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AFSCME Member Gets Assistance From Union Plus Disability Grant

When AFSCME member Deborah Van Horn was unable to work due to health issues, she turned to Union Plus for financial help. As a Union Plus Credit Cardholder, she was eligible to apply for the Union Plus Disability Grant.

AFSCME Member Gets Assistance From Union Plus Disability Grant

How LGBTQ Union Activists Transformed the Labor Movement

As Pride Month is recognized around the world this year, the rainbow-hued celebration will be colored by hope, fear for the future, and reverence for the que

How LGBTQ Union Activists Transformed the Labor Movement

Trump’s North American Trade Deal Must do More to Protect U.S. Jobs

Mexico didn’t foist NAFTA on the United States, despite President Donald Trump’s constant claims that the U.S. loses “so much money” on the deal. We did it to ourselves, and we did it deliberately.

Trump’s North American Trade Deal Must do More to Protect U.S. Jobs

Trump’s War on Worker Rights

President Trump ran for office as a champion of American workers and a friend of labor unions, but his administration has systematically favored employers at the expense of workers.

Trump’s War on Worker Rights

Librarian Praises Fast Access to Disaster Relief Grant with the Union Plus Credit Card

LaVerne Washington, executive board member and steward of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 101 in San Jose, California is on her way to retiring credit card debt free. Washington has been an AFSCME member for 18 years. As she started planning for retirement from her job as a paralegal, she researched ways to reduce her bills and high interest credit card debt. She remembered that Union Plus Credit Counseling is one of the benefits available to her through AFSCME Advantage.

Librarian Praises Fast Access to Disaster Relief Grant with the Union Plus Credit Card

Video Game Developers Power Up a High-Stakes Unionizing Campaign

It was 1 a.m. and RJ Reyes was driving down a Los Angeles freeway when he realized he’d had enough.

The sleep-deprived video game developer felt his eyes grow heavy. And his car veered suddenly.

Video Game Developers Power Up a High-Stakes Unionizing Campaign