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September 19, 2022

Red Cross workers win 9% pay increase, retain strong health benefits in historic contract

New Red Cross contract provides long-overdue raises and workplace safety improvements for front-line heroes.

June 14, 2022

More than 9 million public service workers eligible for federal student debt forgiveness

A new analysis shows that more than 9 million public service workers could receive student debt relief.

March 25, 2020

NY Paramedic: ‘Our Most Immediate Concern is a Shortage of Equipment’

Getting protective equipment is the top priority for a New York paramedic fighting the coronavirus.

August 08, 2018

MO Victory Over ‘Right to Work’ Shows Growing Momentum, Public Support for Unions

The effort to pit private-sector workers against each other and drive down wages for all employees was defeated.

April 12, 2018

AFSCME Retiree to Congress: 'Hands off my Medicare, Hands off my Social Security'

An AFSCME retiree has a powerful message for Congress: Don’t mess with Medicare or Social Security.

August 21, 2017

Somali Refugee Is Like a Mother to Her Community

AFSCME member Hawo Gurey survived a civil war, lived in an African refugee camp and finally made it to Minnesota, where she is now a mother to her community.

August 09, 2017

Slashing Medicaid Would Devastate In-Home Care Patients and Providers

For 5 million Americans who receive home care and for the AFSCME members who provide that vital service, cuts and caps to Medicaid would have devastating consequences.

May 23, 2017

Trump Budget Would Hurt Everyone – Except the Wealthy

President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget proposal would hurt the very people who put him in office just so he could give his rich buddies massive tax cuts.

April 03, 2017

We Must Stand Firm on the 60-Vote Rule for Gorsuch

Working people are demanding that Congress stick with the 60-vote rule to confirm nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court.

January 24, 2017

Obama Overtime Rule May Find New Life in the States

If President Trump fails to expand overtime protections for working people, some state legislators say they will.

May 20, 2016

Overtime Rule Will Give Millions an Overdue Raise

The administration’s overtime rule more than doubles the existing overtime salary threshold, so white collar salaried employees who earn less than $47,476 annually will now be eligible for overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours in a week.

April 19, 2016

Member Takes Workplace Violence Fight to DC

AFSCME Minnesota member Eric Hesse, at a Capitol Hill press conference, called for reforms needed to prevent violence against health care workers.

December 10, 2015

Communities Deserve Services, Not Schemes

Government deals with big banks to fund social services are bad news: They lack transparency, assign risk to the public and show no evidence of making services better and more efficient.

November 18, 2015

Take Action on Friedrichs this Week: Stop the Attacks

This week, join fellow AFSCME sisters and brothers and working people across the country to say enough is enough! Sign the petition!

October 20, 2015

For Latina Leaders, AFSCME Strong is Close to Home

For Josette Jaramillo and Betty Jo Aragon, AFSCME Strong is deeply personal. Jaramillo and Aragon, president and vice president of AFSCME District Council 76 respectively, are from Pueblo, Colorado, a city where nearly half of all residents are Latino.

September 14, 2015

Public Safety Congress Gets AFSCME Strong

Hundreds of AFSCME first responders gathered in Albuquerque, N.M., for the 2015 Public Safety Congress to discuss important issues regarding public safety, service and building power through AFSCME Strong.

August 24, 2015

AFSCME Members Establish Innovative Youth Court

For more than a decade, AFSCME Local 1624 Pres. Judy Cortez and Austin Municipal Court Judge John Vasquez, have been working in their free time to establish a mobile problem-solving youth court, or Youth Diversion Program.

August 12, 2015

(Corporate) America’s Embarrassing Income Gap

In yet another sign that rising income inequality is unsettling our nation, the SEC ruled that starting in 2017 most publicly traded companies must identify and disclose how much CEOs make relative to the median salary of rank-and-file employees.

June 29, 2015

ALEC Wants to Indoctrinate High School Students

ALEC, the corporate front for right-wing “model” state legislation such as the right-to-work scam, is now working to politically indoctrinate America’s young people with a high school graduation requirement that promotes its extremist views.

June 17, 2015

Governor Walker’s War on Higher Education

Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s anti-worker governor, seems eager to weaken vital public services and important institutions in his state, even if they exist to provide a better future for Wisconsin’s youth.

April 30, 2015

Ohio Retirees at Forum Push to Expand Social Security

Standing up for retirement security for all Americans during a White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) regional meeting here Monday, AFSCME Ohio retirees amplified the call to preserve, protect and expand Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare.

Omar Tewfik Archive

Red Cross workers win 9% pay increase, retain strong health benefits in historic contract

More than 9 million public service workers eligible for federal student debt forgiveness

NY Paramedic: ‘Our Most Immediate Concern is a Shortage of Equipment’

MO Victory Over ‘Right to Work’ Shows Growing Momentum, Public Support for Unions

AFSCME Retiree to Congress: 'Hands off my Medicare, Hands off my Social Security'

Somali Refugee Is Like a Mother to Her Community

Slashing Medicaid Would Devastate In-Home Care Patients and Providers

Trump Budget Would Hurt Everyone – Except the Wealthy

We Must Stand Firm on the 60-Vote Rule for Gorsuch

Obama Overtime Rule May Find New Life in the States

Overtime Rule Will Give Millions an Overdue Raise

Member Takes Workplace Violence Fight to DC

Communities Deserve Services, Not Schemes

Take Action on Friedrichs this Week: Stop the Attacks

For Latina Leaders, AFSCME Strong is Close to Home

Public Safety Congress Gets AFSCME Strong

AFSCME Members Establish Innovative Youth Court

(Corporate) America’s Embarrassing Income Gap

ALEC Wants to Indoctrinate High School Students

Governor Walker’s War on Higher Education

Ohio Retirees at Forum Push to Expand Social Security