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AFSCME's Work Highlighted in Labor Journal
Local 1072 Distributes Masks On Campus
AFSCME Wins Higher Ed Oversight Hearing
UMD and USM usually treat staff as disposable. This budget crisis is no different.
AFSCME National Updates
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AFSCME members defend workplace protection for pregnant and postpartum COs
Public safety professionals are turning to AFSCME to build power at work, and advocate for safety on the job, better wages, good health care and a secure retirement.
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AFSCME child care provider warns of bad policies favoring billionaires over families
CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000 member Armett Newman joined a Families Over Billionaires event in Washington to say: It’s time we put working families first.
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In Ohio, a big-hearted school bus driver brightens the lives of everyone around her
Ohio school bus driver Nerissa Marcum is our latest Never Quit Service Award winner.
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As Kaiser strike enters fourth week, UNAC/UHCP members hold the line for patient care
Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care professionals are holding the line for better conditions for both providers and patients.
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As Kaiser strike enters fourth week, UNAC/UHCP members hold the line for patient care
Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care professionals are holding the line for better conditions for both providers and patients.


