AFSCME Council 57

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9 to 5’s Ellen Cassedy joins AFSCME in celebrating Women’s History Month

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Video of Kelly Yearney, heavy equipment operator

On Equal Pay Day, what can you do to bridge the gender wage gap?

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As worker activism continues to rise, Congress must not delay approval of the PRO Act

AFSCME wholeheartedly supports the newly reintroduced Richard Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), which would make it easier for workers in the private sector to form stron

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AFSCME launches ‘Staff the Front Lines’ initiative

Understaffing of state and local government jobs has hit crisis levels.

California Has the Opportunity to Create 1 Million New Jobs

Our state is on a path to create one million good jobs that can ensure quality care for our families, reliable transportation, healthier air to breathe, and a better quality of life for all Californians. Learn more about the California Climate Jobs Plan and why 19 unions, including AFSCME, have endorsed it.

Interested in Forming a Union at Your Workplace?

Today, growing numbers of workers realize that if they want to gain respect and assure fairness, they need to join together to form a union.

AFSCME has the best record in the nation for helping workers secure representation rights by winning representation elections and settling first contracts.

Nationally, AFSCME is 1.3 million strong, with more than 35,000 members in Northern California. Thousands more are joining us every year.

Organizing and growing gives us more power. The more members our union has, the more powerful we are in the workplace and with the politicians who make decisions that affect our work and lives.

National AFSCME News

AFSCME New Mexico members win on wages, staffing, public safety in legislative session
In New Mexico’s legislative session, AFSCME members fought hard to secure wage increases, public safety improvements. — Mar 30
Wex Workers United unanimously vote ‘union yes’
AFSCME’s nationwide effort to organize cultural workers notches another victory, this time at Ohio’s Wexner Center for the Arts. — Mar 29
Nature Museum employees in Illinois forming union with AFSCME
Nearly 50 workers at the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum are forming a union through AFSCME Council 31. — Mar 28
With labor in his bones, a jack-of-all-trades calls it a career
Massachusetts’ Mark Smith, of Local 1700 (Council 93), is our latest Never Quit Service Award winner. — Mar 27
It took a 7-year legal battle, but AFSCME member in Texas finally gets justice
An AFSCME member in Texas fought for seven years and finally got justice for retaliation by her employer. — Mar 24

A CHAMPION FOR WORKING PEOPLE

and the workers who provide the vital public services that make California happen