August 15, 2025 50,000 Workers Strong! AFSCME Cultural Workers United Hits 5-Year Milestone A key milestone: 50,000 cultural workers have earned a voice on the job through AFSCME’s Cultural Workers United movement. Read More
August 15, 2025 To protect our communities, federal workers are speaking out Federal workers are raising their voices to protect public services and the communities they serve. You can too. Read More
August 14, 2025 As Social Security turns 90, we must protect it against ‘a coordinated assault’ As we celebrate the 90th anniversary of Social Security, we also strengthen our commitment fight to protect it. Read More
August 14, 2025 Rep. Scott Perry’s vote for the budget bill will hurt working people in PA AFSCME members call out PA Rep. Scott Perry for budget bill vote. Read More
July 30, 2025 To some at Columbus Zoo, Never Quit winner is ‘matriarch of our herd’ Mindi Scott, a zookeeper at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, is the latest winner of AFSCME’s Never Quit Service Award. Read More
August 08, 2025 A new rule threatens home care providers and their clients A rule change proposed by the Labor Department threatens home care providers. Read More
August 08, 2025 In Phoenix, AFL bus tour reveals Arizonans’ anger over ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ At the Phoenix stop of the AFL-CIO’s bus tour, AFSCME members railed against lawmakers’ support of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill.” Read More
August 08, 2025 Workers at historic Baltimore library system ratify first union contract Workers at the fabled Baltimore library system have won a landmark contract. Read More
August 07, 2025 Official in whom Oregon AFSCME members lost confidence is retiring See ya! An Oregon state official who lost the confidence of AFSCME members is retiring. Read More
August 06, 2025 Duke University workers hold the line and win Solidarity is key to Duke University workers getting a fair contract. Read More
August 04, 2025 AFL-CIO’s bus tour stops in Des Moines, spotlights anti-worker lawmakers’ votes to gut public services The AFL-CIO’s “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour stopped in Des Moines, Iowa, where AFSCME members called out anti-worker lawmakers. Read More
August 04, 2025 Workers who provide legal help to needy Minnesotans themselves needed a union They help low-income Minnesotans with legal issues. But they needed a union for themselves. Read More
August 01, 2025 AFSCME members vow to hold WI Rep. Van Orden accountable for budget bill vote AFSCME members in Wisconsin are holding U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden accountable for supporting the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Read More
July 31, 2025 AFSCME will remember Wisconsin lawmaker’s support for cruel budget bill We won’t forget Wisconsin Rep. Tony Wied’s support for the big, ugly budget bill. Read More
July 31, 2025 It’s unanimous. New contract for Baltimore City school staff passes with all yes votes The new contract for staff at Baltimore City public schools has unanimous support. Read More
July 30, 2025 We won’t let budget cuts undo 60 years of progress under Medicare and Medicaid Congress and the president have crashed the programs’ 60th anniversary party with a slash-and-burn budget that threatens to throw our entire health care system into chaos. Read More
July 29, 2025 Medicare and Medicaid have saved lives for 60 years. We’re fighting to keep it that way. We celebrate the anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid with mixed feelings because these programs are under threat. Read More
July 29, 2025 Workers, pro-worker lawmakers show how big, ugly budget law will hurt Nevadans There’s nothing beautiful about the new budget law. Nevadans will be hurt by it. Pretty much the only people to benefit are the ultra-rich, who will get huge tax breaks. Read More
July 28, 2025 Anne Arundel County Public Library workers ratify first union contract in unanimous vote Anne Arundel County, Maryland, public library workers ratified their first contract last week. Read More
July 25, 2025 AFSCME supports Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act We support a bill that would make it easier for public safety officers to find child care. Read More
July 25, 2025 AFSCME Florida Retirees vow to hold Congresswoman Luna accountable AFSCME retirees vow to hold Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida 13th Congressional District accountable for her vote to approve the harmful budget bill. Read More
July 24, 2025 Walters Art Museum workers unanimously ratify first union contract It’s a new day for workers at Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Read More
July 23, 2025 Fighting to protect rural Northern Minnesota from the effects of the budget bill The “Big Beautiful Bill” will have ugly consequences in rural Northern Minnesota. Read More
July 22, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make hunger worse in America We look at how the problem of hunger in America will grow worse as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Read More
July 18, 2025 AFSCME members push back against attacks on federal workers — and win AFSCME members are successfully standing up to this White House’s reckless attempts to gut the federal workforce. Read More
July 18, 2025 Thanks to dogged activism, AFSCME AmeriCorps staff are going back to work AFSCME members who work at AmeriCorps are back on the job, thanks to months of activism to fight DOGE’s unlawful gutting of the agency. Read More
July 18, 2025 Steven Garty finds joy in keeping his hospital running This Michigan Never Quit Award winner finds joy in his work. And it shows. Read More
July 17, 2025 Join the fight against the administration’s union-busting attempt AFSCME demands quick action on a House bill that seeks to overturn the White House’s union-busting executive order. Read More
July 16, 2025 As temperatures soar, AFSCME members fight for new heat standard legislation We must pass a federal heat standard now. Workers’ lives depend on it. Read More
July 16, 2025 Vulnerable Nevadans, state’s budget to take big hits from the cruel budget bill Vulnerable Nevadans will be hurt by the cruel budget bill. Read More