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AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

For the second time, the DC 37 Retirees Website won a First Award for General Excellence (Website) from the Metro New York Labor Communications Council. The award was presented at Metro's 46th Annual Convention on June 3, 2022. The website also received a First Award in 2021.

CJ Alicandro (left) is pictured with a few of their colleagues. Photo credit: AFSCME Council 75.

CJ Alicandro (left) is pictured with a few of their colleagues. Photo credit: AFSCME Council 75.

American Red Cross (ARC) workers, including many AFSCME members, are rallying this week in cities nationwide to fight back against mistreatment from their employer and demand a fair contract. The protests are being held in Washington; Lansing, Michigan; Peoria, Illinois; Hartford, Connecticut; Pomona, California; and San Diego.

DC 37 Retirees were in the house at an April 24, 2022, rally in Staten Island supporting Amazon workers fighting for a union.

The Amazon Labor Union made history with a rank-and-file camapign at Amazon’s huge JFK8 warehouse when workers voted “Yes!” for the first-ever union at an Amazon facility.

Ballots are now being counted at a second Amazon Staten Island facility LDJ5, which employs some 1,500 workers – and DC 37 Retirees were among those who turned out to support the second organizing drive. Photos of the April 24 rally in solidarity with Amazon workers appear below.

They collect, protect and deliver our nation’s blood supply, yet the almost 3,000 American Red Cross workers are not being paid what they deserve, lack the staff to do their jobs effectively, face cuts to their health care and, over the course of the pandemic, have often gone without pay and adequate personal protective equipment (PPE).

Good news for federal student loan borrowers: This month, the Biden administration again extended the pause on student debt repayment – this time through Aug. 31.

AFSCME members and working families are celebrating the Supreme Court confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, whose life experience and extraordinary legal career make her uniquely attuned to the challenges working people face.

The Senate confirmed Jackson today by a vote of 53-47. President Joe Biden nominated her as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in February after Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement.

A new Center for American Progress (CAP) report describes how state and local governments, having already shed critical public service jobs since the Great Recession, have lost 695,000 more since the onset of the pandemic.

Because the services these jobs deliver are critical to society’s functioning, state and local governments must invest in job creation.