April 26, 2018 AFSCME Support Staff Partner with Teachers in Arizona Walkout A historic walkout brings together public school support staff and educators to demand adequate funding public education in Arizona. Read More
April 09, 2018 Trenton School Custodians Vote Unanimously to Affiliate with AFSCME NJ About 65 school custodians in New Jersey’s capital, Trenton, have joined with AFSCME. Read More
March 05, 2018 Driver’s Quick Actions Keep Students Safe Quick action by a CSEA member kept 12 students safe after the school bus he was driving developed mechanical problems. Read More
February 28, 2018 A Contract Win Full of Firsts Fuels Growth for One AFSCME Florida Local AFSCME Local 1584 won favorable terms and added new members during a hard-won fight to secure a new contract. Read More
January 04, 2018 Miami-Dade School Employees Finish 2017 With Big Contract Win The AFSCME local representing school employees in Florida’s most populous county ended 2017 with a strong contract. Read More
December 21, 2017 MI Supreme Court Sides with Public School Employees in Wage Theft Case Michigan’s highest court ordered anti-worker politicians to return hundreds of millions of dollars to public school employees in a case involving AFSCME. Read More
November 20, 2017 Pay Raises Coming to School Support Workers in Prince George’s County, MD Thanks to AFSCME, school support workers in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are getting overdue pay raises. Read More
October 26, 2017 Throwback Thursday: AFSCME Retiree Member Sallie Robertson Sallie Robertson is the next feature in our Retiree Throw Back Thursday #TBT series. From the DC 37 Retirees Association, one of New York’s finest crossing guards devoted her life to making sure the streets she protected were safe. Read More
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. Read More
June 23, 2017 OAPSE Pushes Back Against Pension Cuts in Ohio Ohio legislators want to cut the pensions promised to school support personnel, but the Ohio Association of Public Employees (OAPSE)/AFSCME Local 4 says no. Read More
May 30, 2017 In Proposing Cuts to Medicaid, Trump Backtracks on Major Campaign Promise Donald Trump won the presidency on a promise to stand up for working Americans, including protecting the federal programs they rely on. We now know he was bluffing. Read More
May 19, 2017 At Belleview Elementary, Van DeVries Is a Hero to Many Van DeVries was nominated by no fewer than 13 members of the Belleview Elementary School community for AFSCME’s Never Quit Service Award. Clearly, he’s no garden-variety “building engineer.” Read More
May 18, 2017 ‘Just Doing My Job’ Read the inspiring story of how Renita Smith, a Maryland member, saved school children from a burning bus. Read More
April 28, 2017 President Trump’s Hollow Education Executive Order President Donald Trump’s executive order on education is a shallow initiative that threatens protections for America’s public school students while doing nothing to help them. 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 07, 2017 IA Pol’s Degree Is Bogus Wile also attacking working families, an Iowa state senator touted his “business degree” from a steakhouse chain. Read More
March 07, 2017 Never Quit Video Wins International Award AFSCME won a Telly Award this year for its “Never Quit” video featuring Rachel Cooper, a school cafeteria manager in Atlanta. Read More
February 27, 2017 At Belleview Elementary, Van DeVries Is a Hero to Many Van DeVries was nominated by no fewer than 13 members of the Belleview Elementary School community for AFSCME’s Never Quit Service Award. Clearly, he’s no garden-variety “building engineer.” 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 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
October 14, 2016 Keeping Our Children Safe Keeping our children safe is job #1. Your free child ID kit should help your peace of mind. Read More
October 13, 2016 Bus Driver Renita Smith Lauded for Heroic Actions Renita Smith treats the children on her school bus as though they were her own. So when she smelled smoke, she led all 20 children off the bus away from the smoke and fumes. Read More
September 21, 2016 Just Doing My Job School bus driver Renita Smith saved the day, literally, when she rescued 20 children from a burning bus. Read More
July 21, 2016 Rachel Cooper – Never Quit Service Award Recipient Steadfast pride and dedication. That’s why Rachel Cooper was honored with AFSCME "Never Quit" Service Award. 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
June 10, 2016 Cincinnati Unions Key to Successful Book Drive Members of AFSCME Ohio Council 8 never quit giving back to their community. Their latest effort: donating more than 1,000 books to a Cincinnati school. Read More
April 07, 2016 Sandy Mayes Followed in Her Dad’s Footsteps Sandy Mayes of Kentucky followed in her dad’s footsteps, and she’s now leading her co-workers in Local 4011 to become AFSCME Strong. Read More
March 31, 2016 Kentucky School Workers Rally for Fairness Indiana/Kentucky Council 962 members urge the Jefferson County School Board to address short-staffing and other concerns as bargaining looms. Read More
March 21, 2016 After Finishing Women’s Academy, a Leader is Reborn As long as she has been working, Bernadine Howell has been in a union – and she has been outspoken. Read More
December 11, 2015 Bus Driver and Attendant Save Girl from Wild Dog A 5-year-old girl in the clutches of a wild pit bull was rescued Oct. 9 by a bus driver and bus attendant, both represented by AFSCME Local 2251. Read More