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2025 General Election Voter Guide
Take DC47 voter guide with you to the polls when you vote in the 2025 General Election. VOTE YES!
Why frogs are appearing at ICE protests | inquirer.com
Why are inflatable costumes appearing at ICE protests?
2025 General Election Endorsements
See who DC47 has endorsed & candidate questionnaires for the 2025 General Election 11/4. Don't forget to VOTE!
Who is AFSCME DC47?
Just who, or what, is an AFSCME DC47?? We know! Our name has a lot of random-looking letters and numbers. It’s confusing. It’s hard to pronounce.
Become a PAID AFSCME Canvasser
We are currently seeking paid volunteers to assist with door-to-door, member-to-member canvassing campaigns in targeted neighborhoods...
Philly AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade & Celebration 2025
AFSCME Pres. Saunders joined more than 4,000 union members and their families to kick off the 38th Annual Labor Day Parade & Family Celebration in Philadelphia.
Tell Congress: NO CUTS TO MEDICAID!
Lifesaving access to health care for millions of Americans is under attack. This is all hands-on deck: Call your member of Congress NOW to say NO to cuts to Medicaid and other vital public services to pay for huge tax breaks for billionaires...
Stronger than Ever! DC47 Union Power In Action
8/6/25: Solidarity works. Look what our workers have achieved together since April 2025!
Phila. Museum of Art Contract 2025 Ratified
7/31/25: PMA Union has been fighting for many of the wins it got in a newly ratified contract since workers first unionized. Congratulations to everyone at PMA on all you’ve achieved and the brighter future ahead!
Penn Museum Contract 2025 Ratified
7/30/25: Local 397 chapter at the Penn Museum voted unanimously to ratify their new union contract! Their win follows weeks of intense negotiations...
Raising the Bar... Again | City Contract Ratified
7/25/25: Following our record-breaking City TA vote total of 2,079 votes, 3-year Contract w/City of Phila. ratified by 84.2%. ✅
WHYY | No Kings Philly
6/14/25: "No Kings demonstration in Philadelphia attracts thousands to protest Trump administration. Organizers designated Phila. as the lead city in a movement spanning the nation, with over 2,000 protests planned."
NBC 10: Gov. Shapiro warns what PA will lose with cuts
5/15/25: Gov. Josh Shapiro warned Wednesday that the Medicaid cuts Congress is considering would mean billions of dollars in lost federal aid to Pennsylvania...
Independence Seaport Museum Workers United wins 5/7
91% of the workers vote UNION YES at the Independence Seaport Museum.
Stand with Federal workers
President Trump signed an executive order stripping collective bargaining rights from nearly one million federal workers... It’s a move ripped DIRECTLY from the pages of Project 2025.
DC47: "The collective power of workers, ain’t nothin’ to mess wit’!"
See our press coverage & pictures from the May Day rally held in Philly on May 1st.
Fabric Workshop Museum United WINS 5/6
VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION! We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with The Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Medicaid cuts threaten Pennsylvania budgets
4/1/25: Pennsylvania families are threatened by the efforts of billionaires & the Trump administration to cut Medicaid.
AFSCME: I Am Story Podcast
1968. Memphis, Tennessee. The heart of the racially segregated South. Black sanitation workers faced poverty wages and degrading, dangerous conditions on the job. The city refused to act. But after two sanitation workers were crushed to death on the job, 1,300 workers said enough..
Contact Your Members of Congress | 5calls.org
Get involved & have your voice heard today! Use this easy system to call your members of Congress on important current issues being debated by the Government.
Philly Defender Staff Union Wins Election 4/2
WE DID IT! We won our union with 82% of the vote!!!!!
Billionaires Threaten Local Philly Funding
3/31/25: "Philadelphia received $2.2 billion from the federal government in its last complete fiscal year, accounting for about a fifth of total spending."
It's Time to Get Organized!
We're under attack by billionaires and anti-union extremists who want to destroy the public services we provide...
AFSCME Stands Ready for 2025
With renewed energy and optimism, we are ready to rise up in the new year!
