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Today, the members of one of the newest AFSCME locals, Miami Gardens, voted 90% in favor of recertifying their union.

Today, after weeks of mail-in voting, the members and workers represented by AFSCME Local 2526 voted overwhelmingly to recertify their union.

Today the hardworking men and women represented by AFSCME at New College of Florida voted 100% unanimously in favor of recertifying their union with a nearly 75% turnout.

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:

Bills of Interest as of 4/3/23 

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: