Press Releases Archive
Front-Line Public Health, Safety Workers Call for End to Trump Admin’s ‘Incompetence’ in Coronavirus Epidemic
AFSCME, the nation’s largest union of front-line community workers – including nurses, EMS workers, corrections officers and school employees – issued the following statement today regarding the coronavirus epidemic:
“The Trump...
Federal Government Must Assist Front-Line Public Service Workers in Coronavirus Response
Today AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement calling on the Trump administration and Congress to ensure that the full resources of the federal government are made available to assist front-line state, local and municipal public se...
AFSCME Files Lawsuit Over DOL Attack on Public Employee Merit System
Department of Labor rule permits stripping merit-based staffing requirement from federally funded state Employment Services, a provision in the public interest AFSCME has championed for decades
AFSCME President Lee Saunders Urges Remaining Presidential Candidates to ‘Stay the Course’
Following the results of the New Hampshire Democratic primary election, AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued this statement urging the remaining candidates to continue to give working people a voice on the campaign trail and to ultimately unite to defe...
Congress Should Reject Trump’s Cruel Budget Cuts
AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement about President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021:
“Yet again, the Trump administration is proposing to pay for the president’s tax giveaway to millionaire...
AFSCME Celebrates House Passage of the PRO Act
In a major win for working families, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO) Act, which enacts needed reforms strengthening private sector workers’ right to join and form strong unions. The ...
AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Child Care Providers United Filing for Union Election
Child Care Providers United (CCPU) – a coalition of members of UDW/AFSCME Local 3930, SEIU Local 99 and SEIU Local 521 – filed for union election today. With over 40,000 child care providers statewide, this will be the largest union electio...
AFSCME President Lee Saunders on University of California Patient Care and Service Workers Reaching Historic Agreements
Nearly 19,000 AFSCME 3299 represented UC Patient Care workers joined UC Service workers in reaching a tentative contract agreement with the University of California to curtail outsourcing, lift wages and expand career ladders. In response, AFSCME Presi...
AFSCME se moviliza, demanda acción inmediata para aliviar el sufrimiento en Puerto Rico
Toda la familia AFSCME tiene al pueblo de Puerto Rico en sus pensamientos y oraciones conforme sigue enfrentando condiciones impensables y adversidades personales.
AFSCME Mobilizes, Urges Immediate Action to Ease Suffering in Puerto Rico
AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement concerning the devastating series of earthquakes and aftershocks hitting Puerto Rico and called on the administration to allocate resources to ease Puerto Rico’s suffering:
“The e...