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Local 1700 Defeats Privatization Effort in Duxbury

"Congratulations to the members of AFSCME Local 1700 Duxbury School Custodians on their victory over a short-sited plan to privatize custodial services in Duxbury this morning.

Local 1700 Defeats Privatization Effort in Duxbury

AFSCME members support President Biden’s new student debt relief plans

AFSCME is 100% behind President Joe Biden’s newest student debt relief measures.

AFSCME members support President Biden’s new student debt relief plans

Security when it matters: Pay raises for unionized workers reached multi-decade high in 2023

Union contracts in 2023 included the highest average pay raise of any year since at least 1988, at 6.6%.

Security when it matters: Pay raises for unionized workers reached multi-decade high in 2023

AFSCME Council 93 is Growing!

AFSCME Council 93 continues to grow! Over the past few weeks hundreds of workers have voted union Yes!

• Over 100 Salem Hospital Physicians voted to join Council 93!
• Nearly 50 DPW workers in Stoughton, MA affliated with Local 362!
• Over 70 School workers in Fairfield, ME joi

AFSCME Council 93 is Growing!

Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers

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 members — under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers