April 26, 2017 Our Middle Class Is Shrinking Compared to Western Europe’s. This is Not Good Middle-class Americans are falling further behind, even compared to their counterparts in Western Europe, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. Read More
April 19, 2017 AFSCME Strong Works at Louisiana State Penitentiary At the Louisiana State Penitentiary, understaffing led to overtime for corrections officers at half the usual rate of compensation. Local 3056 fought back and won – and gained new members, too. Read More
April 05, 2017 AFSCME Family Scholarships Awarded for 2017 Introducing the winners of this year’s AFSCME Family Scholarship. Read More
March 31, 2017 A Safer Workplace for California Health Care Workers Healthcare workers in California will get new workplace safety protection rules, starting April 1. Read More
March 28, 2017 AFSCME Women Make a Difference Every Day On Tuesday, during Women’s History Month, AFSCME staff heard three inspirational women tell us about becoming leaders in their union. Read More
March 13, 2017 Have Van, Will Travel … Far Twice a week, CSEA member James Boisvert drives a single hearing-impaired student to a school for the deaf – more than 140 miles away and he never quits on the student. Read More
March 06, 2017 Mountain Climber at Work and Outside is Latest Never Quit Winner Never Quit Service Award winner Amy Biegler personifies the can-do attitude that makes her the champion she is, both on the job and on the mountain – Mount Kilimanjaro, to be precise. Read More
February 22, 2017 Obamacare Repeal Will Raise Your Taxes The House GOP’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act should worry everyone who has employer-provided health insurance because it calls for taxing your health benefits. Read More
February 17, 2017 The Financial Services Industry Doesn’t Want You to Care About This. We Do. Financial advisers should consider your best interests over their own, but the financial industry – and the Trump administration – have a different agenda. Read More
February 10, 2017 Jessica Ellul of CT Recognized for Organizing Work For her efforts to build a union for 900 employees of two Connecticut hospitals, Jessica Ellul, a member of CHCA/NUHHCE/AFSCME, was honored by the Berger-Marks Foundation. Read More
February 10, 2017 Iowa Pols Should Support Workers’ Rights, Not Squash Them More than 184,000 Iowa public service workers are about to lose important collective bargaining rights. Read More
February 02, 2017 ‘Just Do the Best You Can,’ Says AFSCME Never Quit Award Winner CSEA’s JoAnne Veneziano, winner of an AFSCME Never Quit Service Award, “is a source of motivation and inspiration,” said co-worker Adrienne Herbst, who nominated her. Read More
January 31, 2017 AFSCME Opposes Trump’s Bigoted and Irresponsible Migrant Ban “AFSCME is proud to join thousands in states across the country to speak out against Donald Trump’s bigoted and irresponsible executive order” banning Muslims from certain countries from entry into the U.S., said President Lee Saunders. Read More
January 27, 2017 Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary Deserves an ‘F’ in Education Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos has no serious qualifications for that job and supports privatization of education. We say ‘no’ to DeVos. Read More
January 26, 2017 Near Death, a Hunter Finds His ‘Heroes and Angels’ – AFSCME Members Pennsylvania hunter Bruce Miller called AFSCME members and 911 dispatchers Joe Thompson and Mike Corbin – and other emergency responders – “heroes and angels.” Find out why. Read More
January 18, 2017 Union Plus Scholarship Deadline: January 31 Hurry – the deadline to apply for a Union Plus Scholarship, open to AFSCME members and their families, is Jan. 31, at noon (ET). The same deadline applies for the Gerald W. McEntee Scholarship. Read More
January 13, 2017 A Threat to Public Service Workers is Headed Our Way – We’re Ready The U.S. Supreme Court may soon consider a case that could make it more difficult for public service workers to improve their jobs, wages and benefits through their unions. Read More
January 09, 2017 Working Families Lose Ground in Kentucky. So Sad. Kentucky has taken a step backward in helping workers get ahead, passing a so-called right-to-work law that will make it harder for working families to earn a living wage. Read More
January 05, 2017 Public Services or Private Services? Trump’s Picks Favor Privatization All Around Donald Trump’s choices for his administration are ready to give the store away when they get into office, privatizing public services and even Social Security and Medicare. Read More
January 04, 2017 The Days Ahead Hold Dangers for Public Employees The coming year presents increased threats to public service workers because the elections increased the power of right-wing lawmakers at local and state levels. Read More
December 12, 2016 Victory for Patient Care – San Diego’s Sharp Nurses Ratify Contract Victory! The nurses at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego have ratified a new contract that will go far toward solving nurse shortages that are at the heart of the five-month dispute. Read More
November 30, 2016 Talks Resume for San Diego's Sharp Nurses Contract talks have resumed between Sharp HealthCare in San Diego and the members of Sharp Professional Nurses Network (SPNN), avoiding a threatened three-day strike this week. Read More
November 18, 2016 California Nurses to Strike 3 Days This Month to Improve Patient Care Sharp Healthcare nurses authorize a strike. Read More
September 26, 2016 Corporations Rake in Profits, so Trump Wants to Lower their Taxes. Huh? Corporate profits are soaring but taxes on those profits are at near record lows, reports the Economic Policy Institute and Americans for Tax Fairness. Read More
September 20, 2016 Meet AFSCME’s Never Quit Innovation Award winners We’re honoring AFSCME members who have made a difference to their union, their community and even to their state — and beyond. Read More
September 06, 2016 All They Want is Respect – and a Fair Contract Washington’s governor has refused to offer the state’s workers a two-year contract that reflects the work they do. Read More
August 18, 2016 It’s About Time – Federal Government to End Use of For-Profit Prison Operators AFSCME applauds the Justice Department’s decision to end the use of private, for-profit firms to run America’s federal prisons. Read More
July 18, 2016 What’s Your Story? Jeremy Sanders, a senior animal keeper at the Bronx Zoo and president of AFSCME Local 1501 (DC 37), was one of the first delegates to share his story at the Storyline booth. Read More
July 12, 2016 Overtime Pay is Now the Rule for Many Home Care Providers Nearly two million home care workers nationwide now have the right to overtime pay, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling. Read More
July 07, 2016 In Ohio, Giving Back to their Communities is What OAPSE Members Do Members of the OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4 are helping relieve hunger for thousands of Ohio school children. Read More