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Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high
Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup Poll published this week, matching the recent high from 2022. That’s the highest approval rating since the 1950s. Moreover, nearly half of poll respondents (47%) said they want unions to have more influence than they do today, the highest level of support in the past 25 years. “As our country faces a cost-of-living crisis engineered by an administration that […]
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This Labor Day, ask yourself: Whose side are you on?
This affordability crisis is not an accident. It is the result of choices. It is what happens when politicians pick a side.
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AFSCME, other unions challenge unfair federal student loan caps for certain public service workers
AFSCME is challenging a new student loan rule that unfairly targets public service and health care workers who want to earn advanced degrees.
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A lesson in higher learning: Don’t mess with AFSCME members
AFSCME members successfully pressured the University System of Maryland to implement raises they had negotiated through their union.
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Michigan public safety professionals bring stranded family home
AFSCME public safety members saved two adults and a child stranded in the woods in Michigan.