AFSCME Blog Archive

  • First contract for AFSCME members who keep the Chicago History Museum running

    AFSCME members who work for the Chicago History Museum voted overwhelmingly to approve their first union contract. Read More

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  • Union lawsuit challenges Trump rules that harm federal workers

    AFSCME is challenging two rules that would harm federal workers by injecting politics into the merit-based civil service. Read More

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  • Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high

    Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup Poll published this week, matching the recent high from 2022. That’s the highest approval rating since the 1950s.  Moreover, nearly half of poll respondents (47%) said they want unions to have more influence than they do today, the highest level of support in the past 25 years.  “As our country faces a cost-of-living crisis engineered by an administration that… Read More

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  • This Labor Day, ask yourself: Whose side are you on?

    This affordability crisis is not an accident. It is the result of choices. It is what happens when politicians pick a side. Read More

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  • AFSCME, other unions challenge unfair federal student loan caps for certain public service workers

    AFSCME is challenging a new student loan rule that unfairly targets public service and health care workers who want to earn advanced degrees. Read More

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  • A lesson in higher learning: Don’t mess with AFSCME members

    AFSCME members successfully pressured the University System of Maryland to implement raises they had negotiated through their union. Read More

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  • Michigan public safety professionals bring stranded family home

    AFSCME public safety members saved two adults and a child stranded in the woods in Michigan. Read More

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  • AFSCME members in Illinois push new state law protecting disability services

    AFSCME members in Illinois celebrate a new state law protecting disability services from greedy owners looking to make a quick buck. Read More

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  • AFSCME members take a stand at the Defend the Vote March on Washington

    AFSCME leaders spoke at the Defend the Vote March on Washington. Read More

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  • Puerto Rico corrections members, through their union, won workplace improvements after a tragedy

    Corrections officers in Puerto Rico are living the union difference. Read More

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  • Helping Ohio veterans return to civilian life nets OCSEA member Never Quit award

    AFSCME honors an Ohio veterans specialist with its 2026 Never Quit Service Award. Read More

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  • AFSCME members elect organizer and proven fighter Patrick Moran as next president

    AFSCME International has a new president and secretary-treasurer – Pat Moran and Nicole Pollard, respectively. Read More

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