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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]
United EMS Workers is governed by an Executive Board composed of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Directors, and Trustees. United EMS Workers-AFSCME Local 4911 bargaining unit members are represented in each bargaining unit by democratically elected shop stewards and members of local committees as defined and elected by members of each bargaining unit.
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO/AFSCME) is a United States labor union which represents air traffic controllers at a number of locations. PATCO/AFSCME is a division of the Federation of Physicians & Dentists – Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees , an affiliate of the American Federation of State, County ...
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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]
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.
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.