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Since 1972, AFSCME has been a primary force within the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, playing a major role in setting the legislative agenda and in choosing Democratic presidential candidates. [11] In the 1990s, AFSCME was the top U.S. donor to Bill Clinton. [2] AFSCME members with then-Senator Barack Obama, 2008
Seniority also affects access to more desirable office space in the House Office Buildings: [3] after an office is vacated, members next in seniority can choose whether to move into it. Only after allocations for existing members are complete can incoming members be assigned offices via the congressional office lottery .
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]
Workers will rally at 5:15 p.m. Monday at Kesey Square. City workers represented by AFSCME are pushing for a fair contract after months of negotiation
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Lucy became a member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local #1675 in 1956 and was elected as its president in 1965. He began working full-time at AFSCME's national headquarters in Washington, D.C. the following year as associate director of legislation and community affairs.
McEntee was a member of the Democratic National Committee and was a "super delegate" in the Pennsylvania 2008 Democratic National Convention delegation. [5] His gross salary of $1,020,751 in 2012, his last year on the job, [ 6 ] coupled with his use of $325,000 in union money to charter private jets in 2010 and 2011, became an issue in 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]