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Important Message for Council 57 Members

Dear AFSCME District Council 57 Family:

Important Message for Council 57 Members

AFSCME protects the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program from political meddling

The Trump administration is no longer able to politicize the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, thanks to AFSCME.  

The administration has abandoned its plan to appeal a judgment that AFSCME, local governments, and other organizations won in June protecting PSLF. 

AFSCME protects the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program from political meddling

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles Richard Fuentes

Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Richard Fuentes of AFSCME.

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles Richard Fuentes

Workers get paid a lot less in states with anti-union laws, report shows

Workers who live in states with anti-union laws – the so-called “right-to-work” states – earn on average 6.7% less than those who live in states favorable to collective bargaining, a

Workers get paid a lot less in states with anti-union laws, report shows

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 hig

Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high