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AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

AFSCME President Lee Saunders congratulated Nicole Berner, a longtime labor lawyer and general counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), on being 

On the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., AFSCME releases the “I AM Story” podcast, which describes the working conditions faced by AFSCME sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968 – the year of their historic strike – and connects that seminal event to today’s struggle for economic and racial justice. The podcast also spotlights the ties between the labor and civil rights movements.

AFSCME Florida Council 79 President and International Vice President Vicki Hall released the following statement today on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination:

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SB256/HB1445 - Employee Organizations Representing Public Employees by Sen Ingoglia, by Rep Black 

Statement from AFSCME Florida President and International VP Vicki Hall on anti-worker SB 256 passing in the state Senate: