Lee Saunders
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Press Releases
AFSCME’s Saunders: Patients who depend on Medicare and Medicaid deserve better than Dr. Oz
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
AFSCME responds to ruling restraining shutdown of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America
FSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to cease further efforts to shutter the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America
AFSCME’s Saunders: Trump’s attempt to eliminate collective bargaining for federal workers is blatant retribution
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Trump administration signed a union-busting executive order to unlawfully end collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Journalists, Federal Workers, and Unions File Lawsuit to Challenge Closure of U.S. Agency for Global Media
The U.S. Agency for Global Media violated the First Amendment, separation of powers, appointments clause, and several laws when it suspended nearly all operations, says a new complaint filed by unions and workers
AFSCME’s Saunders: Leland Dudek is willing to see millions of senior citizens suffer all because he didn’t get his way in court.
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after acting Commissioner Leland Dudek threatened to shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge temporarily denying Elon Musk’s DOGE access.
AFSCME’s Saunders: Shutting down the Department of Education amounts to one giant hit job on America's working families
AFSCME President Lee Saunders responds to the Trump administration’s executive order gutting the Department of Education:
AFSCME’s Saunders: The court agrees – hands off Social Security
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court of Maryland granting a temporary restraining order against DOGE’s access to the Social Security Administration