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With the 2026 midterm elections quickly approaching, here's what's at stake for fire fighters and emergency medical workers this Nov. 3.Read more

A combat-tested psychiatrist will help expand treatment options at the IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery.Read more

By Pablo Ros October 15, 2026 Tags: Benefits Never Quit Health & SafetyWomen Share: Lisa Fencik is a nutritionist with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. But she is a lot more than that. A native of Pittsburgh, Fencik moved to New York to study public...Read more

By Pablo Ros October 15, 2026 Tags: Benefits Never Quit Health & SafetyWomen Share: Lisa Fencik is a nutritionist with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. But she is a lot more than that. A native of Pittsburgh, Fencik moved to New York to study public...Read more

New reporting examines the rollback of child labor protections; California tries to block a strike; NLRB charges Wisconsin mental health provider with firing workers during union drive.Read more

Roddy Gayle, Jr. is a twenty-three year old basketball player who has spent the last four academic years playing at Ohio State and Michigan, making seven figures along the way and winning a national championship during his senior year. After his last season finished, Gayle was not drafted by an...Read more

To most data center operators, the benefit of redundant power and cooling systems is self-evident. Additional systems provide a backup in case of failure. A data center with redundant equipment should experience less downtime, on average, than the same data center operating without such resiliency measures. ...Read more

By AFSCME Staff October 14, 2026 Tags: Union Difference Workers' Rights Issues / Legislation Share: AFSCME President Patrick Moran praised a federal court ruling on Tuesday that halts, for now, the illegal reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Trump administration’s attempts to gut the USDA threaten essential...Read more

By AFSCME Staff October 14, 2026 Tags: Union Difference Workers' Rights Issues / Legislation Share: AFSCME President Patrick Moran praised a federal court ruling on Tuesday that halts, for now, the illegal reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Trump administration’s attempts to gut the USDA threaten essential...Read more

Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of September 28 - October 2, 2026 dbridge@nlrb.gov Wed, 10/14/2026 - 14:23 ...Read more

Eleventh Circuit overturns ERISA exhaustion rule; DHS finalizes removal of automatic renewal for work permits; AFGE challenges SSA over flexible scheduling policy.Read more

When Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. collapsed this spring, 17,000 flight attendants, pilots, and workers lost their jobs. The decades of emails, Teams chats, grievances, and safety reports left behind are now up for sale. Google has agreed to pay $10 million for Spirit’s internal records, saying it wants to use...Read more

By AFSCME Staff October 13, 2026 Tags: Union Difference Organize Share: Last month, 97% of the paramedics and EMTs employed by Emergency Ambulance Service, Inc. voted to form their union with United EMS Workers – AFSCME Local 4911 (UEMSW). The Southern California private ambulance service provides 911 emergency medical services...Read more

By AFSCME Staff October 13, 2026 Tags: Union Difference Organize Share: Last month, 97% of the paramedics and EMTs employed by Emergency Ambulance Service, Inc. voted to form their union with United EMS Workers – AFSCME Local 4911 (UEMSW). The Southern California private ambulance service provides 911 emergency medical services...Read more

The Surrey Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society was recognized for its longstanding support of people living with neuromuscular disorders.Read more