Council 81

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Happy International Workers Day!

In 1886, the organziation that would become the American Federation of Labor (AFL), set out to help workers across the United States to gain better working conditions.

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I Am Story podcast now available

1968. Memphis, Tennessee. The heart of the racially segregated South. Black sanitation workers faced poverty wages and degrading, dangerous conditions on the job.

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International Women's Day 2023

March 8, 2023 is international women's day! We want to thank all the women who make AFSCME Council 81 Happen.

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Drive-Thru COVID Test Kit Event

In solidarity with Delaware CBTU Chapter, the Delaware AFL-CIO, UFCW Local 27, and LiUNA Local 199; AFSCME Council 81 is participating in a COVID-19 Test Kit distribution event.

National AFSCME News

It’s getting hotter. Workers need protection from the heat.
Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride calls for robust state and workplace heat standard regulations to protect workers and save lives. — Jun 23
AFSCME President Saunders to UK union: anti-worker attacks could happen to you — Jun 20
AFSCME lab tech fights to save Medicaid for his patients — and his brother
CSEA lab tech makes the case for why Congress should leave Medicaid alone. — Jun 18
Don’t mess with AFSCME Texas Corrections: Winning through political action, organizing
Members of AFSCME Texas Corrections Employees Council 907 made lots of progress in the Texas Legislature this year. — Jun 18
The White House doesn’t care about working people. This nomination proves it.
Jonathan Berry should not become the Labor Department’s solicitor — Jun 17