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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow says "It was a beautiful day in Springfield" as 10,000 people from 38 unions and more than 20 community organizations joined the Illinois Working Together rally. We won't stand for Gov. Rauner hurting Illinois! | AFSCME Council 31

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow says "It was a beautiful day in Springfield" as 10,000 people from 38 unions and more than 20 community organizations joined the Illinois Working Together rally. We won't stand for Gov. Rauner hurting Illinois! | AFSCME Council 31

158.7K viewsMay 19, 2016

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The Illinois Policy Institute is urging state employees to quit their union. With ties to Bruce Rauner, what's their real agenda? | AFSCME Council 31

The Illinois Policy Institute is urging state employees to quit their union. With ties to Bruce Rauner, what's their real agenda? | AFSCME Council 31

11.5K viewsOct 7, 2016

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Tension Escalates Between Gov. Rauner, AFSCME

Tension Escalates Between Gov. Rauner, AFSCME

Tell Governor Rauner to negotiate a fair contract with the public service workers who keep Illinois working. | AFSCME Council 31

Tell Governor Rauner to negotiate a fair contract with the public service workers who keep Illinois working. | AFSCME Council 31

246.8K viewsSep 29, 2016

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The new AFSCME contract for state employees is receiving widespread press attention across the state. Here’s a sample from WCIA in Springfield. State of Illinois Bargaining Committee member Valarie Medley: “I think [the contract] is great because it reflects all that we gave up during COVID.” | AFSCME Council 31

The new AFSCME contract for state employees is receiving widespread press attention across the state. Here’s a sample from WCIA in Springfield. State of Illinois Bargaining Committee member Valarie Medley: “I think [the contract] is great because it reflects all that we gave up during COVID.” | AFSCME Council 31

1.7K viewsJul 27, 2023

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You have questions, we have answers! Here’s a quick video to help explain the difference that a union makes. Want to learn more? Check out https://www.afscme.org/difference | AFSCME

You have questions, we have answers! Here’s a quick video to help explain the difference that a union makes. Want to learn more? Check out https://www.afscme.org/difference | AFSCME

39.1K viewsOct 27, 2021

ICYMI, yesterday AFSCME, AFL-CIO, SEIU, and CWA stood with Sen. Mazie Hirono and Reps. Donald Norcross and Chris Deluzio for the re-introduction of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act (PSNFA). This game-changing bill that would ensure the freedom of public service workers across all 50 states to form a union and have a seat the table. Because we believe, as most Americans do, that every worker deserves a union — no matter who they work for. | AFSCME

ICYMI, yesterday AFSCME, AFL-CIO, SEIU, and CWA stood with Sen. Mazie Hirono and Reps. Donald Norcross and Chris Deluzio for the re-introduction of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act (PSNFA). This game-changing bill that would ensure the freedom of public service workers across all 50 states to form a union and have a seat the table. Because we believe, as most Americans do, that every worker deserves a union — no matter who they work for. | AFSCME

2.6K viewsApr 9, 2025

Are you ready to fight for our freedom to build power in numbers, to negotiate a fair return on our work, to stand together in a strong union? | AFSCME

59.5K viewsFeb 26, 2018

ISU AFSCME on strike

Unions don’t just mean higher wages and better benefits. They’re about protecting you from unfair treatment and making sure you’re secure in the work you do. A union contract means you’re protected. Fair treatment at work and job security. That’s the union difference. | AFSCME

62.7K viewsJun 24, 2021

State and local workers deserve to have collective bargaining rights regardless of where they live. But about half the states do not provide all state and local workers the ability to negotiate for fair wages and benefits. The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which has been introduced in the U.S. House and the Senate, would change that. Read more: https://afsc.me/2SOqNlF | AFSCME

34.3K viewsFeb 21, 2020

Extreme weather safety protections didn’t appear on their own. AFSCME members organized, bargained, and stood together to demand more. Collective action is what keeps workers safe. That’s the union difference. | AFSCME

