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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.
AFSCME National Updates
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A year of stellar success: Cultural worker organizing zooms to new heights in 2025
2025 was a spectacular year for AFSCME’s Cultural Workers United campaign. Find out more.
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Workers at largest art museum in western U.S. win union election
The largest art museum in the western U.S. now has a worker’s union, and it’s affiliated with AFSCME.
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Congratulations on winning your first contract, Arapahoe County workers!
Workers who help keep one Colorado county running now have their first contract.
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Workers at another Maryland library system gain a voice at work through Council 3
Congratulations to workers at the Frederick County Public Library System for forming a union through AFSCME Maryland Council 3.
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Child care affordability is a crisis we can solve.
States and localities are stepping up.