Press Releases

  • Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Move to Bust Federal Employee Unions

    Lawsuit alleges union-busting executive order is retaliation against labor unions that have challenged the administration’s illegal workplace actions SAN FRANCISCO – Labor unions representing federal government workers across the country are suing the Trump administration over…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Congressional extremists in Texas can’t defend their records, so they’re rigging the game.

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts in his party’s favor:    “Greg Abbott and the anti-worker extremists in…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: We urge Congress to protect federal workers’ freedom to collectively bargain

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in support of efforts to hold a vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which will override Trump’s union-busting executive order and safeguard federal workers’…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: Shutting down the Department of Education will harm our children, educators and nation

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court opening the way for the administration to illegally shut down the Department of Education: “We are incensed by the…

  • Supreme Court Intervenes to Allow Trump’s Unlawful Reorganization of the Federal Government to Continue as Case Proceeds

    Court Uses Shadow Docket to Lift Lower Court’s Pause of Unconstitutional Overhaul of Vital Departments and Agencies Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has granted another emergency stay request from the Trump-Vance administration to stay…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: We will hold every elected official accountable who voted to betray working families

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Congress passed the budget reconciliation bill, which massively defunds public services and devastates communities nationwide to give billionaires tax cuts: “The passage of this…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: The Senate’s distorted priorities will leave working people footing the bill

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation bill, which would bring even deeper cuts to Medicaid while also slashing food assistance and…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders on SCOTUS decision: We remain undeterred in our commitment to defend our freedoms and democracy

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions: “The Supreme Court has again ruled to overturn decades of precedent…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders on SCOTUS decision: We remain undeterred in our commitment to defend our freedoms and democracy

    WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions: “The Supreme Court has again ruled to overturn decades of precedent…

  • Victory for Working People as Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Bust Federal Employee Unions

    Trump’s union-busting executive order was retaliation against labor unions for challenging administration’s illegal workplace actions, judge finds WASHINGTON – A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction after ruling that the Trump administration likely violated the law by…