AFSCME Council 61

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9 to 5’s Ellen Cassedy joins AFSCME in celebrating Women’s History Month

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Video of Kelly Yearney, heavy equipment operator

On Equal Pay Day, what can you do to bridge the gender wage gap?

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As worker activism continues to rise, Congress must not delay approval of the PRO Act

AFSCME wholeheartedly supports the newly reintroduced Richard Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), which would make it easier for workers in the private sector to form stron

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AFSCME launches ‘Staff the Front Lines’ initiative

Understaffing of state and local government jobs has hit crisis levels.

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National AFSCME News

Alongside allies, AFSCME is fighting for safer nurse staffing
AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride calls on Congress to pass safer nurse staffing standards. — Mar 31
AFSCME New Mexico members win on wages, staffing, public safety in legislative session
In New Mexico’s legislative session, AFSCME members fought hard to secure wage increases, public safety improvements. — Mar 30
Wex Workers United unanimously vote ‘union yes’
AFSCME’s nationwide effort to organize cultural workers notches another victory, this time at Ohio’s Wexner Center for the Arts. — Mar 29
Nature Museum employees in Illinois forming union with AFSCME
Nearly 50 workers at the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum are forming a union through AFSCME Council 31. — Mar 28
With labor in his bones, a jack-of-all-trades calls it a career
Massachusetts’ Mark Smith, of Local 1700 (Council 93), is our latest Never Quit Service Award winner. — Mar 27