July 19, 2019 Fighting the Pay Fight Texas corrections officers fought hard to correct longtime pay inequities – and won by persuading state legislators to do the right thing. Read More
February 19, 2019 She Has Her Community’s Back; Her Union Has Hers Amy Meredith, an assistant district attorney at the Travis County, Texas, District Attorney’s Office, has been keeping her community safe by prosecuting some of Travis County’s most violent criminals. Read More
July 19, 2018 Under Attack, Our Union Grows Stronger AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride and four AFSCME activists on Thursday discussed best practices for growing our union while fighting attacks from anti-worker interests. Read More
April 17, 2018 AFSCME Texas Corrections Fights for Higher CO Pay For All, Not Just New Hires AFSCME Texas supports better pay for all correctional employees, not just new ones, and is fighting to make that happen. Read More
November 29, 2017 HOPE Helps Shore up Pensions in Houston Houston no longer has a pension problem – thanks to the hard work HOPE members put in. Read More
November 07, 2017 Fallen Heroes Fund Gift Cards Offer Support and Hope Fallen Heroes Fund assistance offers support, hope to AFSMCE members in Texas. Read More
October 03, 2017 After Harvey, AFSCME Texas Helps Members Rebuild AFSCME Texas members are helping restore lives after Hurricane Harvey. Read More
September 11, 2017 AFSCME Members Stay Strong Despite Being Walloped by Hurricane Irma AFSCME members helped Floridians cope with Hurricane Irma and are ready to assist communities across the Southeast recover from the storm as it slowly dissipates. Read More
September 07, 2017 Surviving Harvey with the Spirit of Community Service Intact Learn how AFSCME members across south Texas worked tirelessly to keep basic operations going throughout Hurricane Harvey and in its aftermath. Read More
August 29, 2017 Keep Those Donations Coming, AFSCME Members Need Your Help Please continue to donate to the AFSCME Fallen Heroes Fund to help sisters and brothers affected by Hurricane Harvey. Read More
August 28, 2017 AFSCME Members Are on the Front Lines of a Disaster In the wake of Hurricane Harvey – now a tropical storm – AFSCME members are helping save lives, restore essential services and protect property in southeastern Texas. Read More
August 22, 2017 HOPE Trains Activists to Focus on Growth HOPE in Houston is training its activists to focus on growth to combat the Texas Legislature’s anti-union fervor. Read More
July 18, 2017 AFSCME Members in Texas Ready to Defend their Union Freedoms The Texas governor is setting the agenda for a special session with 19 items that will include Senate Bill 7 and its companion House Bill 156 to eliminate dues deductions for unions. Read More
June 15, 2017 AFSCME Members Secure Big Victories in Texas In Texas, AFSCME members secured a trifecta of victories. Read More
June 13, 2017 AFSCME Texas Corrections Officer Dies After Confrontation with Inmate Shana Tedder, a Texas corrections officer and member of AFSCME Texas Corrections Local 3920, died after a June 9 incident involving an inmate. Read More
May 04, 2017 Texas Corrections Members Take their Story to the Legislature AFSCME Texas Corrections members recently lobbied their state legislators to secure funding for facility and vehicle repairs and for other issues. Read More
February 24, 2017 Texas Corrections Employees, Retirees Push Legislative Priorities AFSCME members in Texas pushed legislative priorities that working people and retirees in the Lone Star State care about during face-to-face meetings with Texas lawmakers and staff this week. Read More
November 23, 2016 Judge Blocks Obama Rule Giving Overtime to Millions Corporations give thanks to a federal judge for preventing millions of workers from getting the overtime they deserve. Read More
October 28, 2016 In Florida and Texas, Right-to-Work is No Obstacle AFSCME members in Florida and Texas are organizing their unions and making them stronger than ever despite anti-union laws. Read More
August 24, 2015 AFSCME Members Establish Innovative Youth Court For more than a decade, AFSCME Local 1624 Pres. Judy Cortez and Austin Municipal Court Judge John Vasquez, have been working in their free time to establish a mobile problem-solving youth court, or Youth Diversion Program. Read More
July 31, 2015 AFSCME Texas Corrections Mourn Fallen Officer TELFORD, Texas – Corrections Officer Timothy Davison, the victim of an attack by a prisoner at the prison unit here in Bowie County, was laid to rest July 25 amid an outpouring of support for the Davison family from his Corrections family. Read More
April 15, 2015 Budget Victory Is Huge for Texas Correctional Officers After months of intense lobbying by AFSCME Texas Correctional members, lawmakers approved budget plans that provide badly needed pay raises for correctional officers, and addressed the chronic underfunding of the state’s Employees Retirement System (ERS). Read More
February 05, 2015 Texas Corrections Officers Mourn Crash Victims Two Texas corrections officers were among 10 passengers killed when a bus transporting inmates that lost control on a patch of black ice, slid off of the Interstate 20 overpass, and crashed into a moving Union Pacific train. Read More