Press Releases Archive
AFSCME’s Saunders: Coronavirus Relief Bill a Good Down Payment to ‘Fund the Front Lines’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement following Senate passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act:
“Public service workers continue to lead us through this national crisis, confronting the most diff...
AFSCME Endorses Biden, ‘A Champion for Working People’
Presidential race now a “once in a lifetime” decision between a seasoned leader “with a gut level understanding of what keeps working people up at night” and a president who “kicks working people to the curb”
Coronavirus Crisis Exposes Urgent Need for Fully Funded Public Services
“Phase 3” coronavirus stimulus bill must include economic relief for state and local governments and shore up public services.
Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act is Important Step, Bolder Steps Needed To Support Public Service Workers
AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement calling on the House and Senate to move quickly on a stimulus package that includes robust general grant assistance to states and municipalities. These grants would allow them to continue to ...
The Senate Must Pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Following passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement:
“Public service workers have answered the call, springing into action at a moment’s no...
AFSCME Calls on Congress to Pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement calling on Congress to protect the health and economic security of working families by passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act:
“During this public health emergency, Americans ar...
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...