Local 579

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise

Megha Desai is a public defender in Multnomah County, Oregon. In a given week, she might work upwards of 60 hours. Right now, she has about 145 open cases.

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AFSCME Celebrates National Library Workers Day

All-knowing sources of information. Tour guides to the highways and byways of history. The friendly voice of a morning story time.

MLK Memorial 2019 I AM | Be The Change | AFSCME Video

We Carry on Dr. King’s Fight

Fifty-one years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to help rally the community around 1,300 AFSCME sanitation workers who had gone on strike.

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To Close the Gender Pay Gap, First a Voice on the Job

In the 1980s, I was living and going to school in Minnesota when women who worked for state government won a big victory.

VOTE in the Spring 2019 Primary

The Spring Primary is on February 19, 2019 and the Spring Election is on April 2, 2019.

Find out what's on your ballot and where to vote at myvote.wi.gov.

See who has been endorsed by AFSCME WI Council 32.

Email Congress & Demand Action to End Gun Violence

This action network campaign was created by our union brothers and sisters in the NEA.

National AFSCME News

It’s Back to School for OAPSE Members
The strike’s over at OAPSE Local 390 at Claymont City Schools in Ohio now that a new contract is in place. — Apr 18
Behavioral Health Members Hold Lobby Day in Oregon
Behavioral health workers are building political power in Oregon. They’re pushing state legislators to adopt policies and programs to benefit the people they serve. — Apr 18
AFSCME Members Support Stop & Shop Workers in New England
Some 31,000 Stop & Shop workers who are members of UFCW walked off their jobs on April 11 from more than 240 stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. — Apr 17
Survivors of Fallen Member Gain Health Coverage Thanks to AFSCME
Deceased AFSCME member Robert Scully’s family now has health insurance, thanks to Local 2960. — Apr 16
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise
Just over two years after the first applicants of the PSLF became eligible for loan forgiveness, 99% of processed applications for forgiveness have been rejected. — Apr 16

Now Is the Time

To Take Action

and

Fight for Our Future