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Essential Employees are Heroes. Not Zeros.

This month, AFSCME New Jersey sent a letter to the Murphy Administration as well as the New Jersey Legislature to demand that the state stop treating essential employees as disposable and start treating them like what they are: Heroes. 

Essential Employees are Heroes. Not Zeros.

Overlooked by management during the pandemic, Red Cross workers fight for a fair contract

Overlooked by management during the pandemic, Red Cross workers fight for a fair contract

Biden administration extends pause on student loan repayment

Good news for federal student loan borrowers: This month, the Biden administration again extended the pause on student debt repayment – this time through Aug.

Biden administration extends pause on student loan repayment

AFSCME celebrates Jackson’s confirmation; Saunders calls it ‘a watershed moment’

AFSCME members and working families are celebrating the Supreme Court confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, whose life experience and extraordinary legal career make her uniquely attuned to the challenges working people face.

AFSCME celebrates Jackson’s confirmation; Saunders calls it ‘a watershed moment’

Report highlights need for state and local government jobs

A new Center for American Progress (CAP) report describes how state and local governments, having already shed criti

Report highlights need for state and local government jobs