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The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act will, for the first time, guarantee public service workers a seat at the table. When we stand together in a union, our lives and communities are better. This Labor Day, tell your member of Congress to cosponsor the bill: https://afsc.me/psfna-action. | AFSCME

11.5K viewsSep 6, 2021

US Supreme Court strikes down union fees with Janus v. AFSCME ruling

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When workers stand together, they can fight for safer workplaces. A union gives you a voice on the job to ask for the staffing, training, and support that's needed to do your job safely. That's the union difference. | AFSCME

1.1K views9 months ago

Say thank you to the public service workers on the front lines doing everything they can to keep our communities running and our families safe and healthy. Submit your thank you video at https://www.afscme.org/thanks. | AFSCME

105.2K viewsApr 9, 2020

5 years after Janus v. AFSCME, unions are smaller but more militant

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While Congress was on break, AFSCME members got to work. Across the country, we hit the streets, coffee shops, union halls, and city halls to sound the alarm: anti-worker extremists want to gut public services to bankroll billionaire tax breaks. From fighting Medicaid cuts to defending Social Security, these grassroots actions proved one thing: AFSCME won’t back down. | AFSCME

1.9K viewsApr 25, 2025

In reality, better pay, better health care, and a more secure retirement start with a union. Find out more at afscme.org/difference! | AFSCME

2.2K viewsSep 17, 2024

AFSCME members led the fight to fund the front lines, and our activism saved jobs and public services. Find out what the American Rescue Plan means for your community and see how your representatives voted: https://rescue.afscme.org | AFSCME

27.5K viewsApr 5, 2021

AFSCME Ad Accuses Rauner of 'Waging War' on Illinois Workers

“We all are going to die” is a cruel, unthinkable answer to legitimate concerns about cuts to Medicaid & food assistance killing people. 📞 Call your Senator NOW. Tell them: No gutting our health care & benefits to fund billionaire tax breaks. (202)-559-1165 | AFSCME

4.3K views11 months ago

The coronavirus is wrecking state and local budgets. If the Senate doesn’t act, it will mean painful cuts to essential public services across America, and more layoffs and furloughs for public service workers. Tell the Senate to fund the front lines TODAY. | AFSCME

271.1K viewsJul 30, 2020

Union workers earn more. Period. | AFSCME

43.1K viewsMar 21, 2023

AFSCME members are all organizers. And we are front line and fearless, from the bargaining table to the ballot box. | AFSCME

1.9K viewsAug 12, 2024

When working people get less, AFSCME demands more. More safety on the job. More respect in the workplace. More power at the bargaining table. We’re built for this fight and we’re ready to remind the world who we are. | AFSCME

7.1K views4 months ago

Joe Biden understands the devastating economic problems facing public service workers and the states, cities, towns and schools that employ them. That’s why, as president, he’ll do everything he can to make sure Congress provides federal aid. In contrast, Donald Trump is walking away from the negotiating table and says he won’t consider another COVID-19 relief bill until after the elections. Public service workers can’t wait that long – and they don’t know if Trump will stay true to his word. Th

34.5K viewsOct 7, 2020

Nominate a fellow AFSCME member for a Never Quit Service Award. | AFSCME

10.4K viewsAug 10, 2017

Anti-worker extremists in Congress are making even MORE cuts to public services. It is not normal for Congress to do this. Legislators already agreed through a bipartisan process to pass this funding back in March. Now they're going on back on their word with plans to make even more cuts via rescissions in the future. We’re not going to stop sounding the alarm on how cuts to public services hurt our communities and our work. | AFSCME

1.7K views9 months ago

AFSCME retirees are mobilized and ready to vote for Joe Biden. Hear from them about why they’re casting their vote for Biden in this election, about the issues that matter to them, and why the stakes couldn’t be higher. | AFSCME

24.3K viewsOct 19, 2020

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