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AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

HOPE Local 123 Christmas Celebration and Member Recognition

Your HOPE Executive Board Proudly Presents the HOPE Annual Christmas Celebration and Member Recognition,  "A Mardi Gras Christmas!", on Friday, December 9th, from 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM at the Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel, 3000 N Loop W, Houston, TX 77092

The last two years have been full of challenges.

But under the leadership of the Biden administration and this Congress, we are turning a corner. There have been unprecedented investments in public services and public service jobs. Millions will see the price of life-saving prescription drugs come down. Millions more will receive relief from unfair student debt. And the wealthy are finally starting to pay their fair share.

To be sure, there is more work to be done. But if we continue this progress, we will have many more reasons to be optimistic about the future.

Faced with the management’s refusal to remedy unfair labor practices and address workers’ major priorities during contract negotiations, AFSCME Local 397 (District Council 47) – the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union (PMAU) – began a museum-wide strike Monday.

AFSCME is committed to helping you get the student debt relief you deserve.

Thanks to the Biden administration, millions of public service workers, including AFSCME members, are eligible for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program or (PSLF). And even more public service workers are eligible under a temporary waiver that expires Oct. 31, 2022. 

HOPE Endorses Roy Sanchez for HMEPS Trustee #6

Our Defined Benefit Pension remains a top reason why many Municipal Employees and HOPE Members stay with the City of Houston.

HOPE members have the opportunity to make sure folks we can trust sit on our Pension Board. That's why Roy Sanchez has our endorsement for the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System Trustee #6.

The COVID-19 pandemic arrived at a time when our nation’s health care workers were already experiencing burnout. The National Academy of Medicine, in a report from 2019, said that 35% to 54% of nurses and physicians in the United States had “substantial symptoms of burnout.”

Then things got worse.