Lee Saunders
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Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Politically-Driven Child Care Funding Freeze
Preliminary Injunction Restores Critical Support for Working Families, Child Care Providers, and Small Businesses
Thousands gather for D.C.’s flagship ‘No Kings’ event, march to demand accountability and an end to the federal occupation of their communities
On Saturday, March 28, more than 30,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital to rally and march as part of the national “No Kings” day of action, which saw simultaneous nonviolent mass protests happening across the country.
AFSCME Sues to Stop Politically Motivated Termination of Public Health Grants
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and its Illinois affiliate, AFSCME Council 31, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s directive.
Coalition of Unions, Press Freedom Organizations, Editors and Journalists Win Major Victory As Judge Rules Kari Lake’s USAGM Appointment Illegal, Cancels Mass Firings at VOA
In a major victory for federal workers, this weekend, D.C. federal judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Kari Lake had illegally served as Acting CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the agency overseeing Voice of America (VOA).
Public Service Organizations and Unions File Updated Legal Challenge to Trump-Vance Administration Effort that Seeks to Make it Easier to Fire Civil Servants
AFSCME and allies today filed a consolidated and updated legal challenge to Schedule Policy/Career, the Trump-Vance administration’s executive and regulatory effort to unlawfully convert potentially nonpartisan civil servants to at-will employees.
Get organized: BLS report shows public service workers are organizing for a voice on the job
As anti-worker billionaires make life unaffordable, cut public services, undermine state & local budgets, & attack workers’ freedoms, state & local workers are organizing with AFSCME to fight for better wages, safety on the job and strong public services.
After 14 Years at the Helm, AFSCME President Lee Saunders to Retire in August 2026 Following a Historic Tenure
Saunders energized AFSCME's activist culture, leaving it on strong footing for the future