Lee Saunders
Reviving Dr. King’s legacy
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Saunders celebrates Yellen confirmation; says she will be a treasury secretary who empowers working families
Secretary Yellen is an innovative thinker with the experience and expertise to help lead us successfully through this economically challenging moment.
Saunders: Biden executive orders help working people, strengthen public services
AFSCME President Lee Saunders praises the Biden administration’s swift executive action to protect and empower public service workers, strengthen public services and help working people.
Saunders: Union membership increases in the public sector; shields millions from brutal toll of the pandemic
Union members suffered less job loss in 2020, while the rate of unionization in the public sector increased, preventing millions of Americans from falling behind during the worst health and economic crisis in a century.
Saunders celebrates Biden-Harris inauguration; says they ‘will make the concerns of working people their highest priority’
Today, the nation gets a new chief executive, one with the experience, vision and temperament to address the enormous challenges facing the nation.
Saunders: Biden plan a ‘massive step forward;’ additional flexible aid may be needed in the future
President-elect Biden’s recovery plan has exactly the right priorities: ending the pandemic and jumpstarting the economy.
AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘Impeach this president who daily desecrates American values and lives’
AFSCME calls on President Trump to resign. If he will not, Congress should impeach and convict this president who daily desecrates American values and lives.
Saunders celebrates selection of Mayor Marty Walsh as the next labor secretary
Saunders: “After four long years of brazen hostility toward working people, the Labor Department will now have leadership that is true to its mission and purpose.”