AFSCME Council 13
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We Make Pennsylvania GO!
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AFSCME is heartbroken and outraged by the senseless murder of fellow union member Alex Jeffrey Pretti and the violence and intimidation enacted by this administration.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
AFSCME is heartbroken and outraged by the senseless murder of fellow union member Alex Jeffrey Pretti and the violence and intimidation enacted by this administration.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
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A new filing from the Trump administration confirms that the shady billionaires running DOGE have put our private data at risk. This is why AFSCME has been fighting in court to protect Americans' Social Security data from DOGE, and we'll keep fighting. www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/p...
DOGE shared Social Security data to unauthorized server, according to court filing | CNN Politics
A Department of Government Efficiency employee shared Social Security data without agency officials’ knowledge and in violation of security protocols, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tue...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
A new filing from the Trump administration confirms that the shady billionaires running DOGE have put our private data at risk. This is why AFSCME has been fighting in court to protect Americans' Social Security data from DOGE, and we'll keep fighting. www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/p...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his life fighting for racial and economic justice. He knew that dignity on the job, fair wages, safe workplaces, and the freedom to organize are civil rights. We honor his legacy by standing up for working people.
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his life fighting for racial and economic justice. He knew that dignity on the job, fair wages, safe workplaces, and the freedom to organize are civil rights. We honor his legacy by standing up for working people.
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Congratulations to members of AFSCME Local 2719 who work for the city of Pittsburgh! They won a strong new three-year contract that shows the union difference in the lives of workers. www.afscme.org/blog/pittsbu...
Pittsburgh city workers win big with new three-year contract
Municipal workers for the city of Pittsburgh who are members of AFSCME Local 2719 won a powerful new contract.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Congratulations to members of AFSCME Local 2719 who work for the city of Pittsburgh! They won a strong new three-year contract that shows the union difference in the lives of workers. www.afscme.org/blog/pittsbu...
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Council 13 Connection - Volume 52 Issue 2 - 13th Digital Edition - November 2025
Catch up on the latest news from your union in this digital edition of the Council 13 Connection!
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November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Council 13 issued the following statement on the passage of the 2025-26 Pennsylvania state budget:
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Council 13 issued the following statement on the passage of the 2025-26 Pennsylvania state budget:
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This Veterans Day, we salute all who’ve served and the veterans in the AFSCME family who continue to make our communities stronger every day.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This Veterans Day, we salute all who’ve served and the veterans in the AFSCME family who continue to make our communities stronger every day.
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Nearly 22 million Americans rely on premium tax credits through the Affordable Care Act marketplace to afford their health insurance.
Join your fellow AFSCME members this Thursday, September 25th, for a Virtual Day of Action! 🗣️ Learn more at bit.ly/HC-Day-Of-Action.
Join your fellow AFSCME members this Thursday, September 25th, for a Virtual Day of Action! 🗣️ Learn more at bit.ly/HC-Day-Of-Action.
September 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Nearly 22 million Americans rely on premium tax credits through the Affordable Care Act marketplace to afford their health insurance.
Join your fellow AFSCME members this Thursday, September 25th, for a Virtual Day of Action! 🗣️ Learn more at bit.ly/HC-Day-Of-Action.
Join your fellow AFSCME members this Thursday, September 25th, for a Virtual Day of Action! 🗣️ Learn more at bit.ly/HC-Day-Of-Action.
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The big ugly bill is a disgrace. It makes sure the rich stay rich, while cutting our health care and raising our costs.
On the #BetterInAUnion bus tour, @afscme.bsky.social is making sure the politicians who voted for this anti-worker bill knows how it will hurt the people they serve.
On the #BetterInAUnion bus tour, @afscme.bsky.social is making sure the politicians who voted for this anti-worker bill knows how it will hurt the people they serve.
Perry: Absolutely disgraces me. I’m one of those people it’s going to cost $1,200 more. For what? To give billionaires another $13,000 they don’t need or deserve? Absolutely not. My message to Scott Perry is this: you really need to take care of the people who voted you in to begin with.
August 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The big ugly bill is a disgrace. It makes sure the rich stay rich, while cutting our health care and raising our costs.
On the #BetterInAUnion bus tour, @afscme.bsky.social is making sure the politicians who voted for this anti-worker bill knows how it will hurt the people they serve.
On the #BetterInAUnion bus tour, @afscme.bsky.social is making sure the politicians who voted for this anti-worker bill knows how it will hurt the people they serve.
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A Rep. Scott Perry sold out his constituents by supporting the “Big Beautiful Bill.” AFSCME members called him out on Tuesday as the AFL-CIO’s “It’s Better in a Union” bus tour stopped in Harrisburg. www.afscme.org/blog/rep-sco...
Rep. Scott Perry’s vote for the budget bill will hurt working people in PA
AFSCME members call out PA Rep. Scott Perry for budget bill vote.
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August 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A Rep. Scott Perry sold out his constituents by supporting the “Big Beautiful Bill.” AFSCME members called him out on Tuesday as the AFL-CIO’s “It’s Better in a Union” bus tour stopped in Harrisburg. www.afscme.org/blog/rep-sco...
