Press Releases

  • Coalition Statement Responding to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling

    Public Service Unions, Small Business, Veterans and Conservation Organizations and Rule of Law Advocates Vow to Continue Fight WASHINGTON – In response to today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court granting the government’s request for a stay of…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Library workers are always there for our communities – now, let’s be there for them

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement recognizing National Library Workers’ Day on April 8, 2025: “This National Library Workers’ Day, AFSCME proudly salutes the dedicated workers who power our nation’s public…

  • AFSCME and union partners join with members of Congress to reintroduce bill to expand workers’ freedoms

    As workers face unprecedented attacks despite support for labor unions remaining at near-historic highs, the bipartisan Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act is needed to protect and expand the freedom of public service workers to…

  • American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services

    Cuts to Independent Agency Threatens Libraries Nationwide Washington, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA), the largest library association in the world, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the largest union…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: As the economy sinks, senators vote to further enrich billionaires

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate passed a budget plan that opens the door to massive cuts to public services including Medicaid: “Working people are watching their hard-earned…

  • Unions, Retirees File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Unlawful DOGE Access to Social Security Data as New Facts Emerge

    Filing Seeks to Restore Control Over SSA’s Data Systems and Suspend DOGE’s Unlawful Activity Until the Lawsuit is Resolved Baltimore, MD — Today, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the American Federation…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Patients who depend on Medicare and Medicaid deserve better than Dr. Oz

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): “At a time when our population is growing…

  • AFSCME responds to ruling restraining shutdown of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America

    NEW YORK – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to cease further efforts to shutter the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Trump’s attempt to eliminate collective bargaining for federal workers is blatant retribution

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Trump administration signed a union-busting executive order to unlawfully end collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers: “President Trump’s attempt to…

  • Journalists, Federal Workers, and Unions File Lawsuit to Challenge Closure of U.S. Agency for Global Media

    NEW YORK, N.Y.—Today, journalists, federal workers, and their unions sued the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), its Acting Director Victor Morales, and Special Adviser Kari Lake to challenge the unlawful shuttering of the agency…