Council 3 Updates

Unions Push for “Grade A” Paid Parental Leave

Better wages. Check. Better working conditions. Check. And, thanks to unions, we now know there is also a union difference for workers who have access to critical benefits like paid parental leave.

Unions Push for “Grade A” Paid Parental Leave

Believe It or Not, Congress Seeks More Tax Cuts for the Rich

At a time when our country needs real investments in infrastructure, education and public services, congressional leaders 

Believe It or Not, Congress Seeks More Tax Cuts for the Rich

A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis

It was 10 years ago this month that the 2008 financial crisis kicked into high gear.

A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis

Union Officials Call for Enhanced Safety Procedures in MD Prisons

Union Officials Call for Enhanced Safety Procedures in MD Prisons

September 8th, 2018

Contact:

Katie Moy-Santos, kmoysantos@afscmemd.org

Union Officials Call for Enhanced Safety Procedures in MD Prisons

Don’t Like Wealth Inequality? Join a Union

No politician running for office today would openly advocate for more wealth inequality in our country, where the richest 1 percent of the population owns 40 percent of the wealth. Even candidate Donald Trump in 2016 promised to stand up for the “forgotten men and women of our country,” who feel betrayed by a rigged economic system that benefits a small minority at their expense. Yet every single day, President Trump and congressional leaders seem determined to do more to increase wealth inequality than to alleviate it; do more for corporations and the wealthy than for single parents working two or three jobs to make ends meet.

Don’t Like Wealth Inequality? Join a Union