Press Releases Archive
AFSCME President Saunders delivers keynote address: We are growing. We are fearless. And we will win.
At the union’s international convention in Los Angeles, AFSCME President Lee Saunders introduces new “Fearless Agenda,” outlines strategies to strengthen public services and elect Kamala Harris as president
President, secretary-treasurer of AFSCME reelected by acclamation
The top two leaders of AFSCME, the nation’s leading public service union, were reelected Tuesday, Aug. 13, to four-year terms.
AFSCME’s Saunders on Harris’ VP pick: Tim Walz is a labor champion who personifies what public service is all about
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate:
AFSCME’s Saunders calls out Trump’s NABJ comments, celebrates a multiracial society
AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement about Donald Trump’s appearance Wednesday at the National Association of Black Journalists convention:
AFSCME’s Saunders: Supreme Court reform will end the culture of corruption that puts our rights up for sale
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Joe Biden proposed major reforms to the Supreme Court
AFSCME’s Saunders: We are ‘all in’ for Kamala Harris
AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement announcing AFSCME’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president,
AFSCME’s Saunders salutes President Biden’s ‘patriotism, service and sacrifice’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement following the news that President Joe Biden is withdrawing from the presidential race:
AFSCME’s Saunders at NAACP Labor Luncheon: We must vote for candidates who believe, as Dr. King said, that ‘all labor has dignity’
At a labor luncheon hosted as part of the NAACP’s national convention, AFSCME President Lee Saunders delivered a speech on the importance of civic activism, especially in this critical election year.
Saunders: ‘Political violence has no place in our nation’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a shooting occurred at a Trump Rally in Butler, Pennsylvania:
AFSCME’s Saunders: New heat standards reflect the realities of working in 2024
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor announced new heat standards: