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a.k.a. National Council of VA Locals (C-53) [9] The VA Council is the largest and currently accounts for over one third of the federation's membership. [citation needed] Alma L. Lee is the current president of the VA council. AFGE Council 73 [10] Transportation Security Administration a.k.a. AFGE TSA Council 100 [11]
The National Federation of Federal Employees, however, had just 45,000 dues-paying members. [6] [9] Much of NFFE's membership losses had come through significant downsizing of the blue-collar federal workforce where NFFE's membership was concentrated. NFFE also lost a large number of members due to raiding.
The IBPO affiliation broadening and diversifying the membership base significantly. In 1977, Unit 6, a Massachusetts professional employee bargaining unit, affiliated with NAGE. Unit 6 became the first state bargaining unit to affiliate with the union. Massachusetts state bargaining Unit 1 and Unit 3 joined NAGE shortly thereafter.
Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, signing formal recognition of SI Lodge No. 2463 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). An October-November 1965 issue of the Smithsonian Institution's employee newsletter, The Smithsonian Torch, features a photograph of Secretary S. Dillon Ripley signing a document to recognize AFGE Lodge No. 2463. [1]
Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law, the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights. The rights of members are governed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959. List Below
In 1977, it began to organize employees in other federal agencies; in 1978, employees of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) became the first members outside the Treasury Department. In August 1983, Connery retired as NTEU’s national president and Robert M. Tobias, national executive vice president and general counsel, succeeded him.
As the leader of the union, Sturdivant cut costs sharply and enforced payment of dues more strongly, resolving the AFGE's financial issues. He campaigned to bring pay for government workers in line with their private sector equivalents, and helped amend the Hatch Act to permit off-duty government workers to engage in some political activities.
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, No. 16-1466, 585 U.S. ___ (2018), abbreviated Janus v.AFSCME, is a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on US labor law, concerning the power of labor unions to collect fees from non-union members.