AFSCME Blog Archive

  • 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

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    Get Organized rally

  • 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

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    Members at Medicaid rally

  • 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

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    Member speaks at rally

  • 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

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    Library workers gathered after win

  • 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

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    Officer with child and parent

  • 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

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    Member at podium speaking up

  • Walters Art Museum workers unanimously ratify first union contract

    It’s a new day for workers at Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Read More

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    Walter Art Museum workers

  • 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

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  • 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

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    Student grabbing school lunch

  • 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

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    Save civil service sign

  • 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

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    Workers cleaning rubble

  • 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

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