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AFSCME National
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Public service workers deserve respect
Public service workers deserve our thanks and support. Let’s honor them.
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Corrections workers keep us safe. Let’s thank them.
Let’s honor the important work the nation’s corrections employees do to keep our communities safe.
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Ending federal help for libraries and museums is a bad move. A court stopped the administration from doing that
AFSCME hails a federal judge’s ruling to temporarily stop the Trump administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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In Trump’s first 100 Days, AFSCME members stand tall despite facing firings, budget cuts
Meet some AFSCME members affected by the Trump administration’s reckless cuts.
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Connecticut members tell Congress: ‘No public service cuts to pay for billionaire tax breaks’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders participated in a town hall in Connecticut to sound the alarm about cuts to public services.
AFSCME members make America happen.
With members in hundreds of different occupations, AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and prosperity and opportunity for all working families.