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In 1935, after meetings between Zander and AFL President William Green, AFSCME became a chapter within the American Federation of Government Employees. AFSCME received a separate charter from the AFL in 1936. [11] In the 1930s, AFSCME was primarily a union for white-collar civil service workers, including librarians, social workers and clerical ...
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; Long title: An act to provide for the reporting and disclosure of certain financial transactions and administrative practices of labor organizations and employers, to prevent abuses in the administration of trusteeships by labor organizations, to provide standards with respect to the election of officers of labor organizations, and for other purposes.
In the first two months after the Civil Service Retirement Act took effect in 1921, more than 5,000 workers retired, some of whom were more than 90 years old. Thanks in large part to the work of NARFE’s founders, a 1926 law raised the amount of the annuities retirees received but also increased the amount deducted from the wages of current ...
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In 2008, AFSCME Council 31 and the state of Illinois agreed on a multi-year contract that covered members' wages, hours, and employment conditions. The contract went from September 5, 2008 to June 30, 2012. One provision of the contract called for a wage increase on January 1, 2009, and then every July 1 and January 1 through the end of the ...
Lee A. Saunders is a leader of the labor movement in the United States.He was elected to succeed Gerald W. McEntee as President of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), one of the largest and most politically active unions in the AFL-CIO, [1] on June 21, 2012, during the union's 40th International Convention in Los Angeles. [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.
District 1199C in Philadelphia which voted to affiliate with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in 1989. [3] It was originally established in December 1969. [6] District 1199J formed in 1977 in New Jersey [7] and which also voted to affiliate with AFSCME instead of SEIU. [3] District 1199NM formed in New ...