June 28, 2024 In Danvers, Mass., instructional assistants win a fair contract after a campaign for dignity School instructional assistants in Danvers, Massachusetts, stuck together to win a contract with significant pay increases. Read More
May 06, 2024 Massachusetts custodians mobilize to defeat privatization effort Custodians in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and Council 93 defeated a privatization effort that threatened their jobs and the quality of services they provide. Read More
April 15, 2024 Maine members welcome new pro-labor law Good news for workers in Maine. A new law would allow those who work for state government, the judicial branch and in higher education to form unions. And their employers must recognize the union if a majority of employees choose to form one. Read More
April 12, 2024 In a changing medical workplace, Salem Hospital physicians form union through AFSCME We welcome 145 attending physicians at Salem Hospital in Massachusetts to the AFSCME family. Read More
January 18, 2024 Workers at renowned Massachusetts hospital win hard-fought first contract A contract at last for workers at a famed Massachusetts psychiatric hospital. Read More
January 16, 2024 Salem Hospital doctors to form a union through Council 93 To improve patient care, doctors at Salem Hospital in Massachusetts are forming a union. Read More
November 14, 2023 Vermont Historical Society workers ratify first contract a year after forming their union Workers at Vermont Historical Society have their first contract. Read More
October 16, 2023 Massachusetts park rangers win Never Quit award for heroic response to State House fire Four Massachusetts park rangers who responded heroically to a fire at the State House are the latest winners of AFSCME’s Never Quit Service Award. Read More
October 12, 2023 AFSCME member delivers a win for nurses and students in New Hampshire public schools An AFSCME member helped change state law to fix New Hampshire’s school nurse staffing crisis. Read More
September 11, 2023 With selflessness and ‘sunlight,’ Jennifer Espino brightens the lives of people with disabilities The latest Never Quit winner, Massachusetts’ Jennifer Espino, brightens the lives of those in her care. Read More
August 31, 2023 Boston is today’s stop for the Staff the Front Lines bus tour The Staff the Front Lines bus stopped in Boston today. Read More
August 01, 2023 Small Massachusetts local stands tall against privatization – and wins A Massachusetts local rallied an entire community to fight a privatization plan. Read More
July 28, 2023 We salute AFSCME members’ selfless dedication to help Vermont recover from flooding AFSCME members are pivotal in helping Vermont rebuild after devastating floods and torrential rains. Read More
June 27, 2023 Dartmouth College library workers to form union through AFSCME Council 93 Dartmouth College librarians have decided to form a union through AFSCME Council 93. Read More
June 22, 2023 Senate committee OKs bill to protect collective bargaining rights for private sector workers We applaud the Senate HELP Committee's for approving the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Read More
March 27, 2023 With labor in his bones, a jack-of-all-trades calls it a career Massachusetts’ Mark Smith, of Local 1700 (Council 93), is our latest Never Quit Service Award winner. Read More
March 06, 2023 The union difference brings justice to wrongly fired psychiatric hospital workers Two former Massachusetts hospital workers see justice after wrongful firing. Read More
July 26, 2022 Burlington workers fight for – and win – expansive paid leave AFSCME members in Burlington, Vermont, won a paid leave provision in their new contract. Read More
May 03, 2022 Victory for corrections officers in Maine In Maine, corrections officers win a victory with the passage of “The Heart Bill.” Read More
April 29, 2022 Workers at Massachusetts hospital vote to unionize despite management’s fierce opposition Two groups of workers at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts have voted to join Council 93. Read More
April 08, 2022 MIT library support staff ratify first contract Find out how MIT’s library support staff came to join the AFSCME Council 93 family. Read More
February 14, 2022 Chocolatier makes a sweet treat out of solidarity Discover why this Vermont-based chocolate company decided to join AFSCME. Read More
February 03, 2022 COVID-19 bonuses secured for thousands of commonwealth workers in Massachusetts More than 6,500 AFSCME Council 93 members received the hazard pay for working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
December 15, 2021 Boston Library carpenter foreperson doesn’t just fix doors – she opens them for others Ann-Marie Clark-Borden, the carpenter foreperson at the Boston Public Library and member of AFSCME Local 1526 (Council 93), is a winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award. Read More
June 02, 2021 Other duties as assigned: Duckling rescue at the Boston esplanade Rescuing ducklings was a snap for Council 93’s T. J. Ruddock and his “quack” team of fellow AFSCME members. Read More
