April 18, 2019 It’s Back to School for OAPSE Members The strike’s over at OAPSE Local 390 at Claymont City Schools in Ohio now that a new contract is in place. Read More
March 28, 2019 Nearly 8 Years Later, Big Legal Win for AFSCME Wisconsin A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling restores the pension rights of hundreds of AFSCME members in Milwaukee County. Read More
February 05, 2019 Cold? What Cold? AFSCME Members Kept Working Through The Deep Freeze Thousands of public service workers made sure the streets and highways were clean; schools were safe for children to learn in; and sidewalks, ramps and other public spaces for the elderly and disabled were safe to use. Read More
March 22, 2018 AFSCME Council 25 Endorses Whitmer for MI Governor AFSCME Council 25 makes an endorsement in the Michigan gubernatorial race. Read More
November 22, 2017 AFSCME Appeals Judge’s Ruling in Collective Bargaining Lawsuit AFSCME in Iowa is taking its fight against an anti-collective bargaining law all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court. Read More
November 02, 2017 Violent Assaults on Staff Increasing in Illinois Prisons, Youth Centers Assaults on staff in state correctional facilities have increased by 51 percent in the last two years. Read More
September 18, 2017 A Routine Job Becomes a Job to Save a Life Two Akron, Ohio, AFSCME members helped save the life of a driver who lost control of his vehicle and crashed. Read More
September 07, 2017 911 Dispatchers’ Calls for Help Go Unanswered AFSCME members in South Bend, Indiana, are making the case for why St. Joseph County needs to hire more 911 dispatchers. Read More
August 11, 2017 Red Cross Workers in Midwestern Local Win First Contract Success. About 300 Red Cross workers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota have secured their first contract. Read More
June 30, 2017 AFSCME Local 2629 Lay Their Cards on the Table AFSCME Strong trumps right-to-work in Kentucky, where members let the city of Louisville know they stand together. Read More
June 08, 2017 Ohioans to Sen. Portman: No Cuts to Health Care, Medicaid AFSCME members and other worried Ohioans tell U.S. Sen. Rob Portman – say no to cutting Medicaid and health care. Read More
June 01, 2017 AFSCME Raises Alarm Over IT Outsourcing in OH OCSEA is raising public awareness about the state of Ohio’s increased outsourcing for information technology services. Read More