It's Time to Get Organized
Anti-union extremists in the federal government are attacking public services across every front. It's time to Get Organized to Fight Back.
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AFSCME members are Getting Organized. Our community is counting on us, and we can’t afford to sit on the sidelines.
DC Budget Fight
Our D.C. community is under attack. Right now, anti-worker extremists are threatening to rip more than $1 billion of D.C.-taxpayer funds from our budget, all to deliver tax breaks to billionaires. We can’t let that happen.
Federal Workers
Anti-worker extremists have shut down the government because they want to take affordable health care away from 22 million Americans. Meanwhile, Trump’s director of the OMB is threatening mass layoffs during the shutdown. The attacks on federal workers are not stopping, but there is still much we can do. Visit the Federal Shutdown Dashboard for resources, updates and more.
Federal Government Updates
Federal Shutdown: Resources, Updates and Actions
Council 20 members are winning in federal court
June Federal Government Update
D.C. Budget Updates
Workers Tell Bowser: Your budget betrays us and our communities will pay the price!
D.C. budget update: no layoffs, furloughs or facility closures in 2025
Executive Director Update on the DC city budget
Council News
Judge sides with AFSCME workers to protect Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Workers at Minnesota’s largest public hospital win deal to protect patient care
AFSCME National Updates
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Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high
Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup Poll published this week, matching the recent high from 2022. That’s the highest approval rating since the 1950s. Moreover, nearly half of poll respondents (47%) said they want unions to have more influence than they do today, the highest level of support in the past 25 years. “As our country faces a cost-of-living crisis engineered by an administration that […]
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This Labor Day, ask yourself: Whose side are you on?
This affordability crisis is not an accident. It is the result of choices. It is what happens when politicians pick a side.
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AFSCME, other unions challenge unfair federal student loan caps for certain public service workers
AFSCME is challenging a new student loan rule that unfairly targets public service and health care workers who want to earn advanced degrees.
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A lesson in higher learning: Don’t mess with AFSCME members
AFSCME members successfully pressured the University System of Maryland to implement raises they had negotiated through their union.
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Michigan public safety professionals bring stranded family home
AFSCME public safety members saved two adults and a child stranded in the woods in Michigan.
