http://www.afscme.org/rss/blog Thu, 20 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000 AMPS en AFSCME Blog Feed AFSCME Blog Feed hourly 1 University of California workers went on strike citing management’s intimidation https://www.afscme.org/blog/university-of-california-workers-went-on-strike-citing-managements-intimidation Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:51:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/university-of-california-workers-went-on-strike-citing-managements-intimidation At last! GPO-WEP payments coming in March https://www.afscme.org/blog/at-last-gpo-wep-payments-coming-in-march Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:46:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/at-last-gpo-wep-payments-coming-in-march Maryland state supervisors overwhelmingly choose AFSCME as their union https://www.afscme.org/blog/maryland-state-supervisors-overwhelmingly-choose-afscme-as-their-union Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:15:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/maryland-state-supervisors-overwhelmingly-choose-afscme-as-their-union ‘Shameful’ House budget bill will shred public services. Let’s fight back. Let’s GO https://www.afscme.org/blog/shameful-house-budget-bill-will-shred-public-services-lets-fight-back-lets-go Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:58:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/shameful-house-budget-bill-will-shred-public-services-lets-fight-back-lets-go Life-saving medical research will suffer from the administration’s rash cuts https://www.afscme.org/blog/life-saving-medical-research-will-suffer-from-the-administrations-rash-cuts Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:35:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/life-saving-medical-research-will-suffer-from-the-administrations-rash-cuts Oregon workplace safety report shows risk is high, safety is low https://www.afscme.org/blog/oregon-workplace-safety-report-shows-risk-is-high-safety-is-low Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:36:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/oregon-workplace-safety-report-shows-risk-is-high-safety-is-low Chicago History Museum employees form union with AFSCME https://www.afscme.org/blog/chicago-history-museum-employees-form-union-with-afscme Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:16:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/chicago-history-museum-employees-form-union-with-afscme AFSCME sues to stop unlawful seizure of Social Security data https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-sues-to-stop-unlawful-seizure-of-social-security-data Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:50:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-sues-to-stop-unlawful-seizure-of-social-security-data Never Quit winner is Michigan cemetery sexton who wears two very different hats https://www.afscme.org/blog/never-quit-winner-is-michigan-cemetery-sexton-who-wears-two-very-different-hats-paige-yoho Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:48:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/never-quit-winner-is-michigan-cemetery-sexton-who-wears-two-very-different-hats-paige-yoho Time to Get Organized! Call your member of Congress to save public services https://www.afscme.org/blog/time-to-get-organized-call-your-member-of-congress-to-save-public-services Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/time-to-get-organized-call-your-member-of-congress-to-save-public-services AFSCME, UNAC sue to stop mass firings of federal probationary workers https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-unac-sue-to-stop-mass-firings-of-federal-probationary-workers Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-unac-sue-to-stop-mass-firings-of-federal-probationary-workers Curbing the corrections staffing crisis in Illinois https://www.afscme.org/blog/curbing-the-corrections-staffing-crisis-in-illinois Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:20:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/curbing-the-corrections-staffing-crisis-in-illinois In Alaska, AFSCME members go public and go to court over state worker staffing crisis https://www.afscme.org/blog/in-alaska-afscme-members-go-public-and-go-to-court-over-state-worker-staffing-crisis Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:58:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/in-alaska-afscme-members-go-public-and-go-to-court-over-state-worker-staffing-crisis Saunders blasts RFK Jr., explains why he’s a terrible choice for health secretary https://www.afscme.org/blog/saunders-blasts-rfk-jr-explains-why-hes-a-terrible-choice-for-health-secretary Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:30:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/saunders-blasts-rfk-jr-explains-why-hes-a-terrible-choice-for-health-secretary A year later, 6,500 school workers in South Florida finally secure a fair contract https://www.afscme.org/blog/a-year-later-6500-school-workers-in-south-florida-finally-secure-a-fair-contract Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:33:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/a-year-later-6500-school-workers-in-south-florida-finally-secure-a-fair-contract McBride, federal workers blast plans by Musk, administration to slash public services https://www.afscme.org/blog/mcbride-federal-workers-blast-plans-by-musk-administration-to-slash-public-services Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:40:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/mcbride-federal-workers-blast-plans-by-musk-administration-to-slash-public-services AFSCME member tells Congress to keep merit staffing in unemployment programs https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-member-tells-congress-to-keep-merit-staffing-in-unemployment-programs Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:03:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-member-tells-congress-to-keep-merit-staffing-in-unemployment-programs An elections dynamo serves voters with patience and poise https://www.afscme.org/blog/an-elections-dynamo-serves-voters-with-patience-and-poise Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:41:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/an-elections-dynamo-serves-voters-with-patience-and-poise Public services threatened as architect of Project 2025 confirmed to key post https://www.afscme.org/blog/public-services-threatened-as-architect-of-project-2025-confirmed-to-key-post Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:02:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/public-services-threatened-as-architect-of-project-2025-confirmed-to-key-post We can’t let anti-worker extremists in Congress cut Medicaid https://www.afscme.org/blog/we-cant-let-anti-worker-extremists-in-congress-cut-medicaid Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:43:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/we-cant-let-anti-worker-extremists-in-congress-cut-medicaid Union lawsuit takes aim at ‘fork directive’ targeting federal workers https://www.afscme.org/blog/union-lawsuit-takes-aim-at-fork-directive-targeting-federal-workers Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:49:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/union-lawsuit-takes-aim-at-fork-directive-targeting-federal-workers Rhode Island airport police, firefighters have ‘no confidence’ in management https://www.afscme.org/blog/rhode-island-airport-police-firefighters-have-no-confidence-in-management Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:51:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/rhode-island-airport-police-firefighters-have-no-confidence-in-management New York’s public safety professionals celebrate new PTSD law https://www.afscme.org/blog/new-yorks-public-safety-professionals-celebrate-new-ptsd-law Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:24:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/new-yorks-public-safety-professionals-celebrate-new-ptsd-law AFSCME member loses home to wildfire — and continues to serve https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-member-loses-home-to-wildfire-and-continues-to-serve Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:55:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-member-loses-home-to-wildfire-and-continues-to-serve AFSCME fights back against attempt to freeze funding for vital programs https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-fights-back-against-attempt-to-freeze-funding-for-vital-programs Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:34:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-fights-back-against-attempt-to-freeze-funding-for-vital-programs