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American Federation of Government Employees

January 19, 2023

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 670,000 employees of the federal government, about 5,000 employees of the District of Columbia, and a few hundred private sector employees, mostly in and around federal facilities. AFGE is the largest union for civilian, non-postal federal employees and the largest union for District of Columbia employees who report directly to the mayor (i.e., outside D.C. public schools). It is affiliated with the AFL–CIO.

AFGE
American Federation of Government Employees
FoundedOctober 17, 1932
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Location
Members
301,992 (2015)[1]
Key people
Everett Kelley, President
AffiliationsAFL–CIO
WebsiteAFGE.org

History

 
Berniece Heffner was the first national Secretary and Treasurer of the AFGE Movement.
 
Henrietta Olding, pictured here in 1917, was an early vice president of District 2. She was a labor rights and women's rights activist within the movement.

AFGE was founded on October 17, 1932, by local unions loyal to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and left the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) when that union became independent of the AFL (NFFE in 1998 became part of the IAMAW, which is affiliated with the AFL–CIO).

AFGE is a federation of local unions, with each local maintaining autonomy through operating under local constitutions that comply with the AFGE National constitution ratified originally during its founding in 1932.

Federal employees' right to organize and bargain binding labor contracts was established in law by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which AFGE helped to draft, and which states that collective bargaining in the federal sector is in the public interest while also barring the right to strike.

 

AFGE has played a crucial role[according to whom?] in the struggle for women's rights and civil rights in the federal sector, and was one of the first unions to establish a Women's Department and a Fair Practices Department, with the officer over those departments holding a seat on the National Executive Committee (NEC) and with Women's and Fair Practices Coordinators elected in each AFGE district since the early 1970s.

AFGE's December 2009 court suits stopped aspects of the George W. Bush Administration's "National Security Personnel System" (for DOD) and MAXHR (for DHS), and AFGE also won changes to law that make the contracting out process more balanced[according to whom?] in regard to federal employees' interests. In 2010, the Obama Administration issued an Executive Order for the Federal Government to focus on insourcing Federal jobs rather than outsourcing them overseas or to contractors.

AFGE's motto was established as "To Do For All That Which No One Can Do For Oneself".

AFGE's original emblem was a shield with the stars and stripes and the words "Justice, Fraternity, Progress" and the current emblem is three workers supporting a globe with a map of the United States and the words "Proud to Make America Work".

In June 2011, AFGE also won the historic largest single nationwide consolidated bargaining unit election of over 44,000 employees of the Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security. AFGE is working for a change in law which will give them the same collective bargaining rights as other federal employees.

In August 2015, AFGE at its national convention decided its official colors are blue and gold. All future insignia will meet as such.

Organization

AFGE is led by a National Executive Council, made up of National President Everett Kelley, a National Secretary-Treasurer, and National Vice President, Women's and Fair Practices, elected at a triennial National Convention, and 12 National Vice Presidents who oversee geographic districts and are elected at District caucuses.

Previous Presidents

Previous National Presidents going back to the 1960s include Bobby L. Harnage Sr., John N. Sturdivant, Kenneth Blaylock, Dennis Garrison, Clyde Weber, John Griner, James Campbell, and John Gage. David Glass was the first AFGE National President. Early National Presidents include John A. Shaw, E. Claude Babcock, Charles I. Stengle, Cecil E. Custer and James B. Burns, and James G. Yaden. National Secretary-Treasurer Berniece Heffner served as Acting National President three times during transition periods due to retirement or death during her twenty years in office.

Other

Labor relations in the federal sector are governed by the Federal Labor Relations Authority, an independent federal agency, and federal sector unions have recourse to binding arbitration and to the Federal Services Impasses Panel to resolve impasses which might lead to a strike in the private sector.

Numbered "Councils of Locals"

 
AFGE members hold a silent protest to demand that Congress avoid another government shutdown, 2019.

