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Featured News
AFSCME's Work Highlighted in Labor Journal
AFSCME's Work Highlighted in Labor Journal
Local 1072 Distributes Masks On Campus
Local 1072 Distributes Masks On Campus
AFSCME Wins Higher Ed Oversight Hearing
AFSCME Wins Higher Ed Oversight Hearing
UMD and USM usually treat staff as disposable. This budget crisis is no different.
UMD and USM usually treat staff as disposable. This budget crisis is no different.
National AFSCME News
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Alaska member makes long journey to tell lawmakers to protect lifesaving services
An Alaska member made a 4,000-mile journey to tell lawmakers face-to-face to protect the services that working families rely on.
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It’s getting hotter. Workers need protection from the heat.
Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride calls for robust state and workplace heat standard regulations to protect workers and save lives.
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AFSCME President Saunders to UK union: anti-worker attacks could happen to you
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Don’t mess with AFSCME Texas Corrections: Winning through political action, organizing
Members of AFSCME Texas Corrections Employees Council 907 made lots of progress in the Texas Legislature this year.
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AFSCME lab tech fights to save Medicaid for his patients — and his brother
CSEA lab tech makes the case for why Congress should leave Medicaid alone.