Correctional officers and employees put our lives on the line every day to keep us safe. But our jobs are under threat from budget cuts and privatization.
AFSCME fights for better pay and benefits, expanded bargaining rights, safer working conditions, and to uphold the standard of professionalism for those in this critical field.
The billionaires want to turn prisons into profit centers, taking money away from staffing, training, and equipment that keeps COs safe.
Their allies want to cut federal and state funding, slashing our pay and benefits. And they want to take away our freedom to join a union, stripping away our voice on the job.
As America celebrates Correctional Officers and Employees Week, it’s time for us and the people who support us to stand up and say we will not let them make our communities less safe. We will not let them put us at risk to turn a profit. And we will not let them take away our voice on the job.
We’re going to fight back.
Join us to GET ORGANIZED. Sign up to join the fight to protect our jobs, freedoms and futures.