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AFSCME Wins Higher Ed Oversight Hearing
UMD and USM usually treat staff as disposable. This budget crisis is no different.
AFSCME National Updates
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New contract for AFSCME members who keep Illinois med school running
Members of AFSCME Local 370 who keep the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine running won higher wages and a first-ever paid parental leave program in their recent contract.
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Denver Art Museum workers ratify first-ever museum worker contract in Colorado
Employees at the Denver Art Museum have ratified the first-ever union contract for Colorado museum workers, winning more equitable pay, stronger rights and better benefits.
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Michigan members demand transparency after two MDOT workers are killed on the job
Michigan members demand an investigation into how two of their own were killed while working on a road project.
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Workers at Philadelphia art services firm win recognition for their AFSCME union
Art services employees in Philadelphia win union recognition in yet another AFSCME victory for cultural workers.
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AFSCME members who keep a PA jail running mobilize for paid parental leave victory
Members of AFSCME Local 543 celebrate a new paid parental leave policy for Lehigh County workers that they fought for.