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In 1992, AFSCME was the first national union to back Bill Clinton in his presidential bid. [2] AFSCME led an effort to oppose Clinton's signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In the late 1990s, AFSCME expanded its membership into Puerto Rico and Panama. The union was an early supporter of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. [16]
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The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees announced that 84.2 percent of its members who voted rejected the state's final contract offer and authorized a strike, and earlier that day, leaders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 6 filed an official notice with the Bureau of Mediation ...
AFSCME Council 31 filed a counter-claim asking for the ruling to be vacated. [10] According to Crain's Chicago Business, "In response to a grievance by the union, the arbitrator ruled that the union failed to prove that the Rauner administration acted improperly or violated contract language governing layoffs.
Unlike most AFSCME Locals, United EMS Workers-AFSCME Local 4911 is not affiliated with an AFSCME district council. Due to its relationship with AFSCME, United EMS Workers-AFSCME Local 4911 is affiliated with the AFL–CIO; and is also a member of the EMS Labor Alliance, the Kaiser Coalition, and a number of local area labor councils.
CSEA is governed by its members, who meet in an annual convention. Each local elects delegates, based on proportional representation. The delegates debate and approve policy, and set dues. The union President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary are all elected by a vote of the entire CSEA membership by mail-in ballot.
Former members of DC37, who are retired from state and/or local government service, are represented by the DC37 Retirees Association and other retiree organizations, including the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees (for Benefit Preservation). [3] [4] DC37 was chartered in 1944 by AFSCME to represent public employees in New ...
The union members of Local 77 demanded a systematic way of dealing with workplace complaints that was impartial to the Duke University administration. Because the majority of the union's members were African-American, several of the goals overlapped with the ideas of the Civil Rights Movement.