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RSVP: No Kings Philly 3/28

On March 28, AFSCME members & retirees nationwide are coming together...

AFSCME Know Your Rights Online Training

This session is designed to prepare you, your family, and your coworkers to stay safe and informed in the face of immigration enforcement.

RSVP: Student Loan Forgiveness Webinars 2026

3/9 + 3/26: Check out DC47 student debt support, a union benefit powered by Union Plus, available now to our members and their families.

AFSCME Immigration Toolkit

Guidance on navigating immigration enforcement issues that may affect AFSCME members and their workplaces.

Labor Notes Newsletter: 2/13/26

Please see the latest edition of Labor Notes newsletter.

AFSCME: "We will not be silent..."

“AFSCME members are heartbroken and outraged by the senseless killing of our fellow union member Alex Jeffrey Pretti..."

DC47 Spotlight: Librarian Liz #2

It takes a lot of work and many different kinds of workers to effectively run a community library.

DC47 News: January 2026

See the latest information, updates, organizing efforts, and events from your AFSCME union family!

Why Are Workers Organizing at Historical Society of PA?

HSP Project Archival Processor Sara: “With historical and cultural institutions under attack, HSP’s mission is essential. I support HSP Staff United because job security..."

Starbucks Workers Solidarity Day 12/6

DC47 VP Robert Harris: “If we don’t get it… SHUT. IT. DOWN!” DC47 members showed up strong, standing shoulder to shoulder with sbworkersunited @phillyjobswithjustice & community allies...

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.

Why frogs are appearing at ICE protests | inquirer.com

Why are inflatable costumes appearing at ICE protests?

Stronger than Ever! DC47 Union Power In Action

8/6/25: Solidarity works. Look what our workers have achieved together since April 2025!

NBC 10: Gov. Shapiro warns what PA will lose with cuts

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.

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.

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.

Philly Defender Staff Union Wins Election 4/2

WE DID IT! We won our union with 82% of the vote!!!!!

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...

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.

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.

AFSCME: The Union Difference

More and more people are discovering all that the union difference has to offer.

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...

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