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‘We Wouldn’t Have Anything If It Weren’t for Our Union’

When he first took a job at the Centralia Correctional Center in Illinois, Keith Kracht knew that a career in public service wouldn’t make him a millionaire. But then again, that’s not why he went into public service.

‘We Wouldn’t Have Anything If It Weren’t for Our Union’

AFSCME Student Loan Alert

The Department of Education has announced an opportunity for federal student loan borrowers who enrolled in the wrong IBR payment plan to be reconsidered for PSLF.  It has established guidelines for the $350 million given for this purpose in the appropriations bill.

AFSCME Student Loan Alert

AFSCME to Trump: Federal Workers Deserve Respect

AFSCME President Lee Saunders lashed out at the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders to make it easier to fire federal workers and weaken their u

AFSCME to Trump: Federal Workers Deserve Respect

Major parking settlement at WSU

The latest and long fight over parking at Washington State University in Pullman ended Wednesday (May 23) with a settlement bringing $7,500 for the Local 1066 membership and parking cost concessions from the administration.

Major parking settlement at WSU

“Highest form of selflessness”

Local 53 member Henry Gill’s heroic actions save state trooper’s life

Officer Henry Gill, Local 53:
“I stopped because I wanted to make sure that trooper got home that night.”

“Highest form of selflessness”