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ARP funds are an opportunity to build up communities by investing in public service workers

The American Rescue Plan, which AFSCME members helped make a reality and which President Joe Biden signed into law a year ago, provided $350 billion in funding to states, cities and towns.

ARP funds are an opportunity to build up communities by investing in public service workers

For union members, the ‘state of the union’ is strong

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For union members, the ‘state of the union’ is strong

Saunders praises nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

Today, following President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the United States Supreme Court, AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued

Saunders praises nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

Child care providers were there for us. Congress must act to support them

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Child care providers were there for us. Congress must act to support them

Year in review: 2021 was a banner year for Cultural Workers United

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Year in review: 2021 was a banner year for Cultural Workers United

Never Quit winner provides ‘safe space,’ ‘comfort’ to D.C. elementary school students

Jessica Salute, a teacher at Stanton Elementary School in Washington, D.C., recalls a student asking her who the principal was.

“Who do you think it is?” Salute replied.

She found it both funny and revealing that the student wondered out loud if the school’s principal was “Ms. K.”

Never Quit winner provides ‘safe space,’ ‘comfort’ to D.C. elementary school students

AFSCME mourns the loss of a beloved member of our union family, Mildred Wurf

AFSCME mourns the loss of Mildred Wurf, a beloved member of our union family, a pioneering District Council 37 educator and the widow of former AFSCME president, Jerry Wurf. Mildred Wurf died on Dec. 29 at the age of 95.

AFSCME mourns the loss of a beloved member of our union family, Mildred Wurf

Honoring the anniversary of America’s first pay equity strike

Striketober and Strikesgiving are over, but worker strikes are still going strong. As I write this, Kellogg’s workers are holding the line in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Memphis. Alabama miners are heading into their ninth month of standing up to Warrior Met Coal.

Honoring the anniversary of America’s first pay equity strike