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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.
It was founded by Verizon retiree members of the Association of BellTel Retirees. ProtectSeniors.Org is dedicated to the interests of corporate retirees in the United States. The group represents 14.3 million retirees from 392 companies, 45 labor union locals, 98 municipal, state and federal retiree groups and 16 associations. [citation needed]
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]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
After lengthy debate and disagreement over dues levels, the governance structure, the leadership, and the philosophy of the AFL–CIO, the Laborers' International Union of North America, Service Employees International Union, Teamsters, UNITE HERE, United Farm Workers, and United Food and Commercial Workers disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO to ...