AFSCME Colorado
The Union for Colorado’s Public Service Workers
We are your family and your neighbors. We are the city, county, cultural, university, and school workers across Colorado who keep our communities running, safe, and strong. We’re proud of the work we do.
Because public service isn’t just a job. It’s a calling.
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AFSCME Colorado Updates
Over Thirty Leaders from Around the State Turned Out to Learn How to Strengthen Our Union
Adams County Local Steps into Leadership as They Prepare for Large Layoffs
AFSCME Colorado local wins back pay for colleagues
Commerce City Workers Go Above and Beyond, Save Bystander’s Life After Shooting
AFSCME National Updates
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Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high
Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup Poll published this week, matching the recent high from 2022. That’s the highest approval rating since the 1950s. Moreover, nearly half of poll respondents (47%) said they want unions to have more influence than they do today, the highest level of support in the past 25 years. “As our country faces a cost-of-living crisis engineered by an administration that […]
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This Labor Day, ask yourself: Whose side are you on?
This affordability crisis is not an accident. It is the result of choices. It is what happens when politicians pick a side.
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AFSCME, other unions challenge unfair federal student loan caps for certain public service workers
AFSCME is challenging a new student loan rule that unfairly targets public service and health care workers who want to earn advanced degrees.
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A lesson in higher learning: Don’t mess with AFSCME members
AFSCME members successfully pressured the University System of Maryland to implement raises they had negotiated through their union.
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Michigan public safety professionals bring stranded family home
AFSCME public safety members saved two adults and a child stranded in the woods in Michigan.