AFSCME Blog Archive

  • Oregon workplace safety report shows risk is high, safety is low

    Worker safety is a serious problem throughout the state, Oregon AFSCME report shows. Read More

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  • Chicago History Museum employees form union with AFSCME

    Chicago History Museum workers, welcome to the AFSCME family. Read More

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  • AFSCME sues to stop unlawful seizure of Social Security data

    AFSCME is going to court to block DOGE from accessing your Social Security records. Read More

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  • Never Quit winner is Michigan cemetery sexton who wears two very different hats

    Paige Yoho is a cemetery sexton in Michigan and the latest winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award. Read More

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  • AFSCME, UNAC sue to stop mass firings of federal probationary workers

    AFSCME, UNAC and AFGE filed a lawsuit challenging the mass federal firings of probationary federal employees. Read More

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  • Curbing the corrections staffing crisis in Illinois

    Learn how AFSCME Council 31 members are helping solve the corrections staffing crisis in Illinois. Read More

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  • In Alaska, AFSCME members go public and go to court over state worker staffing crisis

    Alaska members are turning up the heat in their fight for more state worker staffing. Read More

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  • Saunders blasts RFK Jr., explains why he’s a terrible choice for health secretary

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a terrible choice to serve as our nation’s health secretary. Read More

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  • A year later, 6,500 school workers in South Florida finally secure a fair contract

    MIAMI – Jackie Williams-Green is a proud member of Local 1184 (AFSCME Florida) who recognizes the difference that a union makes. She’s also one of 6,500 workers for the nation’s third-largest school district who finally have a reason to smile. After a year of tough negotiations, Local 1184 members secured a fair contract offer from… Read More

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  • McBride, federal workers blast plans by Musk, administration to slash public services

    At a rally, workers denounced plans by Musk, Trump to slash federal workforce. Read More

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  • AFSCME member tells Congress to keep merit staffing in unemployment programs

    AFSCME member Shelby Meyenburg told Congress about the importance of keeping merit staffing in unemployment insurance. Read More

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  • An elections dynamo serves voters with patience and poise

    Our latest Never Quit winner, Texas’ Cindy Ramirez, is an asset to Travis County voters. Read More

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