Unions Sue to Block DOGE Labor Dept. Data Access | Bloomberg Law
2/5/25: AFSCME filed a lawsuit with AFGE, CWA, AFL-CIO, SEIU, and the Economic Policy Institute to protect the public against DOGE accessing the Department of Labor’s information.
Cultural Workers Continue to Make History!
In 2024, cultural workers continued to make history by organizing more unions and securing strong contracts with AFSCME Cultural Workers United...
UPENN Libraries Staff Win Union & Extend Wave of Unionization
Penn Libraries professionals extend a historic wave of unionization at the university. Since 2021, over 5,000 Penn employees have won union elections...
Work Status Change
Submit a report of why you or a co-worker has a change in work status. This is important data for us to collect to highlight worker trends & needs.
Unsafe Workplace Portal
Report unsafe workplace conditions. We have a quick & easy tool that allows you to describe your issue & upload a picture.
Please Touch Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract
After 16 months of negotiations, workers at Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia have approved their first collective bargaining agreement.
AFSCME: The Union Difference
More and more people are discovering all that the union difference has to offer.
WHYY: Libraries Closed
Important read from @whyy featuring awesome DC47 union members from @freelibrary. Proud to stand w/ these library workers today & every day. Library workers & the communities they serve deserve better!
Philly #2 in the Nation!
Center City District report shows Philadelphia is 2nd in the nation for office occupancy levels. We're already back!
Philly Showed Up!
Union members from all over the country gathered for the 46th AFSCME International Convention in LA. Congrats and thank you to all our elected delegates who represented all of us on the national stage!
Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
AFSCME DC47 member Kelli Gray talks about public service student loan forgiveness with United States Vice President @vp Kamala Harris! ❤️
People Over Pentagon Resolution
Be It Resolved, that AFSCME District Council 47 supports legislation that significantly reduces the excessive Pentagon budget without cutting pay or benefits of those serving in the US military...
Watch Pat on NBC 10
Catch Pat on NBC 10. In December AFSCME Local 2187 member Pat Lane was interviewed by NBC Philadelphia about the work that she does at the Philadelphia Police Department as a Forensic Scientist.
DC47 at 2024 DNC Convention
Wrapping up an exciting week at the 2024 @demconvention in Chicago. Ready to come back to Philly & energize our union members & the community to get out and VOTE on NOV. 5th!!
A Better Philadelphia for ALL in 2024!
In 2024, AFSCME DC47 is continuing to build a coalition of workers for tomorrow. It’s time that we bring back the middle class and bring dignity and respect back...
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Union Members Make More
According to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, #union members earn 19%+ ⬆️ more than their nonunion counterparts! Even more when considering people of color & women.
#UnionsBelongAtPenn
Over 200 Penn faculty members have expressed their support for Penn’s graduate student workers organization, which faces an ongoing battle to unionize and gain University recognition.
SCSU: WE WON 93%!
We won!!!! Our election is over and the NLRB has counted the votes. 93% voted union yes!! We are so proud of this decisive win, and excited to begin negotiating our first contract with Schuylkill Center management.
AFL-CIO: PASS The Pro Act
Stronger unions mean higher wages, safer working conditions and dignity for all people who work. Passing the PRO Act will be our first step to getting there. Use this form to tell your U.S. senators: Vote “yes” on the PRO Act.
DC47 VP on Voices of Reason Podcast
Watch our VP/Legislative Director Robert Harris on Voices of Reason podcast by Politics PA.
DC47 Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Happy 50th Anniversary to our dear union. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who joined us!
Welcome workers at SCSU!
Our #Union continues to grow in 2024! Welcome to the family workers at Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education!
DC47 Ceasefire Resolution
Whereas, the AFSCME International Constitution calls for AFSCME International “to work with our brothers and sisters in other lands...
CBS Sunday: Unions Get You Pay Equity
You want equity in the workplace??? Get yourself a Union!
So Proud Of AFSCME Union Family at Free Library!
So very proud of our @afscme union family working at the @freelibrary. Supporting the Philly community is what we do. ❤
NBC10: AFSCME Turns Passion for Arts into Career
DC47 #Union member Ari Gutierrez-Sanchez talks to NBC10 about programs that she runs at Phila. Museum of Art to bring art to Philly kids, & how unionizing the museum allowed a passion for art to turn into a career!
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