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90 years ago, Social Security was signed into law. Since then, it’s been there for our grandparents, our parents, and now us, helping us retire, supporting families, and lifting seniors out of poverty. Sign the pledge to protect Social Security. afscme.org/ssa
August 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
90 years ago, Social Security was signed into law. Since then, it’s been there for our grandparents, our parents, and now us, helping us retire, supporting families, and lifting seniors out of poverty. Sign the pledge to protect Social Security. afscme.org/ssa
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We’re in Harrisburg, PA today for the @aflcio.org #BetterInAUnion bus tour! We won’t let Rep. Scott Perry get away with voting to give tax breaks to greedy billionaires at the expense of working families. We are the public service workers who keep PA running!
August 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We’re in Harrisburg, PA today for the @aflcio.org #BetterInAUnion bus tour! We won’t let Rep. Scott Perry get away with voting to give tax breaks to greedy billionaires at the expense of working families. We are the public service workers who keep PA running!
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Americans going hungry. School kids losing meals they desperately need. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will only make the problem of hunger in America worse. Learn more. www.afscme.org/blog/the-one...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make hunger worse in America
We look at how the problem of hunger in America will grow worse as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Americans going hungry. School kids losing meals they desperately need. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will only make the problem of hunger in America worse. Learn more. www.afscme.org/blog/the-one...
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Heat deaths and illness are rising, yet we STILL lack a national workplace heat safety standard. That’s why AFSCME is fighting to pass the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury and Fatality Prevention Act. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/bill-se...
Bill seeks to fill federal void on heat protection for public workers
Proposed legislation backed by AFSCME and other major unions could raise the bar for how cities protect municipal workers from rising temperatures.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Heat deaths and illness are rising, yet we STILL lack a national workplace heat safety standard. That’s why AFSCME is fighting to pass the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury and Fatality Prevention Act. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/bill-se...
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Today we kicked off @aflcio.org's “It’s Better in a Union Bus Tour.” We at AFSCME won’t sit silent while politicians bankrupt our communities and kill our jobs. It’s time for the voices of working people – not billionaires – to be heard.
July 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today we kicked off @aflcio.org's “It’s Better in a Union Bus Tour.” We at AFSCME won’t sit silent while politicians bankrupt our communities and kill our jobs. It’s time for the voices of working people – not billionaires – to be heard.
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AFSCME District 33 workers are on STRIKE for fair wages, dignity and respect. They’re holding the line no matter how long it takes. #AFSCMEStrong
July 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
AFSCME District 33 workers are on STRIKE for fair wages, dignity and respect. They’re holding the line no matter how long it takes. #AFSCMEStrong
SOLIDARITY!!!
AFSCME District 33 workers are on STRIKE for fair wages, dignity and respect. They’re holding the line no matter how long it takes. #AFSCMEStrong
July 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
SOLIDARITY!!!
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Our campaign to stop this terrible bill goes back to the U.S. House of Representatives. Same number, same message. Call your member of Congress at 202-559-1165 and to demand NO CUTS to Medicaid and public services to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy!
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Our campaign to stop this terrible bill goes back to the U.S. House of Representatives. Same number, same message. Call your member of Congress at 202-559-1165 and to demand NO CUTS to Medicaid and public services to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy!
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We are deeply disappointed the Senate passed a dangerous budget that guts health care, slashes food aid, and raises costs for working families — just to hand billionaires more tax breaks. Now the bill goes back to the House.
Tell them: VOTE NO www.afscme.org/press/releas...
Tell them: VOTE NO www.afscme.org/press/releas...
July 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We are deeply disappointed the Senate passed a dangerous budget that guts health care, slashes food aid, and raises costs for working families — just to hand billionaires more tax breaks. Now the bill goes back to the House.
Tell them: VOTE NO www.afscme.org/press/releas...
Tell them: VOTE NO www.afscme.org/press/releas...
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The budget would RAISE COSTS on the poorest by $1,600 a year to boost incomes of the ultra-rich. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of American can't even afford a $400 emergency expense right now.
Tell Congress to vote against this billionaire budget scam!
Tell Congress to vote against this billionaire budget scam!
New analysis from the Congressional Budget Office on the distributional impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. After the tax cuts, spending cuts and other impacts, average household resources will decline for the lowest earners and rise substantially for the highest earners.
June 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The budget would RAISE COSTS on the poorest by $1,600 a year to boost incomes of the ultra-rich. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of American can't even afford a $400 emergency expense right now.
Tell Congress to vote against this billionaire budget scam!
Tell Congress to vote against this billionaire budget scam!
The AFSCME members of PA marched on the State Capitol this week alongside our union sisters and brothers from across the commonwealth! We rallied for working people and advocated for issues that impact us all! #UnionStrong #AFSCMEStrong #AFSCMEGO #SavePublicServices @afscme.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The AFSCME members of PA marched on the State Capitol this week alongside our union sisters and brothers from across the commonwealth! We rallied for working people and advocated for issues that impact us all! #UnionStrong #AFSCMEStrong #AFSCMEGO #SavePublicServices @afscme.bsky.social
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Let's march on the Capitol for a rally with our union family on Tuesday, June 10!
RSVP TODAY: www.mobilize.us/paaflcio/eve...
RSVP TODAY: www.mobilize.us/paaflcio/eve...
Fighting for the Future · Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
10:30am: Meet at the PA AFL-CIO headquarters, 600 North 2nd St., Harrisburg, PA 17101 to march to the Capitol steps.
11:00 am: Join your union brothers and sisters, along with faith and student leade...
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May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Let's march on the Capitol for a rally with our union family on Tuesday, June 10!
RSVP TODAY: www.mobilize.us/paaflcio/eve...
RSVP TODAY: www.mobilize.us/paaflcio/eve...