Lee Saunders
AFSCME President: Election results ‘a striking rebuke to creeping authoritarianism’
Voters said no to authoritarianism and yes to a host of pro-labor candidates during the mid-term elections.
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Press Releases
AFSCME’s Saunders: With Sen. Warnock in Congress, ‘the future for working Georgians is bright’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Sen. Raphael Warnock won the Georgia Senate runoff.
AFSCME’s Saunders: This House Democratic Party leadership ‘will be a force for working people across the country’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after leadership elections were held for the 118th Congress.
AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘With the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, we are finally codifying that love is love’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement celebrating the Senate’s passage of the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act.
Saunders: ‘AFSCME will not let up until UC student workers win the contract they deserve’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released a statement in support of UC Student-Workers Union UAW 2865, UAW Local 5810 and Student Researchers United-UAW members who are on strike.
Saunders: Pompeo comments about Weingarten are desperate attention-getting stunt
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released a statement in reaction to remarks by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about AFT President Randi Weingarten.
AFSCME’s Saunders: Speaker Pelosi has been ‘a fierce, trailblazing leader’ and ‘unshakable advocate for working families’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she will not pursue a Democratic leadership role in the new Congress.
Union members: ‘Gas prices are temporary; authoritarianism is forever’ as pro-worker candidates surge
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released this statement following big wins for working families in the 2022 midterms.