In this year’s State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden highlighted his administration’s achievements over the past three years and vowed to continue fighting for working people.

AFSCME applauds his accomplishments and strongly supports the Biden-Harris administration’s vision for the future, which includes defending our nation’s democracy, protecting a woman’s right to choose and making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, among other things.

“On February 27, 2024 the Virginia City Council shut out over a hundred AFSCME Local 454 members and community supporters from speaking to the Council at a scheduled public forum. In an attempt to silence growing public pressure, the City Council approved an emergency ordinance prohibiting targeted residential picketing in Virginia. No reason was provided by the Council in the introduction or passage of the ordinance, and AFSCME Council 65 condemns the City Council’s attack on the first amendment right to publicly demonstrate, particularly through union activity.