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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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A contract that checks out: Library workers at Dartmouth win again
Forming a union allowed 90 Dartmouth College library workers to gain a voice at work.
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Medicaid, SNAP cuts Rep. Mike Carey supported will make his constituents suffer
Thousands his constituents will be hurt by Medicaid, SNAP cuts backed by Ohio Rep. Mike Carey.
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Home care provider: Medicaid cuts my lawmaker supported will hurt my CA community
A California home care provider says Medicaid cuts will harm her community.
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Five COs hospitalized from drug exposure at Connecticut’s largest prison
Prison drugs hospitalize five corrections officers in Connecticut.
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Defending the sacred freedom to organize
This Fourth of July, we celebrate our freedoms, including the freedom to organize.