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
Workers get paid a lot less in states with anti-union laws, report shows
Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high
AFSCME National Updates
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AFSCME applauds court ruling that pauses USDA reorganization
AFSCME President Patrick Moran praised a federal court ruling on Tuesday that halts, for now, the illegal reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Trump administration’s attempts to gut the USDA threaten essential public services that protect working families and support American farmers, as well as public benefits including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]
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California EMS workers overwhelmingly vote AFSCME yes
Paramedics and EMTs from a Southern California ambulance service voted to organize with AFSCME.
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For Tulsa workers, grit and solidarity lead to historic new contracts
AFSCME members in Tulsa achieve historic contract.
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Obama Foundation and Presidential Center employees are organizing with AFSCME
Employees at the Obama Foundation and Presidential Center announced a union organizing effort with AFSCME Council 31 in Illinois.
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New York forensic scientist is driven by ‘the human behind the evidence’
Sofia Papamitrou is a criminalist in the New York City Police Department and member of AFSCME Local 3778 (DC 37) who is committed to serving her community.
