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AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

AFSCME President Lee Saunders congratulated Nicole Berner, a longtime labor lawyer and general counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), on being 

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has sent a letter to Congress that echoes what AFSCME has been saying for months: It’s long past time to robustly fund the front lines.

AFSCME Local 127 recently elected a new Secretary. Congratulations to D'Arcy Granbois and welcome to the team! (pictured from left to right: Erik Monroy, D'Arcy Granbois, Leticia Munguia)

In his first days on the job, President Joe Biden has taken swift executive action to protect and empower public service workers, strengthen public services and help working people. On his first day alone, he signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations that showed the kind of bold leadership our country needs now.

Please join us on January 13 at 5PM via Zoom for our general membership meeting.

At this meeting, we will be holding nominations for the vacant Executive Board seats, as well as nominating the negotiations team.

You must register for this meeting. Click on the link below to register. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the meeting.

AFSCME President Lee Saunders called the victories of the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections “a bold mandate for change.”

Here’s a crucial reason for working people to do all they can to help Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock win the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January – federal aid to states, cities, towns and schools.

If Ossoff and Warnock prevail, there will be a pro-worker majority in the U.S. Senate. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, as president of the Senate, will cast the tie-breaking vote when the chamber is deadlocked.

Urgent San Diego City Employees Retirement System Information: 

Please review and contact SDCERS directly (619) 525-3600.

The changes attached are non-negotiable and are set by the SDCERS Board.