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AFSCME’s Saunders: Finally, GPO-WEP is gone for good
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed The Social Security Fairness...
Jan 4, 2025
Saunders on repeal of GPO-WEP: Public service workers will finally receive the retirement they were promised
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate voted to repeal the Government Pension...
Dec 20, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders: Biden’s judicial nominees are all qualified and diverse; the Senate must confirm them
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s 235th judicial...
Dec 19, 2024
Labor leaders, members of Congress urge the Senate to repeal GPO-WEP. Sen. Schumer announced he will bring repeal bill to a vote.
Labor leaders, members of Congress urge the Senate to repeal GPO-WEP. Sen. Schumer announced he will bring repeal bill to a vote. ...
Dec 10, 2024
Saunders: We applaud the House for voting to repeal GPO-WEP. The Senate must follow suit.
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the House voted to repeal the Government Pension Offset...
Nov 12, 2024
Largest Public Sector Labor Unions Unite to Get Out the Vote in Battleground States
SEIU, NEA, AFT and AFSCME launch joint volunteer canvassing effort two weeks before Presidential election WASHINGTON, DC — The presidents...
Oct 20, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders pays tribute to labor legend Bill Lucy
WASHINGTON – President Lee Saunders released this statement following the death of AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Bill Lucy: “Bill...
Sep 24, 2024
Saunders: It’s time we restore public service workers’ Social Security benefits
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the House gained the signatures necessary to move...
Sep 19, 2024
Saunders on Gallup Poll: ‘It’s undeniable – Americans want the freedom to organize’
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to Gallup’s annual Labor Day poll showing public...
Aug 27, 2024
Thousands of AFSCME members rally in downtown LA, call on University of California to provide front-line employees with a fair contract
AFSCME President Lee Saunders, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Yvonne Wheeler and AFSCME...
Aug 14, 2024
President, secretary-treasurer of AFSCME reelected by acclamation
LOS ANGELES – The top two leaders of AFSCME, the nation’s leading public service union, were reelected Tuesday, Aug. 13, to four-year...
Aug 13, 2024
AFSCME President Saunders delivers keynote address: We are growing. We are fearless. And we will win.
LOS ANGELES – On Monday, Aug. 12, AFSCME President Lee Saunders delivered the keynote address at the union’s 46th International...
Aug 13, 2024
Tim Walz from AFSCME Convention: ‘We know that when unions are strong, America is strong’
LOS ANGELES – Today, in his first solo campaign event as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivered a...
Aug 13, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders on Harris’ VP pick: Tim Walz is a labor champion who personifies what public service is all about
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota...
Aug 5, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders calls out Trump’s NABJ comments, celebrates a multiracial society
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement about Donald Trump’s appearance Wednesday at the National...
Jul 31, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders: Supreme Court reform will end the culture of corruption that puts our rights up for sale
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Joe Biden proposed major reforms to the...
Jul 28, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders: We are ‘all in’ for Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders issued the following statement announcing AFSCME’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris...
Jul 21, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders salutes President Biden’s ‘patriotism, service and sacrifice’
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released this statement following the news that President Joe Biden is withdrawing from the...
Jul 20, 2024
AFSCME’s Saunders at NAACP Labor Luncheon: We must vote for candidates who believe, as Dr. King said, that ‘all labor has dignity’
LAS VEGAS – At a labor luncheon hosted as part of the NAACP’s national convention, AFSCME President Lee Saunders delivered a speech on...
Jul 16, 2024
Saunders: ‘Political violence has no place in our nation’
WASHINGTON — AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a shooting occurred at a Trump Rally in Butler,...
Jul 13, 2024
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