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Human Services Workers Win Raise, Better Working Conditions in San Mateo County

After months of negotiations, stalled talks and a two-day strike, the members of AFSCME Local 829’s Human Services Agency unit

Human Services Workers Win Raise, Better Working Conditions in San Mateo County

In Merced County, Loreina Childress Is More Than Just a Health Inspector

In Merced County, Loreina Childress Is More Than Just a Health Inspector

Local 2620 Member Finds His Commuter Cool

Valley State Prison is in Chowchilla, California, about 40 miles outside Fresno. It’s here that Anthony Ngo, an AFSCME Local 2620 (Council 57) member, commutes every day, providing psychological counseling and group therapy to the medium security facility’s inmates.

Local 2620 Member Finds His Commuter Cool

Victories Against Anti-Worker Laws in Missouri, New Mexico Show Momentum

Workers in Missouri and New Mexico have chalked important victories against anti-worker laws that would have robbed them of their voices and the right to bargain collectively.

Victories Against Anti-Worker Laws in Missouri, New Mexico Show Momentum

Fighting for Better Working Conditions in San Mateo County

As a clinical social worker with San Mateo County’s Children and Family Services Department, Laura Stovall is sometimes required to go into a family’s home when a child’s life is put in danger—oftentimes, her own life is put in danger as well.

Fighting for Better Working Conditions in San Mateo County