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President Douglass testifies before CA Assembly Committee

This week, AFSCME Local 127 had the privilege of sharing some of our success before the members of the California Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement (Welcome to the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement | California State A

President Douglass testifies before CA Assembly Committee

AFSCME members support President Biden’s new student debt relief plans

AFSCME is 100% behind President Joe Biden’s newest student debt relief measures.

AFSCME members support President Biden’s new student debt relief plans

Election of Delegates for 46th Biennial AFSCME International Convention

Election of Delegates for 46th Biennial AFSCME International Convention

Security when it matters: Pay raises for unionized workers reached multi-decade high in 2023

Union contracts in 2023 included the highest average pay raise of any year since at least 1988, at 6.6%.

Security when it matters: Pay raises for unionized workers reached multi-decade high in 2023

Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers

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 members — under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers