Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 15m

BREAKING: AFSCME and AFGE granted a block on illegal mass firings.

Workers win.

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

Kaiser holds *$66 billion* in reserves yet resists fair pay and staffing solutions.

UNAC/UHCP workers are on strike to demand safe staffing, fair pay, retirement security, dignity and respect. #KaiserStrike #UNACUHCPStrong

7 15

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

HAPPENING NOW: 31,000 UNAC/UHCP registered nurses and frontline health care professionals are going on the largest strike in UNAC/UHCP’s 50-year history! #TogetherWeRise

7 16

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

Stop telling people to grind harder. Start asking why billionaires are hoarding more than they’ll ever need.

10 27

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 4d

Federal workers help keep our communities strong, but anti-worker extremists are now using this government shutdown to illegally fire these dedicated workers. Our communities will pay the price.

Tell Congress: Respect workers and restore their jobs.

Tell Congress: Protect Federal Workers and Fund Public Services

The president and his yes-men and women in Congress have escalated their attacks on workers and illegally fired thousands of federal workers, including AFSCME members. Tell Congress: federal worker...

act.afscme.org

11 16

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 5d

1 25 96

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 5d

"These mass firings are illegal, and will have devastating effects on the services millions of Americans rely on every day."

Full statement from President Saunders on the administration's announcement to use the shutdown to carry out illegal RIFs:

13 190 500

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 5d

Discover what motivated AFSCME Retirees this week to take their fight to Capitol Hill, where they urged lawmakers to lower health care costs, fund public services and protect federal workers’ jobs. www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-...

AFSCME retirees go to Congress to fight to cut health care costs, fund public services

AFSCME retirees were fired up to talk to lawmakers when they visited Capitol Hill on Thursday.

www.afscme.org

6 14

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 5d

AFSCME retiree Vanessa Fields knows that higher health care costs means Americans will have less money to pay for their prescriptions and groceries.

Join her and tell your members of Congress to stop playing partisan games with our health, our jobs, and our livelihoods: 1-888-981-9704

1 8 24

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 5d

Union workers made their voices heard loud and clear this week in support of furloughed federal workers. AFSCME and AFGE are demanding that the administration guarantee back pay for workers furloughed during the government shutdown. www.afscme.org/blog/we-dema...

We demand back pay for furloughed federal workers

In a letter to the White House, AFSCME demanded that the administration guarantee back pay for furloughed federal workers.

www.afscme.org

4 9

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 5d

Health care premiums for 22 million Americans will double if Congress doesn't act.

Join AFSCME retirees like Michael Kaminisky and tell your member of Congress to lower health care costs, fund public services, and put working families first: 1-888-981-9704

2 8 19

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kent Wong, a beloved leader, teacher, and ally whose lifelong passion for justice strengthened the entire labor movement," said AFSCME President Lee Saunders.
www.afscme.org/press/releas...

4 7

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

That’s right! The Mean Green Machine is heading to Capitol Hill today.

Hundreds of retirees will be meeting with lawmakers to make their voices heard: Unless Congress acts now, health care costs will rise for EVERYONE.
🎥: WUSA9

4 16 58

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

In a letter sent to OMB today, AFSCME, Democracy Defenders Fund & AFGE are demanding that the Trump administration upholds the law and guarantees back pay for federal workers.

Full statement: www.afscme.org/press/releas...

6 16

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

Join AFSCME members like retiree Dawn Bundick.

Click here to call your member of Congress. Tell them to lower health care costs, protect federal workers & fund public services.

Tell Congress: Lower health care costs. Protect federal workers and fund public services.

Health care costs are about to skyrocket and this shutdown will directly threaten AFSCME members’ jobs as states and cities lose even more federal funding. Call Congress today!

act.afscme.org

2 2

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

Working families across the country are staring down a health care crisis. If Congress doesn’t act, health insurance costs are about to go up for everyone.

1 2 6

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

President Saunders: "The billionaires running this administration need to be reminded that working people nationwide are tired of being squeezed by greedy corporations while health care, grocery and child care costs continue to skyrocket and make life unaffordable."

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

Threatening to deny furloughed federal workers back pay during the shutdown is in direct violation of federal law and the administration's own guidance.

AFSCME’s Saunders: Someone needs to tell the billionaires running this administration that paying federal workers isn’t optional

“This administration is again threatening to use federal workers as political pawns by robbing them of the wages they are owed by law.

www.afscme.org

10 24

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

Threatening to deny furloughed federal workers back pay during the shutdown is in direct violation of federal law and the administration's own guidance.

AFSCME’s Saunders: Someone needs to tell the billionaires running this administration that paying federal workers isn’t optional

“This administration is again threatening to use federal workers as political pawns by robbing them of the wages they are owed by law.

www.afscme.org

5 12

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

“The people who suffer [during a shutdown] are the American communities that we join the civil service to serve.” 👏

AFSCME Local 2027 President & AmeriCorps program specialist Kelly Daly was on @msnbc.com with @nicollewallace.bsky.social to discuss the need to fund public services.

4 9

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

AFSCME Florida retiree Peggy Goodale has a message for anti-worker extremists in Congress – stop playing games with our health, our jobs and our families. www.afscme.org/blog/florida...

Florida retiree: Services for vulnerable children are hurting. Congress needs to fund public services.

A Florida retiree tells Congress to stop playing games and fund public services.

www.afscme.org

4 8

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 8d

Candidates seeking to become California’s next governor met with AFSCME members at a forum over the weekend in San Diego. They shared their plans to protect essential public services and working families. www.afscme.org/blog/at-afsc...

At AFSCME forum, CA governor candidates vow to fight for public services, working families

People looking to become California’s next governor spoke to AFSCME members at a forum over the weekend.

www.afscme.org

1 4

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 8d

Health care cuts and the government shutdown are fueling health care worries for millions of vulnerable people. That includes Michigan hospice nurse Julie Campbell-Inman’s patients. www.afscme.org/blog/on-the-...

On the front lines, Michigan hospice nurse sees shutdown’s human cost

A Michigan hospice nurse explains how the shutdown will increase health care worries for Americans.

www.afscme.org

5 4

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 8d

What keeps CSEA member Ebony Rose up at night? The expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. Medicaid cuts in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Her clients at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., may be in for a world of hurt. www.afscme.org/blog/at-n-y-...

At N.Y. medical center, world of hurt awaits patients

Ebony Rose worries for her patients at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., who face health care cuts and the government shutdown.

www.afscme.org

4 5

Reposted by AFSCME

Congressman Jared Moskowitz @repmoskowitz.bsky.social · 8d

I was grateful to sit down with workers from @afscme.bsky.social to hear how recent decisions out of Washington are threatening the programs they rely on.

Our government should work for working families — and that means taking real, concrete steps to protect their lifesaving health care.

3 8 35

AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 8d

Working people don’t need “budgeting tips.” They need a fair share of the wealth they create.

1 14 50