Cook County Employees

Medicaid cuts could hit us all

Deep cuts to Medicaid being pushed by President Donald Trump’s administration and Republicans in Congress could do real damage to public services and to the jobs of AFSCME members in Illinois.

Medicaid cuts could hit us all

Make your voice heard during the Fix Tier 2 Week of Action: April 29-May 1

From April 29 - May 1, AFSCME and We Are One are holding a week of action, including sending calls and emails into legislators’ offices to let them know they must fix Tier 2 before the session is over.

Make your voice heard during the Fix Tier 2 Week of Action: April 29-May 1

Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

AFSCME and our allies in the We Are One Illinois coalition are vowing to carry the fight for pension fairness forward into the spring legislative session, but it’s going to take the involvement of every AFSCME member to get it over the finish line.

Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

Thousands rally in Springfield to say “Fix Tier 2!”

Thousands of public service workers—members of AFSCME and our allied unions in the We Are One Illinois coalition—gathered in Springfield on Nov. 13 to demand lawmakers fix the broken and unfair Tier 2 pension system.

Thousands rally in Springfield to say “Fix Tier 2!”

Fair Tier 2: The path forward

Looking for answers to your Tier 2 questions?

Fair Tier 2: The path forward