Lee Saunders

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: No longer serving as president; Public Citizen's 2026 announcement of the DOL lawsuit identified Patrick Moran as AFSCME's current president

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees sued the Labor Department on September 10 over a rule that ends merit-based hiring at the nation's job-search offices. The rule, published August 20, takes effect October 19. It lets states replace career civil servants with contractors or non-merit staff in the Employment Service, a federal-state program created in 1933.

Updated Sep 11