Lee Saunders Archive
Dr. King’s last campaign was an AFSCME campaign
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign was in support of striking AFSCME sanitation workers 56 years ago.
Union momentum is strong heading into 2024
Unions are entering the new year with strong momentum, President Saunders writes.
Labor Day 2023: Celebrating the union difference and building tomorrow’s public service workforce
Union difference, Staff the Front Lines are subjects of President Lee Saunders’ Labor Day column.
Saunders: With COVID-19 behind us, it’s time to rebuild the public service workforce
In Newsweek column, AFSCME leader says it’s time to rebuild public services.
Saunders: President Biden is ‘most pro-union, pro-worker president of our lifetimes’
President Joe Biden, who will seek reelection, is the most “pro-worker president of our lifetimes,” AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.