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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]
District Council 37 (also known as DC37) is New York City's largest public sector employee union, representing over 150,000 members. [1]It’s important to note that DC37 may not represent retirees, because the Taylor Law prohibits public sector unions from negotiating on behalf of retirees in New York State. [2]
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1921 1,901,161 [1] RNs, professional, technical and non-professional health care workers; public employees; janitorial and security employees. 2012: SEIU: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 1932 1,459,511 Employees of state, county, and municipal governments. 2012 ...
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 750,000 employees of the federal government, about 5,000 employees of the District of Columbia, and a few hundred private sector employees, mostly in and around federal facilities.
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.
AFSMCE at the Bud Billiken Parade 2015. AFSCME Council 31 is the Illinois state chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a union of public service workers in the public, private and non-profit sectors.
Wurf's election in 1964 began an area of growth and racial inclusion for the union. [ 5 ] [ 10 ] Through energetic organizing and aggressive bargaining, AFSCME grew rapidly under his leadership from about 220,000 members to just over one million in 1981.
AFSCME had grown from a mere 100,000 members in 1951 to 500,000 members in 1972, and had elected a dynamic and aggressive new leader, 45-year-old Jerry Wurf, in 1964. [8] Not only was AFSCME's growth substantial, its demographics matched those of SEIU's: At least two-thirds of the rival union's members were blue-collar workers, and a fifth of ...