AFSCME

09/03/2026

By claiming certain graduate degree programs don’t qualify as “professional,” the Trump administration is targeting public service and health care workers and making it costlier for them to earn graduate degrees. AFSCME and other unions have filed a lawsuit against the new Department of Education rule.

AFSCME is challenging a new student loan rule that unfairly targets public service and health care workers who want to earn advanced degrees.

09/03/2026

OCSEA member Carrington Melton helps veterans navigate the transition to civilian life while providing support when they need it most. That commitment to service has earned him our latest Never Quit Service Award.

09/03/2026

New Gallup polling shows nearly 50% of Americans think unions should have more power WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Patrick Moran released the following statement on new Gallup polling showing union…

09/03/2026

After the University System of Maryland refused to pay negotiated raises, AFSCME members fought back. Then, this week, the administration of Gov. Wes Moore instructed USM officials to honor the collective bargaining contract. That's the power of the union difference.

AFSCME members successfully pressured the University System of Maryland to implement raises they had negotiated through their union.

09/02/2026

After two adults and a child got stranded in the woods after a river tubing trip went awry, hardworking Michigan conservation officers rescued them using their knowledge of the forest terrain. The officers, both of them AFSCME members, exemplify the extraordinary lengths public service workers go to every day to serve their communities.

AFSCME public safety members saved two adults and a child stranded in the woods in Michigan.

09/02/2026

Labor rights are civil rights.

09/01/2026

AFSCME members in Illinois were instrumental in creating a new state law that protects disability service providers and people with disabilities from greedy asset management companies. The law requires firms that own disability service agencies to certify that their management will not throw the agencies into financial distress.

AFSCME members in Illinois celebrate a new state law protecting disability services from greedy owners looking to make a quick buck.

08/31/2026

AFSCME President Patrick Moran and President Emeritus Lee Saunders spoke at the 2026 Defend the Vote March on Washington, declaring union members’ voices will be heard at the ballot box this fall in support of economic justice for working families. The march was held Friday, 63 years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

AFSCME leaders spoke at the Defend the Vote March on Washington.

08/30/2026

Let’s organize. Let’s fight. Let’s win.

08/28/2026

On this date, Dr. Martin King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and said "I Have a Dream." AFSCME President Patrick Moran and President Emeritus Lee Saunders made clear that our union will keep fighting to fulfill Dr. King’s dream, even in the face of relentless attacks from anti-worker extremists and billionaires. They joined thousands of working people and activists as part of The National Action Network's March on Washington, where together in one voice we reminded this administration: We are not backing down.