Blog

Get Help Accessing the 9/11 Victims Comp. Fund

9/11 Health Watch releases a video series explaining the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and how 9/11 responders, survivors, and their families can access the program...

Saunders: Debt limit agreement shows ‘President Biden puts working people first’


AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised President Joe Biden in the wake of a 

AFSCME honors public safety professionals during National Law Enforcement Week

National Law Enforcement Week gives us an opportunity to recognize the sacrifices and contributions of America’s public safety professionals.

Court Case Threatens Health Care for Millions

Today, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to repeal the Affordable Care Act will unfold at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, where oral arguments in Texas v. Azar will be heard. The case threatens the future of the ACA, which provides health care to millions of Americans.

AFSCME is on a Roll

AFSCME is on a roll. We are notching victories coast to coast – at the bargaining table, in the organizing trenches and in state capitals.

Following Attack, AFSCME Iowa Nurse Speaks Out for Safe Workplaces

Following a brutal workplace attack in October that left her unconscious and hospitalized, Tina Suckow is speaking out. She and her AFSCME sisters and brothers are raising their voices against her firing by Iowa state authorities and in favor of a federal bill that would help prevent such workplace attacks.

Nevada State Employees Gain Collective Bargaining Rights

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed into law a historic bill granting 20,000 state workers the right to collectively bargain.

The bill, which he signed Wednesday, is the largest expansion of collective bargaining rights for state workers anywhere in the U.S. in 16 years, and it will position those workers to better fight a rigged economy that favors the wealthy.

Protect Your Rights And Benefits!

We want you to be part of New York City’s largest public employee union, with about 150,000 members and 50,000 retirees. Do you work in a DC 37 title? Are you paying dues without being a member? Then sign up today for a voice in your union and your workplace. Join electronically to become a Local 375, DC 37 member and sign up to receive the latest union news.