Lee Saunders
Union momentum is strong heading into 2024
Unions are entering the new year with strong momentum, President Saunders writes.
From the Leadership
Press Releases
AFSCME’s Saunders applauds expansion of World Trade Center Health Program to include additional 9/11 first responders
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes an expansion of the World Trade Center Health Program:
Saunders on latest jobs report: The public service is ‘on the way toward a full recovery’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the U.S. economy gaining 199,000 jobs in November:
AFSCME’s Saunders applauds return to merit staffing in Employment Service programs
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement responding to the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on Wagner-Peyser Employment Service staffing:
AFSCME’s Saunders: Nicole Berner will ‘bring much-needed experience’ to the Fourth Circuit
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the White House nominated Nicole Berner o serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:
Saunders: AFSCME members mobilized their communities to elect a pro-worker majority in the Virginia legislature
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
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:
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: