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The last few years have seen a rise in worker momentum, with unionized workers rais

AFSCME President Lee Saunders congratulated Nicole Berner, a longtime labor lawyer and general counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), on being 

In this year’s State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden highlighted his administration’s achievements over the past three yea

As the year comes to a close, I am celebrating the incredible surge of worker activism in 2023.

AFSCME supports a proposal in Congress to ease the financial burden on child care professionals who provide meals and snacks.

A recent Treasury Department report titled, “Labor Unions and the Middle Class,” was the subject of a

TOLEDO, Ohio – AFSCME President Lee Saunders and dozens of AFSCME members stood strong alongside striking 

AFSCME nurses from affiliates with tens of thousands of members in the health care sector met with U.S.

The U.S.

AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised President Joe Biden in the wake of a 

Every year on April 22 — Earth Day — communities across the globe celebrate our environment and commit to making it healthy for future generations.

On the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Dr.

Understaffing of state and local government jobs has hit crisis levels.

The most pro-worker president in our lifetimes delivered the most pro-worker State of the Union address in recent memory.

The following is adapted from remarks delivered by President Saunders at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor’s Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on January 14, 2023.

Many AFSCME members work in high-stress fields such as public safety, health care, emergency medical services and firefighting.

Faced with the management’s refusal to remedy unfair labor practices and address workers’ major priorities during contract negotiations, AFSCME Local 397 (District Counc

Congratulations are in order for the 27 AFSCME Union Plus Scholarship winners. They are:

American Red Cross (ARC) workers, including many AFSCME members, are rallying this week in cities nationwide to fight back against mistreatment from their employer and demand a fair contract.

Good news for federal student loan borrowers: This month, the Biden administration again 

A new Center for American Progress (CAP) 

The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act was introduced today in the House of Representatives by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.).

Some of the nation’s largest cultural institutions accepted more than $1.6 billion in federal help to weather the coronavirus pandemic, but continued to let go of workers – even though the assistan

When Fran Krugen’s late husband was first diagnosed with diabetes, his insulin cost about $35 a bottle.

More Americans approve of labor unions today than at any time since 1965, according to annual Gallup poll

Workers in health care and social service industries are a big step closer to having safer workplaces.

There is good news for AFSCME members looking to pursue higher education. AFSCME Free College has made its 

The coronavirus pandemic won’t be controlled until states, cities, towns and schools – and particularly health departments – have the funding they need from the federal government, says AFSCME Reti

In his first days on the job, President Joe Biden has taken swift executive action to protect and empower public service workers, strengthen public services and help working people.

Here’s a crucial reason for working people to do all they can to help Jon Ossoff and the Rev.

It was bad enough that the Trump administration failed miserably in its r

Nursing homes have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public approval of labor unions is at its highest level in 17 years, with nearly two out of three Americans (65%) expressing support of unions, 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday joined AFSCME President Lee Saunders and front-line public service workers from states experiencing surges in coronavirus cases to urge the Senate to approve

AFSCME praised today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that extends protections under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to millions of LGBTQ workers.

It’s become clear that relief bills Congress has approved thus far, including the record $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, 

Updating wills before heading into work. Extending the lives of single-use masks. Self-isolating from their own families.

The coronavirus aid package that cleared Congress is just not good enough for public service workers.

On the eve of Saturday’s Nevada Democratic primary caucuses, AFSCME members and retirees gathered at a Las Vegas restaurant to hear one last time from presidential candidates on the issues that mat

If you followed every Democratic presidential primary debate and read the candidates’ positions on every topic and watched the AFSCME Public Service Fo

On a normal day, Sandra Pacheco, an administrative assistant in Puerto Rico’s Department of Transportation and Public Works, begins her day at 7 a.m., filing paperwork for her colleagues in the fie

As a public librarian for the Philadelphia Free Library, Sheila O’Steen embodies what we think of when we imagine a public service worker. Every day, she interacts with members of her community.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act worked.

Election Day 2019 was a big victory for working families.

A bill that has been introduced in the House of Representatives would simplify the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for current and would-be participants.

This year’s winner of the Gerald W.

With former Vice President Joe Biden confirming his participation on Tuesday, the AFSCME-sponsored presidential candidate forum on Aug.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed into law a historic bill granting 20,000 state workers the right to collectively bargain.

Last year, after nearly 25 years of working hard at her job at the University of Michigan, Deborah Van Horn was forced out of work by health issues and soon found herself in need of financial assis

Members of AFSCME’s law enforcement community take countless risks to keep our communities safe.

Workers Memorial Day is this Sunday, April 28, when we honor workers killed or injured on the job. On this day in 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was formed.

All-knowing sources of information. Tour guides to the highways and byways of history. The friendly voice of a morning story time.

In the 1980s, I was living and going to school in Minnesota when women who worked for state government won a big victory.

Workers in Missouri and New Mexico have chalked important victories against anti-worker laws that would have robbed them of their voices and the right to bargain collectively.

A federal court has ruled in favor of working families and against wealthy special interests in D

Pamela Knight, a child protective investigator with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Service (DCFS), was sent to check on the welfare of a child last fall.

The best spokespeople for anyone running for elected office are everyday Americans spreading the word to their neighbors, co-workers, friends and relatives.

At a time when our country needs real investments in infrastructure, education and public services, congressional leaders 

AFSCME President Lee Saunders lashed out at the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed a s