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Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Apr. 17, 2019

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Megha Desai is a public defender in Multnomah County, Oregon. In a given week, she might work upwards of 60 hours. Right now, she has about 145 open cases.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

Apr. 10, 2019

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AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

All-knowing sources of information. Tour guides to the highways and byways of history. The friendly voice of a morning story time.

AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

Apr. 04, 2019

Council News

Apr. 04, 2019

Council News

We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

Fifty-one years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to help rally the community around 1,300 AFSCME sanitation workers who had gone on strike.

We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

Apr. 02, 2019

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To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

In the 1980s, I was living and going to school in Minnesota when women who worked for state government won a big victory. They got the state to increase the pay of women in “female dominated jobs” by passing a pay equity bill. In other words, they put a dent in the gender pay gap.

To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

The Numbers Are In: AFSCME Members Are Sticking with Their Union

The Numbers Are In: AFSCME Members Are Sticking with Their Union

Mar. 28, 2019

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The Numbers Are In: AFSCME Members Are Sticking with Their Union

Our union gained more than 9,000 dues-paying members and nearly 19,000 dues-paying retirees in the last year, suggesting that billionaires and corporations are failing in their effort to “

The Numbers Are In: AFSCME Members Are Sticking with Their Union

Victories Against Anti-Worker Laws in Missouri, New Mexico Show Momentum

Victories Against Anti-Worker Laws in Missouri, New Mexico Show Momentum

Mar. 11, 2019

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Victories Against Anti-Worker Laws in Missouri, New Mexico Show Momentum

Workers in Missouri and New Mexico have chalked important victories against anti-worker laws that would have robbed them of their voices and the right to bargain collectively.

Victories Against Anti-Worker Laws in Missouri, New Mexico Show Momentum

AFSCME Volunteer Member Organizers Rise Up

AFSCME Volunteer Member Organizers Rise Up

Dec. 12, 2018

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AFSCME Volunteer Member Organizers Rise Up

LAS VEGAS — More than 160 AFSCME members gathered in Las Vegas last week to lift up the voice of public service workers and move our union forward.  

AFSCME Volunteer Member Organizers Rise Up

Federal Court Rejection of Corporate-Backed Lawsuit Is A Win for Working People

Federal Court Rejection of Corporate-Backed Lawsuit Is A Win for Working People

Dec. 04, 2018

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Federal Court Rejection of Corporate-Backed Lawsuit Is A Win for Working People

A federal court has ruled in favor of working families and against wealthy special interests in Danielson v. AFSCME Council 28, a case out of Washington state.  

Federal Court Rejection of Corporate-Backed Lawsuit Is A Win for Working People