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Public Safety Spotlight: ‘The calm voice in the storm’
We honor professionals like Chad Piazza during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
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AFSCME members win historic agreement after long fight with California city
Historic contract is the result of members’ persistence and solidarity.
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Maine members welcome new pro-labor law
Good news for workers in Maine. A new law would allow those who work for state government, the judicial branch and in higher education to form unions. And their employers must recognize the union if a majority of employees choose to form one.
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In a changing medical workplace, Salem Hospital physicians form union through AFSCME
We welcome 145 attending physicians at Salem Hospital in Massachusetts to the AFSCME family.
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AFSCME members participate in multi-day ‘Care Can’t Wait’ events
President Joe Biden promised to have the backs of care workers at a rally in D.C.
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AFSCME members support President Biden’s new student debt relief plans
AFSCME is 100% behind President Joe Biden’s newest student debt relief measures.
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Library worker describes why she loves her job and why she’s part of a union
A Colorado library worker describes why she joined a union.
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Robust wage increases coming for Los Angeles city workers
New union contracts come with robust raises for LA City workers.
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Standing strong, fighting for worker freedoms in Louisiana
AFSCME members are fighting seven anti-worker bills filed in the Louisiana legislature.
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Dr. King’s last campaign was an AFSCME campaign
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign was in support of striking AFSCME sanitation workers 56 years ago.
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Patty’s powering the polls
Find out how AFSCME Retiree Patty Taylor serves her community on Election Day.
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A win for Michigan conservation officers spotlights their broad role in public safety
Conservation officers in Michigan win much-deserved pay parity.
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Public Safety Spotlight: Despite the danger, a Maryland corrections officer knows her work is changing lives
Maryland Corrections Officer Ofonime Akpabio perseveres despite danger.
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Nevada state employees win longevity pay by fighting through their AFSCME union
AFSCME Nevada members stand strong to secure longevity pay victory.
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A home care worker fights for her client — and her profession
Learn how home care workers like Sabrina Bishop fight for their clients and their profession.
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The SAVE Plan: Another path to student debt relief
The SAVE plan will ease your student loan burden.
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Security when it matters: Pay raises for unionized workers reached multi-decade high in 2023
Union contracts in 2023 included the highest average pay raise of any year since at least 1988, at 6.6%.
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Off-duty Florida paramedics win Never Quit awards for rescuing tornado victims
AFSCME Florida members Heath Schmidt and Paul Tucker, who are both critical care paramedics, are the latest winners of our union’s Never Quit Service Award.
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Shutdown-averting bill has money for AFSCME child care priorities, but more is needed
There’s good news for AFSCME child care providers in the shutdown-averting bill but more help is needed.
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Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers
For 78,000 public service workers, student debt relief is on the way.
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