December 20, 2021 Historic contract for Naples city workers will help attract, retain workers Members of Local 2017 are celebrating a huge victory after securing a hard-fought two-year contract. Read More
March 11, 2021 Texas legislature urged to fix crumbling prisons, boost corrections staffing and pensions AFSCME members ask the Texas legislature to fix crumbling prisons, increase corrections staffing and shore up the pensions they were promised. Read More
June 09, 2020 HOPE members avert layoffs, seek Houston leaders’ support for state, local aid request HOPE Local 123 members have averted thousands of layoffs in Houston and got some support from the Houston City Council to get state, local aid from Congress. Read More
April 20, 2020 COVID-19 is Hitting America’s Prisons. AFSCME COs Are Fighting to Contain It. A Texas prison that had no COVID-19 cases a month ago now has four. That’s just one example of the virus hitting correctional facilities where our members work. Read More
November 01, 2019 City Workers in San Antonio Choose to Unite Through AFSCME AFSCME is the union preferred by 6,000 workers at the City of San Antonio. They chose AFSCME to represent their interests before management. Read More
July 19, 2019 Fighting the Pay Fight Texas corrections officers fought hard to correct longtime pay inequities – and won by persuading state legislators to do the right thing. Read More
April 10, 2019 Victory! Atlanta Local Defeats Airport Takeover Bill The bill would’ve allowed the state to take over operations of the world’s busiest airport. Read More
April 01, 2019 Atlanta Local Fights Airport Takeover Bill Members of AFSCME Local 1644 want the world’s busiest airport to remain in the city’s hands. Read More