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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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Determination leads to victory: Puerto Rico’s public safety professionals win overdue raises
Pay raises are finally coming to thousands of AFSCME-represented public safety professionals in Puerto Rico.
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Workers at one Illinois university win ‘life-changing’ contract
This is how some AFSCME members in Illinois secured a “life-changing” contract.
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Workplace health, safety focus of AFSCME library workers’ summit in Seattle
Library workers in the Pacific Northwest held a summit to focus on workplace health and safety.
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Fighting for their patients, Sharp health care workers go on three-day strike
Thousands of Sharp Healthcare nurses held a three-day strike last week in Southern California
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From organizing to outcomes: San Antonio local builds power to strengthen their city
Members of AFSCME Local 2021 in San Antonio won important gains as the cost of living rises.