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[7] [8] Major political issues for AFSCME include single-payer health care, protecting pension benefits, increasing the minimum wage, preventing the privatization of government jobs, and expanding unemployment benefits. [5] AFSCME is divided into approximately 3,400 local unions in 46 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. [9]
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; [2] and is also a member of the EMS Labor Alliance, the Kaiser Coalition, [3] and a number of local area labor councils.
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]
AFSCME Council 31 filed a counter-claim asking for the ruling to be vacated. [ 10 ] According to Crain's Chicago Business, "In response to a grievance by the union, the arbitrator ruled that the union failed to prove that the Rauner administration acted improperly or violated contract language governing layoffs.
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.
The Local 77 chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is a Duke University labour union established in August 1965. It initially began as the Duke Employees Benevolent Society in February 1965, led by Oliver Harvey .
In 2019, District Council 1707, an AFSCME affiliate representing 20,000 private-sector workers in six local unions across New York City, merged with DC 37 to better serve those workers employed by the city's human services nonprofit organizations. [8]
In Seattle, Local 18257 became UCAPAWA, Local 7 and in San Francisco and Portland Cannery Workers unions also joined UCAPAWA Opponents of re-affiliation, led by John Ayamo and called the "defeated candidates party," received the old 18257 charter and challenged Local 7 for the right to represent cannery workers. On May 4, 1938 the issue was ...