Lee Saunders Archive
The American Rescue Plan saved the public sector–and proved that investing in workers pays off
The American Rescue Plan was exactly what our communities needed. But with public service workers still overburdened and underfunded, there’s more we need to do.
Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act marks ‘the culmination of decades of advocacy from workers’
New legislation will lower costs for families while reducing the federal deficit, allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, fight climate change, and more.
This Black History Month, let’s recommit to fighting for civil, worker, voting rights
Let’s recommit to the struggle for civil, worker and voting rights during this Black History Month.
Advancing Dr. King’s voting rights legacy
The Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965. But now, in 2022, as we honor Dr. King on his birthday, voting rights are under siege.
Civil rights are labor rights, racial justice is economic justice
On October 21, AFSCME President Lee Saunders spoke to Morehouse College’s prestigious Crown Forum lecture series, the first international union president ever to do so.