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The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States. [2] It represents 1.3 million [1] public sector employees and retirees, including health care workers, corrections officers, sanitation workers, police officers, firefighters, [3] and childcare providers.
Website National Education Association (NEA) 1857 ... (AFSCME) 1932 1,459,511 Employees of state, county, and municipal governments. 2012: AFSCME: Teamsters: 1903
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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]
After graduating, McEntee became part of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 33, [2] which was his father's union. [3] Several months later, he began working as a staff member of its Philadelphia local council. [1] He worked as a political strategist for the powerful municipal union until 1969. [3]
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 .
The wage increase amounted to 15.25 percent through the overall life of the contract. [2] During the Illinois budget crisis, the state could not afford the increase scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2011. AFSCME Council 31 sued in the circuit court of Cook County. AFSCME won the suit at the trial level.
Jerome Wurf (May 18, 1919 – December 10, 1981) was a U.S. labor leader and president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) from 1964 to 1981. Wurf was a friend of Martin Luther King Jr. , and was arrested multiple times for his activism, notably during the Memphis sanitation strike . [ 1 ]