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America's communities never rest. That's why people who work in public service never quit.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Congratulations to Daniel Ellis, a member of HOPE AFSCME Local 123 who is the latest winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award. Ellis is a skilled laborer for the City of Houston’s Wastewater Operations Branch. www.afscme.org/blog/he-gets...
He gets the job done, even if he has to get ‘dirty to the bone’
Daniel Ellis, a skilled laborer for Houston’s Wastewater Operations Branch and member of HOPE AFSCME Local 123, is the latest winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award.
www.afscme.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Congratulations to Daniel Ellis, a member of HOPE AFSCME Local 123 who is the latest winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award. Ellis is a skilled laborer for the City of Houston’s Wastewater Operations Branch. www.afscme.org/blog/he-gets...
When you're in a union, you can show up as your true self every single day. That’s the union difference.
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When you're in a union, you can show up as your true self every single day. That’s the union difference.
President Saunders: "Congress must take action to extend the ACA tax credits and prevent a massive increase on working people’s insurance premiums.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
President Saunders: "Congress must take action to extend the ACA tax credits and prevent a massive increase on working people’s insurance premiums.”
Tune into the full episode here, and then join us in our fight.
Dial 1-888-981-9704 to reach your member of Congress. Tell them: Lower health care costs. Fund public services. Protect federal workers.
Dial 1-888-981-9704 to reach your member of Congress. Tell them: Lower health care costs. Fund public services. Protect federal workers.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tune into the full episode here, and then join us in our fight.
Dial 1-888-981-9704 to reach your member of Congress. Tell them: Lower health care costs. Fund public services. Protect federal workers.
Dial 1-888-981-9704 to reach your member of Congress. Tell them: Lower health care costs. Fund public services. Protect federal workers.
From working families unable to access SNAP to cuts to state and local budgets, the government shutdown affects everyone.
On Keepin’ It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton, President Saunders made it clear: AFSCME will keep fighting for affordable health care and fully funded public services.
On Keepin’ It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton, President Saunders made it clear: AFSCME will keep fighting for affordable health care and fully funded public services.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
From working families unable to access SNAP to cuts to state and local budgets, the government shutdown affects everyone.
On Keepin’ It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton, President Saunders made it clear: AFSCME will keep fighting for affordable health care and fully funded public services.
On Keepin’ It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton, President Saunders made it clear: AFSCME will keep fighting for affordable health care and fully funded public services.
As if taking away affordable health care and food assistance for millions of people wasn’t bad enough, this administration is now behind an economy with the most job cuts in October since 2003.
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
As if taking away affordable health care and food assistance for millions of people wasn’t bad enough, this administration is now behind an economy with the most job cuts in October since 2003.
BREAKING: Together with AFGE & NAGE, we're suing the Trump administration for their ongoing inclusion of a “loyalty question” on federal civil service job listings — a move straight out of Project 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: Together with AFGE & NAGE, we're suing the Trump administration for their ongoing inclusion of a “loyalty question” on federal civil service job listings — a move straight out of Project 2025.
Cuts to SNAP benefits are cruel. And it’s AFSCME members like Stacy Smith (Local 2882), who work on the front lines as eligibility specialists, who are seeing the effects: "We had a client that came in & was afraid she'd have to go back to eating cat food."
SNAP recipients to get as much as two-thirds of promised benefits.
After saying it could only provide 50% of food stamp benefits this month, USDA now says it can go up to 65%. Recipients are already feeling the cuts.
www.usatoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cuts to SNAP benefits are cruel. And it’s AFSCME members like Stacy Smith (Local 2882), who work on the front lines as eligibility specialists, who are seeing the effects: "We had a client that came in & was afraid she'd have to go back to eating cat food."
Voters across the country opted for pro-worker candidates who are committed to lowering the cost of living, says AFSCME President Lee Saunders. www.afscme.org/blog/afscmes...
