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Respect EMS professionals who save lives, increase staffing and resources

With just a moment’s notice, they can save a life. It is an invaluable skill set, and it’s why we take the time this week to honor the professionals who work in emergency medical services.

Respect EMS professionals who save lives, increase staffing and resources

AFSCME corrections officers in Connecticut recognized for making workplaces safer

Corrections officers from three AFSCME locals in Connecticut were honored for making their workplaces safer.

AFSCME corrections officers in Connecticut recognized for making workplaces safer

Officer who died in 1950 honored during Law Enforcement Week thanks to AFSCME member’s research

During National Law Enforcement Week, downtown Washington, D.C., teems with uniformed officers from every corner of the country. They come together to honor their colleagues who have fallen in the line of duty.

Officer who died in 1950 honored during Law Enforcement Week thanks to AFSCME member’s research

Roll of Honor

Each May, the names of firefighters lost in the line of duty are honored and remembered with a candlelight vigil and memorial service at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

Roll of Honor

Honoring the behind-the-scenes service of corrections officers and employees

What happens when a prison or jail doesn’t have enough corrections workers on staff? 

Here’s how AFSCME member and Corrections Officer Mitchell Spruiell explains it: 

Honoring the behind-the-scenes service of corrections officers and employees

Workers Memorial Day: Honor those we lost by fighting for stronger workplace safety

It’s not too much to ask to be safe at work. In fact, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1971 says every worker has a fundamental right to a safe work environment.

And yet there are still too many avoidable accidents. Too many injuries. And way too many deaths.

Workers Memorial Day: Honor those we lost by fighting for stronger workplace safety

AFSCME mobilizes in upstate New York to stop layoffs and save public services

Members of AFSCME Local 195 (Council 82), which represents police officers from Auburn, New York, and members of CSEA Local 806 pr

AFSCME mobilizes in upstate New York to stop layoffs and save public services

AFSCME members answer the call to demand respect and recognition for 911 dispatchers

As the future of 911 is on the line, AFSCME members were in Washington, D.C., this week to answer the call.

They walked the halls of Congress and told their representatives face to face: pass a law to reclassify 911 dispatchers.

AFSCME members answer the call to demand respect and recognition for 911 dispatchers

New contract reinforces public safety in Adams County, Pennsylvania

A new union contract is delivering meaningful gains for correctional officers in Adams County by strengthening not only wages and benefits but improving quality of life for officers on and off the job. 

New contract reinforces public safety in Adams County, Pennsylvania

AFSCME members defend workplace protection for pregnant and postpartum COs

A correctional officer who was seven months pregnant asked to leave work after she started experiencing severe pain during her shift. 

AFSCME members defend workplace protection for pregnant and postpartum COs