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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

State Employees Win Class Action Grievance on DCF Leave Policy

Earlier this summer, Economic Self-Sufficiency Specialists within the Department of Children and Families worked with AFSCME Florida staff representatives to challenge a policy that limited how they could take their leave.

State Employees Win Class Action Grievance on DCF Leave Policy

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

AFSCME Florida Members Endorse Andrew Gillum for Governor

AFSCME Florida Members Endorse Andrew Gillum for Governor

Nikki Fried Endorsed for Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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AFSCME Florida Members Endorse Andrew Gillum for Governor