Press Releases

  • 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…

  • Court Partially Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Anti-Science Meddling and Cuts to Pandemic Prevention Programs

    Municipalities in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Missouri and Public Sector Union Win Injunction to Prevent Cuts at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Court Declines to Issue Nationwide Relief Washington, D.C. —  A coalition of major…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders: We stand with our family in Minnesota and demand that justice be served

    AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the tragic assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman: “We at AFSCME are heartbroken and outraged that a day in which hundreds of thousands of Americans…

  • In a letter to the Senate, nearly 900 state and local elected leaders oppose extreme cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP and public services

    From governors to mayors to attorneys general, state and local elected leaders are sounding the alarm on how the federal budget will hurt the public services communities rely on most. WASHINGTON – Today, in an effort…

  • AFSCME’s Saunders demands the immediate release of labor leader David Huerta

    WASHINGTON — AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement demanding the immediate release of labor leader David Huerta: “AFSCME demands the immediate release of David Huerta, vice president of the California Federation of Labor, and president…

  • Court Allows Trump Administration to Proceed with Efforts to Destroy Institute of Museum and Library Services as Case Continues

    American Library Association and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Warn of Grave Threats NationwideWashington, D.C. – A federal judge has declined to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum…