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During Wurf's presidency, AFSCME's membership grew from 200,000 to approximately one million. The union eclipsed the one-million-member mark in 1978. [2] AFSCME set up its first political action committee in 1971. [16] AFSCME supported George McGovern's 1972 presidential bid as well as Jimmy Carter's successful presidential bid in 1976. [11]
Name est. Members (approx) Description ... County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 1932 1,459,511 ... Full name: International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace ...
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AFSCME Council 31 has "100,000 active and retired members", [1] including "approximately 40,000 state employees working in more than 50 departments, authorities, boards, and commissions under the authority of the Governor." [2]
In 1937, a number of AFSCME local unions, composed primarily of caseworkers, disaffiliated from that union and joined the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). [1] The CIO allowed these local unions to form the State, County, and Municipal Workers of America, and charged the new organization with competing with AFSCME at the state and local levels for membership. [2]
District Council 37 (also known as DC 37) is New York City's largest public sector employee union, representing over 150,000 members and 89,000 retirees. [1]DC 37 was chartered in 1944 by AFSCME to represent public employees in New York City.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT or Teamsters) – expelled by AFL–CIO in 1957 for corruption; re-affiliated with AFL–CIO in 1987; disaffiliated in 2005 and became founding member union of Change to Win; Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) – founding member union of Change to Win in 2005, but re-affiliated ...
When Wurf arrived at AFSCME offices at 815 Mount Vernon Place in Washington, they were trashed inside and outside. One floor of the building had been leased to a pizza bakery. After examining the account books, Wurf also realized that AFSCME was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. Wurf sold the building and moved the union to a smaller ...