AFSCME NEWS

AFSCME’s Saunders: This budget proves anti-union extremists are more concerned about tax breaks for billionaires than helping working people

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the House passed a budget plan to gut Medicaid, SNAP...

Feb 25

Maryland State Supervisors Vote Overwhelmingly to Join AFSCME Maryland

Vote signifies one of the largest expansions of collective bargaining rights in Maryland in decades Annapolis – After three weeks of...

Feb 25

Coalition of Unions, Small Businesses, Veterans, and Conservation Organizations Seek Injunction to Prevent Unlawful Firings

Amended Complaint also Targets Illegal “Five Things” Email WASHINGTON, D.C. – In their lawsuit attempting to block the unlawful mass...

Feb 23

SUIT FILED: In New Challenge, Retirees, Unions Seek to Block DOGE’s Unprecedented, Unlawful Social Security Data, Power Grab

AFSCME, Alliance for Retired Americans, AFT Challenge DOGE’s Access, Executed by Unconfirmed, Acting Official, to Confidential, Private...

Feb 21

AFSCME’s Saunders: Diverting funding from vital public services to billionaires is inhumane

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate passed a budget reconciliation package,...

Feb 20

Public Service Unions and State Democracy Defenders Fund Challenge Unlawful, Mass Federal Firings

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Some of the nation’s largest public service unions have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the unlawful mass...

Feb 19

Unions Expand Suit to Block Elon Musk from Accessing Private Data at DOL, HHS and CFPB

The AFL-CIO, AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, CWA, SEIU, Economic Policy Institute, and partner organizations are expanding their legal challenge to...

Feb 12

AFSCME’s Saunders: We remain committed to fighting illegal attacks on worker freedoms

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the judge’s decision to allow the deferred...

Feb 12

AFSCME’s Saunders: Front-line health care workers need a leader at HHS who shares their values – not RFK Jr.

“Front-line health care workers need a leader at HHS who shares their values – someone who believes, as they do, in safeguarding public...

Feb 12

AFSCME’s Saunders: Federal workers protect the public. That’s why they’re under attack.

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order directing...

Feb 11

AFSCME’s Saunders: Workers and communities are paying the price of the administration dismantling federal agencies

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after AFSCME members at the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Feb 9

AFSCME’s Saunders on Fork Directive Lawsuit: We must continue to stop the purge of federal workers

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a federal judge continued the pause on the Trump...

Feb 9

AFSCME’s Saunders on judge blocking White House Fork Directive: ‘This is a great first step’

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a federal judge granted AFSCME’s motion to temporarily...

Feb 5

AFSCME’s Saunders: Russell Vought’s confirmation signals public services are on the chopping block

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement on Russell Vought’s confirmation as Office of Management and...

Feb 5

AFSCME’s Saunders on judge blocking White House Fork Directive: ‘This is a great first step’

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a federal judge granted AFSCME’s motion to temporarily...

Feb 5

AFSCME’s Saunders: Federal funding for transportation should not be used as a cudgel against communities

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the USDOT memo re-directing federal funds away...

Feb 4

Saunders on DOGE targeting the Department of Labor: Musk will have to go through unions and working people

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement as workers today protested Elon Musk’s plans to target the...

Feb 4

Trump Administration “Fork Directive” Unlawful as Written, Unions Urge Court to Find

Offer, FAQs Are Misleading, Coercive Lawsuit Seeks to Stay February 6 Deadline, Require Agency to Articulate a Lawful Policy ...

Feb 3

Public Service Unions File Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Efforts to Politicize the Civil Service

WASHINGTON – Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal...

Jan 28

AFSCME’s Saunders on the federal funding freeze: This is a blatant overreach straight from Project 2025

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to reporting that the Trump administration has...

Jan 27