Press Releases

  • DOGE’s Data Dive Denied: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction and Blocks Access to SSA System

    Baltimore, MD — A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) from further accessing sensitive personal data stored within the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) systems. The ruling comes in…

  • AFL-CIO, Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Cuts to Key Labor Relations Agency

    AFL-CIO, AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, IAM, SEIU, and UFCW Are Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit to Restore the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service NEW YORK – The AFL-CIO and unions representing workers across private and public sector industries sued the…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: 911 dispatchers deserve respect, not defunding

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, which runs from April 13-19: “AFSCME members do lifesaving work every single day as 911 dispatchers and emergency phone…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Forcing Social Security beneficiaries to use X is Elon Musk’s latest money-making scheme

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after it was reported that the Social Security Administration is moving all public communications to Elon Musk’s X: “Retirees, disabled individuals and the millions of…

  • Saunders: AFSCME members won’t let Congress defund public services for billionaire tax cuts

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the House passed a budget reconciliation package that will force devastating cuts to essential public services nationwide: “Today, Congress again passed a budget framework…

  • 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…