AFSCME’s Saunders: Voters chose candidates committed to lowering costs
Pro-worker candidates secure victory in Tuesday’s elections.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Voters across the country opted for pro-worker candidates who are committed to lowering the cost of living, says AFSCME President Lee Saunders. www.afscme.org/blog/afscmes...
If Vermont home care worker Heather Pfaff can’t afford her Affordable Care Act health care premiums, she fears she and her mother may become homeless. She urgently needs Congress to extend ACA premium tax credits now. www.afscme.org/blog/vermont...
Vermont home care provider is in ‘total panic’ over health care prices
Vermont member is panicking about losing health care due to the shutdown.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If Vermont home care worker Heather Pfaff can’t afford her Affordable Care Act health care premiums, she fears she and her mother may become homeless. She urgently needs Congress to extend ACA premium tax credits now. www.afscme.org/blog/vermont...
We are now in the longest government shutdown in history. Health care premiums are skyrocketing. Grocery prices are spiking.
Shame on every anti-worker extremist in Congress who refuses to lower costs.
Shame on every anti-worker extremist in Congress who refuses to lower costs.
Live updates: Government shutdown is now the longest in US history | CNN Politics
We are now in the longest government shutdown in US history, at 36 days. Follow here for the latest live news updates on the stalemate on Capitol Hill and its impacts
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November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are now in the longest government shutdown in history. Health care premiums are skyrocketing. Grocery prices are spiking.
Shame on every anti-worker extremist in Congress who refuses to lower costs.
Shame on every anti-worker extremist in Congress who refuses to lower costs.
Congratulations to New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill!
A lifelong advocate for public service, we look forward to working with Mikie to make her vision of a fairer, more affordable NJ a reality.
A lifelong advocate for public service, we look forward to working with Mikie to make her vision of a fairer, more affordable NJ a reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Congratulations to New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill!
A lifelong advocate for public service, we look forward to working with Mikie to make her vision of a fairer, more affordable NJ a reality.
A lifelong advocate for public service, we look forward to working with Mikie to make her vision of a fairer, more affordable NJ a reality.
And now it’s official: Virginia has not only elected a pro-worker Governor but has secured majorities in both chambers of the legislature!
We look forward to working with the newly elected legislators to build a better future for VA's working families.
We look forward to working with the newly elected legislators to build a better future for VA's working families.
Congratulations to Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger!
She is the champion working families need in the Commonwealth and we look forward to working together.
She is the champion working families need in the Commonwealth and we look forward to working together.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
And now it’s official: Virginia has not only elected a pro-worker Governor but has secured majorities in both chambers of the legislature!
We look forward to working with the newly elected legislators to build a better future for VA's working families.
We look forward to working with the newly elected legislators to build a better future for VA's working families.
Congratulations to Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger!
She is the champion working families need in the Commonwealth and we look forward to working together.
She is the champion working families need in the Commonwealth and we look forward to working together.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Congratulations to Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger!
She is the champion working families need in the Commonwealth and we look forward to working together.
She is the champion working families need in the Commonwealth and we look forward to working together.
Working families deserve better. It's Congress who got us here & it’s Congress who needs to stop playing games. Tell them to lower health care costs and fund critical public services like SNAP. act.afscme.org/forms/tell-c...
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Working families deserve better. It's Congress who got us here & it’s Congress who needs to stop playing games. Tell them to lower health care costs and fund critical public services like SNAP. act.afscme.org/forms/tell-c...
SNAP eligibility specialist & AFSCME member Misha Dancing Waters makes sure families don't go hungry. But now that the administration is refusing to fully fund SNAP, she sees an increasingly desperate situation for working families.
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
SNAP eligibility specialist & AFSCME member Misha Dancing Waters makes sure families don't go hungry. But now that the administration is refusing to fully fund SNAP, she sees an increasingly desperate situation for working families.
Every conversation counts, every voice matters. Today is election day for key races in Virginia, New Jersey, and across the country. Make your voice heard and vote!
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Every conversation counts, every voice matters. Today is election day for key races in Virginia, New Jersey, and across the country. Make your voice heard and vote!
