AFSCME’s Saunders: Workers Memorial Day highlights why we must organize for health and safety https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-workers-memorial-day-highlights-why-we-must-organize-for-health-and-safety Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:42:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-workers-memorial-day-highlights-why-we-must-organize-for-health-and-safety Massive Coalition of Unions, Non-Profit Groups, and Local Governments File Omnibus Challenge to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/massive-coalition-of-unions-non-profit-groups-and-local-governments-file-omnibus-challenge-to-unconstitutional-reorganization-of-federal-government Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:00:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/massive-coalition-of-unions-non-profit-groups-and-local-governments-file-omnibus-challenge-to-unconstitutional-reorganization-of-federal-government Communities and AFSCME Sue to Save Efforts to Stop Trump Cuts, RFK Jr. Anti-Science Meddling https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/communities-and-afscme-sue-to-save-efforts-to-stop-trump-cuts-rfk-jr-anti-science-meddling Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:37:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/communities-and-afscme-sue-to-save-efforts-to-stop-trump-cuts-rfk-jr-anti-science-meddling Victory for Press Freedom and Workers: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to Protect the U.S. Agency for Global Media https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/victory-for-press-freedom-and-workers-court-grants-preliminary-injunction-to-protect-the-u-s-agency-for-global-media Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:02:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/victory-for-press-freedom-and-workers-court-grants-preliminary-injunction-to-protect-the-u-s-agency-for-global-media DOGE’s Data Dive Denied: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction and Blocks Access to SSA System https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/doges-data-dive-denied-court-grants-preliminary-injunction-and-blocks-access-to-ssa-system Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:35:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/doges-data-dive-denied-court-grants-preliminary-injunction-and-blocks-access-to-ssa-system AFL-CIO, Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Cuts to Key Labor Relations Agency https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afl-cio-unions-sue-trump-administration-over-cuts-to-key-labor-relations-agency Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:23:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afl-cio-unions-sue-trump-administration-over-cuts-to-key-labor-relations-agency AFSCME’s Saunders: 911 dispatchers deserve respect, not defunding https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-911-dispatchers-deserve-respect-not-defunding Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:07:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-911-dispatchers-deserve-respect-not-defunding AFSCME’s Saunders: Forcing Social Security beneficiaries to use X is Elon Musk’s latest money-making scheme https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-forcing-social-security-beneficiaries-to-use-x-is-elon-musks-latest-money-making-scheme Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:13:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-forcing-social-security-beneficiaries-to-use-x-is-elon-musks-latest-money-making-scheme Saunders: AFSCME members won’t let Congress defund public services for billionaire tax cuts https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/saunders-afscme-members-wont-let-congress-defund-public-services-for-billionaire-tax-cuts Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:32:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/saunders-afscme-members-wont-let-congress-defund-public-services-for-billionaire-tax-cuts Coalition Statement Responding to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/coalition-statement-responding-to-u-s-supreme-court-ruling Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:24:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/coalition-statement-responding-to-u-s-supreme-court-ruling AFSCME’s Saunders: Library workers are always there for our communities – now, let’s be there for them https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-library-workers-are-always-there-for-our-communities-now-lets-be-there-for-them Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:47:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-library-workers-are-always-there-for-our-communities-now-lets-be-there-for-them AFSCME and union partners join with members of Congress to reintroduce bill to expand workers’ freedoms https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscme-and-union-partners-join-with-members-of-congress-to-reintroduce-bill-to-expand-workers-freedoms Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:36:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscme-and-union-partners-join-with-members-of-congress-to-reintroduce-bill-to-expand-workers-freedoms American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/american-library-association-afscme-challenge-trump-administration-gutting-of-institute-of-museum-and-library-services Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:28:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/american-library-association-afscme-challenge-trump-administration-gutting-of-institute-of-museum-and-library-services AFSCME’s Saunders: As the economy sinks, senators vote to further enrich billionaires https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-as-the-economy-sinks-senators-vote-to-further-enrich-billionaires Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:17:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-as-the-economy-sinks-senators-vote-to-further-enrich-billionaires Unions, Retirees File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Unlawful DOGE Access to Social Security Data as New Facts Emerge https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/unions-retirees-file-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-to-halt-unlawful-doge-access-to-social-security-data-as-new-facts-emerge Fri, 04 Apr 2025 23:36:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/unions-retirees-file-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-to-halt-unlawful-doge-access-to-social-security-data-as-new-facts-emerge Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Move to Bust Federal Employee Unions https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/unions-sue-trump-administration-over-move-to-bust-federal-employee-unions Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:32:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/unions-sue-trump-administration-over-move-to-bust-federal-employee-unions AFSCME’s Saunders: Patients who depend on Medicare and Medicaid deserve better than Dr. Oz https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-patients-who-depend-on-medicare-and-medicaid-deserve-better-than-dr-oz Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:43:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-patients-who-depend-on-medicare-and-medicaid-deserve-better-than-dr-oz AFSCME responds to ruling restraining shutdown of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscme-responds-to-ruling-restraining-shutdown-of-the-u-s-agency-for-global-media-and-voice-of-america Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:22:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscme-responds-to-ruling-restraining-shutdown-of-the-u-s-agency-for-global-media-and-voice-of-america AFSCME’s Saunders: Trump’s attempt to eliminate collective bargaining for federal workers is blatant retribution https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-trumps-attempt-to-eliminate-collective-bargaining-for-federal-workers-is-blatant-retribution Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:29:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-trumps-attempt-to-eliminate-collective-bargaining-for-federal-workers-is-blatant-retribution Journalists, Federal Workers, and Unions File Lawsuit to Challenge Closure of U.S. Agency for Global Media https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/journalists-federal-workers-and-unions-file-lawsuit-to-challenge-closure-of-u-s-agency-for-global-media Fri, 21 Mar 2025 23:02:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/journalists-federal-workers-and-unions-file-lawsuit-to-challenge-closure-of-u-s-agency-for-global-media AFSCME’s Saunders: Leland Dudek is willing to see millions of senior citizens suffer all because he didn’t get his way in court. https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-leland-dudek-is-willing-to-see-millions-of-senior-citizens-suffer-all-because-he-didnt-get-his-way-in-court Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:15:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-leland-dudek-is-willing-to-see-millions-of-senior-citizens-suffer-all-because-he-didnt-get-his-way-in-court AFSCME’s Saunders: Shutting down the Department of Education amounts to one giant hit job on America's working families https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-shutting-down-the-department-of-education-amounts-to-one-giant-hit-job-on-americas-working-families Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:54:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-shutting-down-the-department-of-education-amounts-to-one-giant-hit-job-on-americas-working-families AFSCME’s Saunders: The court agrees – hands off Social Security https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-the-court-agrees-hands-off-social-security Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:16:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/press/releases/2025/afscmes-saunders-the-court-agrees-hands-off-social-security