Lee Saunders Defending the sacred freedom to organize This Fourth of July, we celebrate our freedoms, including the freedom to organize. More form Lee
Elissa McBride It’s getting hotter. Workers need protection from the heat. Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride calls for robust state and workplace heat standard regulations to protect workers and save lives. More form Elissa
07/08/25 Supreme Court Intervenes to Allow Trump’s Unlawful Reorganization of the Federal Government to Continue as Case Proceeds Court Uses Shadow Docket to Lift Lower Court's Pause of Unconstitutional Overhaul of Vital Departments and Agencies
07/03/25 AFSCME’s Saunders: We will hold every elected official accountable who voted to betray working families AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Congress passed the budget reconciliation bill.
07/01/25 AFSCME’s Saunders: The Senate’s distorted priorities will leave working people footing the bill AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation bill,
06/27/25 AFSCME’s Saunders on SCOTUS decision: We remain undeterred in our commitment to defend our freedoms and democracy AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions:
06/25/25 Victory for Working People as Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Bust Federal Employee Unions Trump’s union-busting executive order was retaliation against labor unions for challenging administration’s illegal workplace actions, judge finds
06/17/25 Court Partially Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Anti-Science Meddling and Cuts to Pandemic Prevention Programs Municipalities in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Missouri and Public Sector Union Win Injunction to Prevent Cuts at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Court Declines to Issue Nationwide Relief
06/14/25 AFSCME's Saunders: We stand with our family in Minnesota and demand that justice be served AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the tragic assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman: "We at AFSCME are heartbroken and outraged that a day in which hundreds of thousands of Americans engage...
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