Council News

AFSCME launches ‘Staff the Front Lines’ initiative

Understaffing of state and local government jobs has hit crisis levels.

AFSCME launches ‘Staff the Front Lines’ initiative

Ten things to love about your union on Valentine's Day

Here are 10 things to love about your union on Valentine's Day — and every day of the year: 

Ten things to love about your union on Valentine's Day

10 pro-worker highlights from Biden’s State of the Union address

The most pro-worker president in our lifetimes delivered the most pro-worker State of the Union address in recent memory.

Here are just a few highlights from President Joe Biden’s Tuesday night speech:

10 pro-worker highlights from Biden’s State of the Union address

30 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act: much to celebrate, much more to do

In January 1993, Joann Mapp shared a powerful message on a conference call with newly elected President Bill Clinton.

30 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act: much to celebrate, much more to do

​AFSCME’s Geraldine Boykin passes, local labor pioneer

Geraldine P. Boykin, considered “one of the most memorable characters and astute political strategists to ever work in the labor movement” passed away January 13th at age 87.

​AFSCME’s Geraldine Boykin passes, local labor pioneer