Press Releases

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: This week, we honor library workers for their service to our nation’s communities

    WASHINGTON – On National Library Workers Day, observed April 21, we celebrate the critical role library workers play in enriching our communities and providing a safe space for anyone who walks through their doors. AFSCME…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: AFSCME members urge Virginia General Assembly to reject proposed substitute bill to gut collective bargaining legislation

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement urging Virginia lawmakers to reject the substitute bill submitted by Gov. Abigail Spanberger gutting Senate Bill 378 and House Bill 1263, legislation which granted collective…

  • Thousands gather for D.C.’s flagship ‘No Kings’ event, march to demand accountability and an end to the federal occupation of their communities

      CLICK HERE TO WATCH FULL D.C. NO KINGS RALLY   D.C. community members marched to defend their jobs, their freedoms and our democracyfrom an administration that seeks to seize control of the capital city,…

  • AFSCME Sues to Stop Politically Motivated Termination of Public Health Grants

    Trump-Vance Administration’s Abrupt Termination of the Grants Would Disrupt Those Programs and Put Hundreds of Public Health Jobs at Risk   Chicago — The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and its…

  • Coalition of Unions, Press Freedom Organizations, Editors and Journalists Win Major Victory As Judge Rules Kari Lake’s USAGM Appointment Illegal, Cancels Mass Firings at VOA

    WASHINGTON – In a major victory for federal workers, this weekend, D.C. federal judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Kari Lake had illegally served as Acting CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM),…

  • Public Service Organizations and Unions File Updated Legal Challenge to Trump-Vance Administration Effort that Seeks to Make it Easier to Fire Civil Servants

      WASHINGTON –  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and a coalition of unions and labor federations — including American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), American…

  • Get organized: BLS report shows public service workers are organizing for a voice on the job

    As anti-worker billionaires make life unaffordable, cut public services, undermine state & local budgets, & attack workers’ freedoms, state & local workers are organizing with AFSCME to fight for better wages, safety on the job…

  • After 14 Years at the Helm, AFSCME President Lee Saunders to Retire in August 2026 Following a Historic Tenure

    Saunders energized AFSCME’s activist culture, leaving it on strong footing for the future WASHINGTON – After 14 years as president and a lifetime of service to working people and the labor movement, AFSCME President Lee…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Forcing federal workers to plead their case to the same authority that fired them is blatantly rigging the system

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Trump administration moved to eliminate the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent agency that reviews federal workers’ appeals to mass firings: “Taking away…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: This is an outrageous effort to replace dedicated, expert civil servants with political minions who will push the administration’s extreme anti-worker agenda

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Trump administration issued a new rule removing civil service protections from tens of thousands of federal workers, making it easier to fire them:…