News

As a government shutdown looms, AFSCME members voice alarm and frustration

For John Campion, a monitoring officer with AmeriCorps, the potential for a federal government shutdown beginning this month brings fear, insecurity and frustration.

As a government shutdown looms, AFSCME members voice alarm and frustration

Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker who went on strike in 1968, dies at 92

[caption align="right"][/caption]

Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker who went on strike in 1968, dies at 92

City of Houston Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024: Party on the Plaza

The City of Houston was fortunate to have an election filled with capable candidates. The HOPE PEOPLE Committee followed the endorsement process and Senator John Whitmire emerged as the best choice for our city.

City of Houston Inauguration 2024

Retired from the job, but not from activism

As the year comes to a close, I am celebrating the incredible surge of worker activism in 2023. Current and future members of AFSCME and many other unions were in the streets, on the picket lines, and at the bargaining table demanding fairness and respect.

Retired from the job, but not from activism

Latest jobs report shows public services are ‘on the way toward a full recovery’

AFSCME President Lee Saunders applauded the latest federal jobs report, which showed the U.S. economy gaining 199,000 jobs in November.

Latest jobs report shows public services are ‘on the way toward a full recovery’