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Apr. 10, 2019

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AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

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AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

Apr. 08, 2019

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Council 4 Conference Charts Path Forward In Post-Janus World

Using the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME as a jumping-off point, Council 4’s biennial conference served as a call to action to maintain strength and solidarity in the face of stern challenges ahead.

Council 4 Conference Charts Path Forward In Post-Janus World

Apr. 04, 2019

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Apr. 04, 2019

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We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

Fifty-one years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to help rally the community around 1,300 AFSCME sanitation workers who had gone on strike.

We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

Apr. 02, 2019

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To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

In the 1980s, I was living and going to school in Minnesota when women who worked for state government won a big victory. They got the state to increase the pay of women in “female dominated jobs” by passing a pay equity bill. In other words, they put a dent in the gender pay gap.

To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

Mar. 28, 2019

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The Numbers Are In: AFSCME Members Are Sticking with Their Union

Our union gained more than 9,000 dues-paying members and nearly 19,000 dues-paying retirees in the last year, suggesting that billionaires and corporations are failing in their effort to “

The Numbers Are In: AFSCME Members Are Sticking with Their Union