Lee Saunders Archive
Saunders: President Biden is ‘most pro-union, pro-worker president of our lifetimes’
President Joe Biden, who will seek reelection, is the most “pro-worker president of our lifetimes,” AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
Saunders promotes upcoming AFSCME podcast about the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike
AFSCME President Lee Saunders promotes the I AM podcast in a new column.
30 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act: much to celebrate, much more to do
The Family and Medical Leave Act is turning 30 years old. But our country still lacks a national paid leave policy.
It’s Up to Us: Labor Carrying the King Legacy Forward
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, AFSCME President Lee Saunders shares his thoughts about the work we need to do to realize Dr. King’s dream.
AFSCME's Saunders: Government funding bill brings long-overdue benefits and protections for working people, ‘but there is more work to be done’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after Congress passed the fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill: