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AFSCME's Work Highlighted in Labor Journal
AFSCME's Work Highlighted in Labor Journal
Local 1072 Distributes Masks On Campus
Local 1072 Distributes Masks On Campus
AFSCME Wins Higher Ed Oversight Hearing
AFSCME Wins Higher Ed Oversight Hearing
UMD and USM usually treat staff as disposable. This budget crisis is no different.
UMD and USM usually treat staff as disposable. This budget crisis is no different.
AFSCME National Updates
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Organizing opportunities are all around us: Watch the latest Union 411 video.
Watch the latest Union 411.
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With two cost-of-living victories, retirees’ advocacy pays off
AFSCME Retirees win two important cost-of-living victories through their advocacy.
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School custodians defeat privatization plan, save union jobs in MA community
AFSCME members engage the community and soundly defeat a plan to privatize custodial services in a Massachusetts town.
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AFSCME mobilizes in upstate New York to stop layoffs and save public services
AFSCME members who keep Auburn, New York, running are standing up for public services.
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A life of service that began when her grandma moved in
Erica Edicha, a work therapy assistant for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, is the latest winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award.