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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

AFSCME President Lee Saunders joins signing ceremony of historic infrastructure bill

AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Monday joined President Joe Biden and members of his administration, as well as a bipartisan group of lawmakers, for the signing ceremony

AFSCME President Lee Saunders joins signing ceremony of historic infrastructure bill

Congress has finally passed an infrastructure bill. Build Back Better should be next.

The House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden’s transformational bipartisan infrastructure plan, which Biden will soon sign into law.

Congress has finally passed an infrastructure bill. Build Back Better should be next.

Union 411: How and why we organize

As solidarity actions and strikes sweep the nation, workers are making history by organizing their workplaces for the first time.

Union 411: How and why we organize

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act Introduced

The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act was introduced today in the House of Representatives by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.).

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act Introduced

The union difference: Greatest wealth gains are for Black and Hispanic union households

We’ve said it before: Life is better in a union. 

The union difference: Greatest wealth gains are for Black and Hispanic union households