Lee Saunders
Advancing Dr. King’s voting rights legacy
The Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965. But now, in 2022, as we honor Dr. King on his birthday, voting rights are under siege.
From the Leadership
Press Releases
AFSCME’s Saunders: New BLS report on membership earnings ‘proves the union difference’
Every worker deserves their fair share from the work they put in to make businesses and communities succeed.
Saunders: The Biden-Harris administration has kept their ‘promise to fight for working people’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders marks the one-year anniversary of the Biden presidency.
AFSCME’s Saunders: There is no issue more pressing than preserving voting rights
The failure of the Senate to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act is shameful.
AFSCME’s Saunders: Capitol Hill workers who ‘picked up the pieces of our democracy and put them back together’ are heroes
The Senate passed Sen. Sherrod Brown’s resolution honoring the Capitol Hill custodial, janitorial and maintenance staff workers.
AFSCME’s Saunders: ‘Our democracy cannot stand unless the right of every citizen to vote is protected.’
We cannot sit idly by and allow powerful special interests to rob us of our voice and rig our democracy.
Saunders: Jan. 6 anniversary a reminder that democracy must be safeguarded
One year later, we must remain vigilant about defending the pillars of our democratic system.
AFSCME’s Saunders on the passing of Harry Reid: ‘Senator Reid’s legacy is not just about his rise, but whom he brought with him’
Sen. Reid never forgot where he came from, and he understood that government can be a force for good in people’s lives.