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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 4h

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...

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6h

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6h

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.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

“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.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Congressman Jared Moskowitz @repmoskowitz.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 2d

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 3d

Full statement:

Unions File Temporary Restraining Order to Block Trump Administration’s Threatened Mass Firings of Federal Workers

AFSCME, AFGE ask court to block potential Trump firings

www.afscme.org

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: AFSCME and AFGE have filed a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration's threats of mass firings of federal workers.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 5d

The Department of Labor wants to roll back lifesaving protections for workers who wear respirators on the job. Workers deserve protection, not rollbacks. Tell the Labor Department to reject this dangerous change. act.afscme.org/letters/stan...

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

From health care providers stretched too thin to critical funding drying up, Maryland licensed practical nurse Jenny Reese describes all the ways in which this government shutdown will harm her co-workers and her clients. www.afscme.org/blog/marylan...

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

Learn from a member on the front-lines of the health care system how the government shutdown and the health care cuts will hurt Michiganders. www.afscme.org/blog/health-...

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

We need more investments into our health care, not less.

Call Congress. Tell them to put working people first & fund public services by lowering health care costs.

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

“This is life or death.”

Rural hospitals are barely getting by, if not shutting down entirely, thanks to the cuts from the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” No one should have to travel 100 miles to get the care they need.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

Charlotte and her patients deserve investments into their care, not partisan games with our health, our jobs and our families.

Call Congress. Tell them to put working families first and fund public services by lowering health care costs.

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 6d

AFSCME mental health care provider Charlotte James treats patients who are just trying to “see a little bit of light" at some of the lowest points in their life.

She provides life-saving care.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

The same politicians responsible for the health care crisis are responsible for the government shutdown

Instead of lowering for working families, they’re making billionaires even richer. Tell Congress: Fund public services. Protect working families.
act.afscme.org/forms/tell-c...

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

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

“Right now we are just overwhelmed by the increase in everyday living - in groceries, in fuel.” Meanwhile, extremists in Congress would rather give billionaires more tax breaks than lower costs for working families and retirees.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

AFSCME President Lee Saunders warned today that as a result of the federal government shutdown, working families will experience a “one-two punch:” skyrocketing health care costs and the loss of critical federal services. www.afscme.org/blog/governm...

Government shutdown a ‘one-two punch for working families’

AFSCME President Lee Saunders called the federal government shutdown a “one-two punch for working families.”

www.afscme.org

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 7d

Join Charlotte and call Congress. Tell them to fund public services by lowering health care costs & to protect federal workers.

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

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