42 million people nationwide rely on SNAP for critical food support. Now, thanks to anti-worker extremists in Congress, families are going to go hungry, because the administration is not providing full funding for SNAP. Tell Congress to fund public services. 1-888-981-9704
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
42 million people nationwide rely on SNAP for critical food support. Now, thanks to anti-worker extremists in Congress, families are going to go hungry, because the administration is not providing full funding for SNAP. Tell Congress to fund public services. 1-888-981-9704
AFSCME members deserve the chance to lower their student loan debt in exchange for choosing public service careers. That’s why we’re suing this administration for altering the terms of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. www.afscme.org/blog/in-laws...
In lawsuit, AFSCME and allies slam administration for attacking PSLF
AFSCME is suing to prevent the administration from unlawfully altering the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
www.afscme.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
AFSCME members deserve the chance to lower their student loan debt in exchange for choosing public service careers. That’s why we’re suing this administration for altering the terms of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. www.afscme.org/blog/in-laws...
As union members, we don’t just take what’s offered. We demand what’s fair. AFSCME members like Adam Bauer know that speaking together is how we win together.
That’s the union difference.
That’s the union difference.
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
As union members, we don’t just take what’s offered. We demand what’s fair. AFSCME members like Adam Bauer know that speaking together is how we win together.
That’s the union difference.
That’s the union difference.
President Saunders: "Gutting this program will worsen the public service staffing crisis while weakening the essential services communities rely on. We’re filing this lawsuit to protect PSLF so working people can continue to afford to serve their communities in the jobs they love.”
Together with a broad coalition of cities, unions, and nonprofits, we’re suing the Department of Education for illegally hijacking Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) to punish the public servants who do the work this administration doesn't like.
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
Cities, Unions, Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Weaponizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness to Silence Critics and Stifle Dissent
Suit Seeks to Halt Radical PSLF Rewrite in United Front Against Department of Education’s Unconstitutional Attack on Teachers, Nurses, First Responders, and Advocates
www.afscme.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
President Saunders: "Gutting this program will worsen the public service staffing crisis while weakening the essential services communities rely on. We’re filing this lawsuit to protect PSLF so working people can continue to afford to serve their communities in the jobs they love.”
Together with a broad coalition of cities, unions, and nonprofits, we’re suing the Department of Education for illegally hijacking Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) to punish the public servants who do the work this administration doesn't like.
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
Cities, Unions, Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Weaponizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness to Silence Critics and Stifle Dissent
Suit Seeks to Halt Radical PSLF Rewrite in United Front Against Department of Education’s Unconstitutional Attack on Teachers, Nurses, First Responders, and Advocates
www.afscme.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Together with a broad coalition of cities, unions, and nonprofits, we’re suing the Department of Education for illegally hijacking Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) to punish the public servants who do the work this administration doesn't like.
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
Today, Oregon AFSCME members stood with @bynum.house.gov to call out the shutdown and attacks on health care and public services. Cutting Medicaid & SNAP to fund billionaire tax breaks hurts working families—and we won’t stand for it.
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Today, Oregon AFSCME members stood with @bynum.house.gov to call out the shutdown and attacks on health care and public services. Cutting Medicaid & SNAP to fund billionaire tax breaks hurts working families—and we won’t stand for it.
AFSCME Local 1653 President & furloughed FAA employee Dan Ronnenberg: We can have health care. We can put federal employees back to work. We can have SNAP. Those things are not mutually exclusive.
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
AFSCME Local 1653 President & furloughed FAA employee Dan Ronnenberg: We can have health care. We can put federal employees back to work. We can have SNAP. Those things are not mutually exclusive.
We congratulate the workers at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for forming a union through AFSCME District Council 36. www.afscme.org/blog/los-ang...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art workers announce plans to join AFSCME
Workers at the LA County Art Museum are forming a union through AFSCME.
www.afscme.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We congratulate the workers at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for forming a union through AFSCME District Council 36. www.afscme.org/blog/los-ang...