Throughout our 75 years, AFSCME has always fought for a better future for public service workers and America’s working families. It was true in 1932 in Madison, WI when we started, continued when we received our official charter from the American Federation of Labor just a few years later in 1936, and is just as true today – as we continue the fight of our lives in Wisconsin and across the entire country.

And that’s why, today, we’re proud to share AFSCME’s storied history with you on our new 75th Anniversary website.

It tells the story of the women and men of AFSCME who have always made up the heart and soul of our union. Please take a few minutes to explore it today.

The new website features: 

• A 75th Anniversary video featuring AFSCME leaders from past and present, which shows with historic photos how your union has always been there: from the fight for workers’ rights, civil rights, women’s and LGBT rights to the day-in and day-out fight for strong public services and the middle class that continues today. Watch it today.
• Our online exhibit chronicles AFSCME’s 75 years of leadership in the American labor movement. You can flip through each page to learn how we have always fought for “the people who tend to be left behind,” as LaTonya says. Click here learn more.

Please take a moment to celebrate our union’s 75th Anniversary today, and be sure to sign our pledge: “I Stand With AFSCME. I Support public services because they strengthen America and the middle class.”

Thanks for everything you do.

In solidarity,

GERALD W. McENTEE President		LEE A. SAUNDERS Secretary-Treasurer