The public sector is short over 500,000 jobs, says AFSCME President Lee Saunders. To help turn the tide, his union is launching a retention, recruitment and outreach campaign for public service workers, “Staff the Front Lines."

This Labor Day, we are grateful for the hard-won progress of the last year and a half. And we are committed to building on it in the years to come.

We’ve lost a great trade unionist, but AFSCME and the entire labor movement are stronger for his decades of bold, visionary leadership.

The American Rescue Plan was exactly what our communities needed. But with public service workers still overburdened and underfunded, there’s more we need to do.

New legislation will lower costs for families while reducing the federal deficit, allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, fight climate change, and more.

The Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965. But now, in 2022, as we honor Dr. King on his birthday, voting rights are under siege.

On October 21, AFSCME President Lee Saunders spoke to Morehouse College’s prestigious Crown Forum lecture series, the first international union president ever to do so.

Union membership increases household wealth for workers overall, but for Black and Hispanic workers in particular, according to a report.

Biden administration plans to overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, potentially helping roughly 550,000 borrowers.

The Covid-19 pandemic undercut feelings of job security at cultural institutions. Now there’s an uptick in efforts to organize.