When you're in a union, you can show up as your true self every single day. That’s the union difference.

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.

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.

AFSCME member and health care worker Dawn Burfin warns rural Minnesotans will lose access to critical care if anti-worker extremists continue to stand in the way of lowering health care costs.

Tell Congress to lower health care costs: 1-888-981-9704 #HealthCareHeist

Food assistance should not be a bargaining chip.

40 million Americans could lose access to SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if Congress fails to take action.

Tell them to end to this assault on working families by lowering health care costs and funding public services.
📞1-888-981-9704

Being in a union shifts the workplace culture. Unions empower workers to know their rights.

AFSCME members like Eliana Holgate know how important it is to have a strong, unified voice with her coworkers.

That’s the union difference.

Mental health care workers like AFSCME member Charlotte James need resources to care for their patients and set them up for success.

Retired public service worker Jeanne Weaver has spent a lifetime taking care of individuals with disabilities. "Medical care is not a partisan issue. It’s nonpartisan; it’s a life-or-death issue.”