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Apr. 09, 2020

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Bayou State Blues: Members Slammed While Processing Record Unemployment Claims

AFSCME members working for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) are hopping busy these days fulfilling a critical mission.

Bayou State Blues: Members Slammed While Processing Record Unemployment Claims

Apr. 08, 2020

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AFSCME Local 3145: On the Front Line of Blood Collection In A Pandemic

As the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise, workers in health care and related professions are on the front lines, helping to save lives during an unprecedented pandemic.

AFSCME Local 3145: On the Front Line of Blood Collection In A Pandemic

Apr. 01, 2020

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Their Lives Are On The Line. Yet, ‘Public Service Workers Still Answer the Call’

Updating wills before heading into work. Extending the lives of single-use masks. Self-isolating from their own families. These are just some of the shameful realities and conditions health care workers on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic are facing each day.

Their Lives Are On The Line. Yet, ‘Public Service Workers Still Answer the Call’

Mar. 26, 2020

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Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic in State Prisons

As front line employees in the Connecticut prison system, Sherine Bailey and Aimmee Reyes-Greaves of AFSCME Local 391 (State NP-4 Department of Correction Bargaining Unit) are dealing with a special set of challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic in State Prisons

Mar. 25, 2020

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Corrections, EMS Workers Stress Need for Resources in COVID-19 Fight

Before the announcement early Wednesday of an unprecedented $2 trillion deal to combat the coronavirus pandemic, AFSCME President Lee Saunders and three front-line wor

Corrections, EMS Workers Stress Need for Resources in COVID-19 Fight