HOPE AFSCME Local 123

We are HOPE AFSCME Local 123

As HOPE AFSCME Local 123 members, we have the power to make a difference. By joining together, HOPE members have clout at the ballot box, in the halls of government and at the bargaining table. HOPE AFSCME Local 123 is one of the city’s most powerful advocates for working families in the city of Houston.

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Fund the Front Lines Campaign (AFSCME Face Masks)

Fund the Front Lines:

During these awkward and difficult times, it’s easy to recognize how much Houston depends on City Employees and other Front Line Public Servants to keep the City going.

As pandemic challenges become apparent, it’s clear that the present state of affairs is due to both the sound investments and the hasty cuts made to public services in the past.

Covid-19 has abruptly moved these past funding decisions beyond impacting daily services and threatening respected jobs; It is literally now a matter of life and death.

Click Here: Tell Congress to fund the front lines so that the essential services we provide can continue. We’re doing our jobs. We need Congress to do theirs.

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Comprehensive HOPE Member Coronavirus-19 Information w/ Links to Resources

Coronavirus Disease 2019

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Biden’s plan for America is driving retirees to action

It’s easy to say that the 2020 election is the most important of our lifetimes, but hearing this firsthand from AFSCME Retirees, many of whom have dedicated their lives to public service and making America a better place to live, shows the urgency to us all.

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Make your plan to vote today

If there’s one thing the 2020 election has in spades, it’s choices – and not just the choices between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, and choi

National AFSCME News

Senate’s ‘skinny’ COVID-19 relief bill is just a ‘ploy,’ says Saunders
The Senate’s “skinny” COVID-19 relief bill is “a ploy,” says AFSCME President Lee Saunders. — Oct 21
Amid pandemic, AFSCME members deal with painful loss
Hear from AFSCME members who have lost loved ones to COVID-19. — Oct 21
AFSCME challenges federal panel’s blatantly anti-labor policies
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued blatantly anti-worker statements – and AFSCME is having none of it. — Oct 20
Biden’s plan for America is driving retirees to action
Discover why AFSCME retirees are getting fired up about this election. — Oct 19
Union 411: The right to organize and the presidential election
The final “Union 411: 2020 Election Special” video from Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride takes a look at where the presidential candidates stand on the right of all workers to stand together in a union. — Oct 19