Lee Saunders It’s Time to Get Organized The GO campaign is all about making sure everyone in the AFSCME family understands what’s at stake in this fight. More form Lee
Elissa McBride Voter registration takes center stage in S-T McBride's latest Union 411 The latest installment of the Union 411 video series covers voter registration. More form Elissa
03/29/25 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
03/28/25 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.
03/21/25 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
03/21/25 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.
03/20/25 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:
03/20/25 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
03/15/25 AFSCME’s Saunders: Cutting wages for workers and undermining unions is a promise broken AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the White House moved to end the $15 minimum wage for federal contractors and re-direct federal infrastructure investments to anti-union companies.
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