Politics
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AFSCME supports Biden’s plan to reform the Supreme Court
We support of President Joe Biden’s plan to reform the Supreme Court. Read More
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Trump’s Project 2025 would tear down our country’s health care system
Learn how Trump’s Project 2025 will wreck our health care system. Read More
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AFSCME retiree: Project 2025 and Trump will wreak havoc on retirement security
An AFSCME retiree warns about the impact of a second Trump term on senior citizens. Read More
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AFSCME’s Saunders salutes President Biden’s ‘patriotism, service and sacrifice’
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released this statement following the news that President Joe Biden is withdrawing from the presidential race: “Joe Biden is a statesman and a patriot. Throughout his years in the White House and for decades before that, he has always gone to bat for working people, always putting our concerns… Read More
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Trump’s ‘Project 2025’ would take away many of our hard-won rights and freedoms
Visit our new website to learn about Donald Trump’s plans to harm public service workers in a second term. Read More
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AFSCME members support President Biden’s new student debt relief plans
AFSCME is 100% behind President Joe Biden’s newest student debt relief measures. Read More
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AFSCME supports Biden’s vision for America and will help him execute it
AFSCME endorses President Joe Biden’s vision for America’s future. Read More
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Saunders: AFSCME members mobilized their communities to elect a pro-worker majority in the Virginia legislature
RICHMOND, Va. — AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after voters flipped the Virginia House to elect a pro-worker majority within both chambers of the state legislature: “Virginians made a strong, clear statement this election: We won’t give up our voice on the job. Across the commonwealth, AFSCME members mobilized their communities to… Read More
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AFSCME’s Saunders: With Laphonza Butler, ‘working people have a new world-class fighter in the United States Senate’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat: “Working people have a new world-class fighter in the United States Senate. As president of SEIU California, Laphonza Butler won the nation’s first statewide $15 an hour minimum wage law. And… Read More
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Saunders: ‘There is work to do to ensure that we don’t face another race against the clock’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown: “We can breathe a sigh of relief – for now. “Once again, extremists in Congress played a dangerous game, manufacturing an unnecessary crisis that would have imposed reckless cuts to programs working families depend… Read More
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AFSCME’s Saunders: Congressional extremists must ‘stop using our lives as bargaining chips’ and keep the government open
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement as Congressional extremists threaten a government shutdown: “Despite shaking hands on a bipartisan budget agreement just a few months ago, anti-worker politicians in Congress are now going back on their word. They are demanding drastic cuts to the essential programs millions of families need to survive –… Read More
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AFSCME’s Saunders applauds proposed overtime rule, a well-deserved pay raise for millions
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s announcement of a notice of proposed rulemaking on overtime protections: “Once again, the Biden-Harris administration is showing up for working people. The proposed overtime rule released today would give a pay raise to millions of workers who deserve a fair… Read More
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AFSCME endorsement: Joe Biden ‘respects and protects working people’ while others ‘stabbed them in the back when the cameras were off’
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a union of 1.4 million public service workers nationwide, has endorsed President Joe Biden for reelection. The endorsement was announced prior to a scheduled national event this Saturday in Philadelphia hosted by the AFL-CIO, in which a broad coalition of unions affiliated and unaffiliated with… Read More
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AFSCME’s Saunders: Julie Su proves once again that she is tremendously qualified to be the next Secretary of Labor
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su successfully facilitated a tentative agreement between leaders of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association: “Julie Su is tremendously qualified to be the next Secretary of Labor, and this agreement proves it yet again. Thanks to… Read More
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AFSCME’s Saunders: Biden protected working families against extremists
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan budget agreement, averting federal default: “President Biden has delivered for working people time and time again. He has created more jobs than any other U.S. president, fostered wage growth, lowered prescription drug costs for seniors and signed legislation to fix… Read More
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Saunders: The Senate must confirm Julie Su to continue progress for working people
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted to advance Julie Su’s confirmation as U.S. secretary of labor: “Julie Su is the best candidate for secretary of labor. Everywhere she goes, workers win. As a civil rights attorney for more than 17 years,… Read More
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Saunders: President Joe Biden is the most pro-union president of our lifetimes
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will run for reelection in 2024: “President Joe Biden is the most pro-union, pro-worker president of our lifetimes – hands down, no contest. He not only understands the importance of supporting working people, but he is a trade… Read More
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Saunders: Biden veto upholds the freedom to invest responsibly
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in support of President Joe Biden’s veto of a congressional resolution that would overturn the Labor Department’s rule titled “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights”: “Decisions about working families’ hard-earned retirement savings belong in the hands of investment professionals, not politicians. The… Read More
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AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘Marty Walsh has made working people proud’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement on Secretary Marty Walsh departing the Department of Labor: “Marty Walsh has made working people proud. As the first card-carrying union member to lead the Department of Labor in nearly five decades, his door was always open to us, and he ensured that we had a seat… Read More
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Saunders on State of the Union: President Biden is living up to his pledge to be ‘the most pro-union president in history’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address: “When President Biden first took office, he pledged to be ‘the most pro-union president in history.’ He is living up to his promise. The American Rescue Plan brought the economy back from the brink following the shockwaves… Read More
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