Press Releases

  • New Lawsuit Seeks to Protect the Nonpartisan Civil Service from Latest Trump-Vance Administration Attacks

    Unions Challenge Latest Attempt to Replace Career Civil Servants with Political Loyalists Boston — Despite the lapse in government funding, and the furloughing of hundreds of thousands of federal workers, the government continues to post new…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: With a pro-worker trifecta, Abigail Spanberger’s victory will strengthen the voice of Virginia’s working families

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Virginians elected Abigail Spanberger to be the commonwealth’s next governor and an expanded pro-worker majority in the House of Delegates:   “Like AFSCME members…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: AFSCME members share Governor-elect Sherrill’s vision for a more affordable New Jersey, and will help make it a reality

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after New Jersey voters elected Mikie Sherrill to be the state’s next governor: “Mikie Sherrill spent her life in public service, whether it was in…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Voters rejected chaos and rising costs, and chose candidates committed to making life affordable again

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement on Tuesday’s election results: “Across the country, voters rejected chaos and rising costs, and chose candidates committed to making life affordable again for working families.…

  • Cities, Unions, Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Weaponizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness to Silence Critics and Stifle Dissent

    Suit Seeks to Halt Radical PSLF Rewrite in United Front Against Department of Education’s Unconstitutional Attack on Teachers, Nurses, First Responders, and Advocates November 3, 2025 | BOSTON — AFSCME, alongside a broad coalition of over…

  • Federal Employee Unions Win Extension of Order Barring Trump Administration’s Illegal Shutdown Firing

    Additional labor unions added to lawsuit challenging administration’s move to fire workers because of shutdown. SAN FRANCISCO – A federal court has extended its order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers because of the…

  • Federal Employee Unions File Expanded Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Illegal Shutdown Firings

    Additional labor unions added to lawsuit as plaintiffs urge court to extend order barring agencies from firing workers during shutdown SAN FRANCISCO – Labor unions challenging the Trump administration’s illegal mass firing of federal employees during…

  • Lawsuit Challenges Punitive Trump Regulation Targeting the Livelihood of Immigrants

    New Rule on Commercial Driver’s Licenses Will Eliminate the Jobs of Thousands of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and DACA Recipients WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public Citizen Litigation Group, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees…

  • Federal Judge Issues Immediate Halt of Trump Administration’s Illegal Firing of Federal Workers During Shutdown

    AFSCME, AFGE filed lawsuit challenging administration’s reduction-in-force plans SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge today ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt the mass firing of federal employees initiated since the government has been shut…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: These mass firings are illegal, and will have devastating effects on the services millions of Americans rely on every day

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Trump administration announced it was using the federal government shutdown to illegally carry out mass firings of federal employees: “These mass firings are…