http://www.afscme.org/rss/blog Thu, 20 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000 AMPS en AFSCME Blog Feed AFSCME Blog Feed hourly 1 Labor Day 2024: Union momentum continues to surge https://www.afscme.org/blog/labor-day-2024-union-momentum-continues-to-surge Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:31:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/labor-day-2024-union-momentum-continues-to-surge AFSCME member joins Care Can’t Wait Bus Tour and pushes for paid family leave https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-member-joins-care-cant-wait-bus-tour-and-pushes-for-paid-family-leave Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:07:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-member-joins-care-cant-wait-bus-tour-and-pushes-for-paid-family-leave Thousands more Nevada state employees win union election https://www.afscme.org/blog/thousands-more-nevada-state-employees-win-union-election Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:37:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/thousands-more-nevada-state-employees-win-union-election Oregon mental health specialist is surprised with the Never Quit Service Award at convention https://www.afscme.org/blog/oregon-mental-health-specialist-is-surprised-with-the-never-quit-service-award-at-convention Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:32:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/oregon-mental-health-specialist-is-surprised-with-the-never-quit-service-award-at-convention AFL-CIO report: S&P 500 company CEOs made 268 times what their workers made last year https://www.afscme.org/blog/afl-cio-report-sp-500-company-ceos-made-268-times-what-their-workers-made-last-year Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:34:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afl-cio-report-sp-500-company-ceos-made-268-times-what-their-workers-made-last-year Going from ‘in debt until the day I die’ to loan forgiveness, thanks to the Biden-Harris administration https://www.afscme.org/blog/going-from-in-debt-until-the-day-i-die-to-loan-forgiveness-thanks-to-the-biden-harris-administration Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:21:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/going-from-in-debt-until-the-day-i-die-to-loan-forgiveness-thanks-to-the-biden-harris-administration How Project 2025 will harm students, pre-school children, working families and the economy https://www.afscme.org/blog/how-project-2025-will-harm-students-pre-school-children-working-families-and-the-economy Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:17:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/how-project-2025-will-harm-students-pre-school-children-working-families-and-the-economy Memphis-area employees celebrate across-the-board pay raises and bonuses https://www.afscme.org/blog/memphis-area-employees-celebrate-across-the-board-pay-raises-and-bonuses Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:57:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/memphis-area-employees-celebrate-across-the-board-pay-raises-and-bonuses Strike averted in Oregon as postdocs agree to tentative agreement https://www.afscme.org/blog/strike-averted-in-oregon-as-postdocs-agree-to-tentative-agreement Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:13:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/strike-averted-in-oregon-as-postdocs-agree-to-tentative-agreement Saunders at DNC: Kamala Harris will fight for ‘more freedom for working people’ https://www.afscme.org/blog/saunders-at-dnc-kamala-harris-will-fight-for-more-freedom-for-working-people Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:14:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/saunders-at-dnc-kamala-harris-will-fight-for-more-freedom-for-working-people AFSCME is mobilizing for the Harris-Walz ticket https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-is-mobilizing-for-the-harris-walz-ticket Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:50:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-is-mobilizing-for-the-harris-walz-ticket Another unit of workers for a Virginia city file for union election https://www.afscme.org/blog/another-unit-of-workers-for-a-virginia-city-file-for-union-election Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:03:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/another-unit-of-workers-for-a-virginia-city-file-for-union-election Workers at outdoor museum in New York’s Hudson Valley approve first contracts https://www.afscme.org/blog/workers-at-outdoor-mnyuseum-in-new-yorks-hudson-valley-approve-first-contracts Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:54:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/workers-at-outdoor-mnyuseum-in-new-yorks-hudson-valley-approve-first-contracts After Oregon university offers paltry wages, postdocs authorize a strike https://www.afscme.org/blog/after-oregon-university-offers-paltry-wages-postdocs-authorize-a-strike Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:47:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/after-oregon-university-offers-paltry-wages-postdocs-authorize-a-strike University System of Maryland workers overwhelmingly ratify historic, system-wide contract https://www.afscme.org/blog/university-system-of-maryland-workers-overwhelmingly-ratify-historic-system-wide-contract Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:19:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/university-system-of-maryland-workers-overwhelmingly-ratify-historic-system-wide-contract AFSCME’s Saunders: VP pick Tim Walz ‘personifies what public service is all about’ https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscmes-saunders-vp-pick-tim-walz-personifies-what-public-service-is-all-about Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:42:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscmes-saunders-vp-pick-tim-walz-personifies-what-public-service-is-all-about Civilian staff at Indianapolis police department organize new union, win first contract https://www.afscme.org/blog/civilian-staff-at-indianapolis-police-department-organize-new-union-win-first-contract Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:22:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/civilian-staff-at-indianapolis-police-department-organize-new-union-win-first-contract Thousands of University of California workers take to the streets to demand a fair contract https://www.afscme.org/blog/thousands-of-university-of-california-workers-take-to-the-streets-to-demand-a-fair-contract Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:10:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/thousands-of-university-of-california-workers-take-to-the-streets-to-demand-a-fair-contract Labor unions are fired up and ready to elect Kamala Harris https://www.afscme.org/blog/labor-unions-are-fired-up-and-ready-to-elect-kamala-harris Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:17:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/labor-unions-are-fired-up-and-ready-to-elect-kamala-harris President Saunders: Trump’s attacks on Kamala Harris are ‘foolish, ignorant and divisive’ https://www.afscme.org/blog/president-saunders-trumps-attacks-on-kamala-harris-are-foolish-ignorant-and-divisive Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:45:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/president-saunders-trumps-attacks-on-kamala-harris-are-foolish-ignorant-and-divisive AFSCME Retirees protest Project 2025’s call to destroy Medicare https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-retirees-protest-project-2025s-call-to-destroy-medicare Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:27:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-retirees-protest-project-2025s-call-to-destroy-medicare AFSCME supports Biden’s plan to reform the Supreme Court https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-supports-bidens-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:32:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-supports-bidens-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court AFSCME corrections members protest unsafe conditions at Illinois facility https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-corrections-members-protest-unsafe-conditions-at-illinois-facility Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:20:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-corrections-members-protest-unsafe-conditions-at-illinois-facility Trump’s Project 2025 would tear down our country’s health care system https://www.afscme.org/blog/trumps-project-2025-would-tear-down-our-countrys-health-care-system Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:14:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/trumps-project-2025-would-tear-down-our-countrys-health-care-system AFSCME retiree: Project 2025 and Trump will wreak havoc on retirement security https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-retiree-project-2025-and-trump-will-wreak-havoc-on-retirement-security Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:01:00 -0500 https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-retiree-project-2025-and-trump-will-wreak-havoc-on-retirement-security