Press Releases Archive
AFSCME’s Saunders: The court agrees – hands off Social Security
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court of Maryland granting a temporary restraining order against DOGE’s access to the Social Security Administration
AFSCME’s Saunders: Cutting wages for workers and undermining unions is a promise broken
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the White House moved to end the $15 minimum wage for federal contractors and re-direct federal infrastructure investments to anti-union companies.
AFSCME’s Saunders: We will continue to stand with workers and fight these efforts to destroy public service
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order Friday to dismantle seven federal agencies. The order could directly impact AFSCME members who work for Voice of America.
AFSCME’s Saunders in response to Elon Musk implying public service workers are genocidal murderers: Musk has no clue what working people are going through
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Elon Musk reposted a heinous and incendiary tweet in the early morning hours.
Federal Court Orders Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Federal Employees
Judge rules workers were illegally fired by the Trump administration
AFSCME’s Saunders on mass layoffs at the Department of Education: This is Project 2025 in action
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Department of Education announced it will be eliminating nearly half of the agency’s staff:
“These mass layoffs are Project 2025 in action, and they have one goal ...
AFSCME’s Saunders: The mask is off – Elon Musk wants to cut Social Security
WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Elon Musk called Social Security ‘the big one to eliminate’ when it comes to his plans to cut public services.
AFSCME’s Saunders: This retaliatory attack on TSA agents jeopardizes public safety
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security moved to strip Transportation Security Officers of their collective bargaining rights
Unions, Retirees Seek Emergency Relief to Block DOGE’s Unlawful Social Security Data Overreach
A coalition of unions & retirees filed a motion for emergency relief to halt Elon Musk’s DOGE's unlawful seizure of personal, confidential, and sensitive data regarding millions of Americans across the country from the SSA in violation of the law.
AFSCME’s Saunders: The PRO Act will loosen billionaires’ grip on our economic future
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after a bipartisan group of House and Senate members introduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to Congress.