September 21, 2020 Maine’s leaders join AFSCME in demanding urgent federal aid to states, cities and towns Elected leaders from Maine joined AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders and IVP/Council 93 Exec. Dir. Mark Bernard in calling on Congress for urgent federal aid. Read More
May 13, 2020 AFSCME Members Keep Maine Moving Forward Maine lawmakers and AFSCME leaders agree – Congress needs to provide state and local aid to prevent an economic catastrophe. Read More
April 16, 2020 ‘This is what we are called to do’: Inside a Drive-Up COVID-19 Testing Facility AFSCME members in Manchester, New Hampshire, are staffing a drive-up coronavirus testing site. They have tested more than 800 people and counting. Read More
April 15, 2020 AFSCME Leaders, Markey Discuss Ways to Protect Front-Line Workers A virtual conversation between AFSCME leaders and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey revolved around protecting front-line workers. Read More
November 25, 2019 In Nashua, New Hampshire, School Workers Win Fight Against Privatization AFSCME Local 365 (Council 93) school workers in Nashua, New Hampshire, fought privatization, winning a new five-year contract. Read More
May 28, 2019 UMass Memorial Hospital Workers Win Big with New Contract This victory for our AFSCME sisters and brothers in Worcester, Massachusetts, was possible thanks to their strong union and a collaborative relationship with hospital management in which workers’ voices are taken seriously. Read More
March 18, 2019 Barbara Jacobs: A Half Century of Service A mail clerk at The Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Jacobs has been a welcome presence for the academy’s cadets throughout her nearly 50-year career. Read More
October 22, 2018 AFSCME Rallies with Marriott Hotel Workers Who Demand ‘One Job Should Be Enough’ Saturday’s rally in Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza was the latest show of unity among employees of the largest hotel chain in the world. Read More
August 22, 2018 Contract Negotiations Underway, Workers at UMass Memorial Excited and Hopeful “I think it’s exciting that we’re going to be able to share our input with the administration and I’m hoping that we’ll reach an agreement.” Read More
June 12, 2018 MA Local Blocks School Bus Service Privatization Scheme One Massachusetts local blocked a misguided plan to privatize bus services offered by the public school district. Read More
May 30, 2018 Privatization Plan Defeated in NH Members of an AFSCME local in New Hampshire fought off a school district’s proposal to privatize custodial services. Read More
October 02, 2017 Off the Streets and into the Fire Jay Richards, a Boston parking enforcement supervisor, acted on instinct when he rushed into a burning condo. The result? A life saved. Read More
August 29, 2017 1.8 Million Reasons to Belong to a Union After being illegally furloughed in 2011, members of one ASFCME local in Massachusetts received back pay this summer, thanks to our union’s persistence. Read More
February 16, 2017 Working Families Win Big in New Hampshire Working families won big in New Hampshire today as state lawmakers voted by a wide margin to kill a right-to-work bill. Read More
December 19, 2016 This Is Not Just a Cat Story What keeps Ken DiPerna coming back to Massasoit Community College is a family of feral cats that lives in a wooded area right in the center of campus. Read More
June 03, 2016 Boston Police Officer and AFSCME Member Saves Shooting Victim Jonathan Cahill, a Boston Public Health Commission police officer and Local 787 member, was off-duty when a young man was shot nearby. Read More
May 20, 2016 Nursing Assistant Works to Improve Health Care in New Hampshire For 32 years, nursing assistant Brenda Howard has never quit serving the patients of her community. And now she’ll serve her state on the new commission for health care workforce. Read More
May 04, 2016 Serious Dangers for Workers Behind Prison Walls During National Correctional Officers Week, read about Sgt. Curtis Doyle’s harrowing experiences and the effect of his work on his life and family. Read More
January 29, 2016 AFSCME Members Wrestle with ‘Snowzilla’ AFSCME members throughout the East helped communities prepare for and recover from the historic blizzard nicknamed Snowzilla. Read More
July 21, 2015 Contract Win at Vermont’s HowardCenter More than 13 months of intensive contract negotiations has yielded a lucrative new contract for AFSCME members working at Vermont's HowardCenter, a nonprofit social services organization. Read More
June 12, 2015 Cost of Outsourcing Keeps Going Up The push to outsource vital government services has resulted in failed experiments that lower the quality of services at a higher cost - and communities are forced to shoulder a higher cost to insource the services after the profiteers pull out. Read More
March 31, 2015 2015 Family Scholarship Winners Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the AFSCME Family Scholarship! Each year the AFSCME Family Scholarship Program provides ten $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors. Read More