For AFGE, collective bargaining responsibilities are delegated to numbered "Councils of Locals" at major agencies, including the following:

 
AFGE rally against Department of Veterans Affair budget cuts, 2012.
  • National Council of Prisons Locals (C-33)[6]
  • National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals (C-45)[7]
  • Veteran's Administration Council. a.k.a. National Council of VA Locals (C-53)[8] The VA Council is the largest and currently accounts for over one third of the federation's membership.[citation needed] Alma L. Lee is the current president of the VA council.
  • AFGE Council 73[9]
  • Transportation Security Administration a.k.a. AFGE TSA Council 100[10]
  • ICE Council. a.k.a. AFGE Council 118 (ICE)[11]
  • CIS Council (119)[12]
  • Coast Guard Council. (120)[13]
  • AFGE Council 162[14]
  • Defense Contract Management Agency (C-170)[15]
  • DFAS Council of DFAS Locals (C-171)[16]
  • AFGE Council 172[17]
  • AFGE Council 200[18]
  • Midwest Council of Food Inspection Locals (C-202)[19]
  • the Air Force Materiel Command a.k.a. Air Force Materiel Command Locals (C-214)[20]
  • National Council of EEOC Locals 216[21]
  • National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals (C-220)[22]
    • National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals (Atlanta Region) (C-220)[23]
  • HUD Council. a.k.a. National Council of HUD Locals (C-222)[24]
  • AFGE Council 224[25]
  • AFGE Council 235[26]
  • EPA Locals (C-238)[27]
  • AFGE Council 252[28]
  • Council of National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Locals (C-260)[29]
  • Smithsonian Institution, Local 2463.[30]
 
American Federation of Government Employees ball cap from the 1980s.

Membership

All union membership in the federal sector is entirely voluntary, as the law does not allow for the "closed shop"; federal employees are barred from being candidates for partisan political office, and no dues money may be spent on partisan political campaigns.

AFGE has been growing in membership in recent years and now has more than 300,000 dues paying members in about 1,200 AFGE Locals at more than 100 federal agencies. AFGE represents almost every type of worker in the American economy, blue collar and white collar, and covers a variety of professional, technical and support personnel—including nurses, doctors, machinists, electricians, aircraft mechanics, astronauts, scientists, safety inspectors, mine inspectors, food inspectors, environmental specialists, accountants and accounting technicians, fire fighters, police officers, correctional officers, cowboys, engineers, administrative assistants, janitors, radio and TV broadcasters, procurement specialists, quality assurance specialists, benefits administrators, housekeepers, lawyers and paralegals, boiler plant operators and many more.[31]

Over 1,000 members show up to the union’s triennial convention in Nevada, which lasts about half a week. The grand finale is everyone singing "Solidarity Forever".

See also

References

  1. ^ . www.afge.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 28 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "afgefirefighters.org". www.afgefirefighters.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  5. ^ "National Border Patrol Council - Protecting Those Who Protect Our Borders". www.nbpc.net. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  6. ^ "AFGE - CPL33". www.cpl33.info. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ . www.the-inspector.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  9. ^ "NCFLL". www.ncfll.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Home - AFGE Council 100". AFGE Council 100. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  11. ^ "National ICE Council - Protecting those who protect America". www.iceunion.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  12. ^ "AFGE LOCAL 1458 - National CIS Council 119 Secretary Treasurer Lopez announces vote tally 1/04/14". Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Union Facts - Government Employees, Council 120 - United States Coast Guard Council Of Afge Locals - Profile, Membership, Leaders, Political Operations, etc". Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  14. ^ [1][dead link]
  15. ^ . Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  16. ^ "Former AFGE171 Main Page". www.afge171.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  17. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2016-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "AFGE Local 200 – American Federation of Government Employees Local 200". www.afgelocal200.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  19. ^ . www.the-inspector.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  20. ^ "AFGE Council 214". www.afgecouncil214.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Council 216 Main Page". www.council216.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  22. ^ "AFGE Council 220". www.afgec220.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  23. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  24. ^ Name, Your. "HUD AFGE COUNCIL 222 Home Page". afgecouncil222.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  25. ^ "AFGE - Council 224". www.afge.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  26. ^ [2][dead link]
  27. ^ "My Blog - Just another WordPress site". www.afgecouncil238.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  29. ^ "afgecouncil260.org". www.afgecouncil260.org. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  30. ^ "Signing of a collective bargaining agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Local 2463".
  31. ^ "AFGE Union Blog | "Proud to Make America Work!"". Afge.org. Retrieved 2014-01-09.

External links

  • American Federation of Government Employees
  • AFGE National VA Council

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources American Federation of Government Employees news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message The American Federation of Government Employees AFGE is an American labor union representing over 670 000 employees of the federal government about 5 000 employees of the District of Columbia and a few hundred private sector employees mostly in and around federal facilities AFGE is the largest union for civilian non postal federal employees and the largest union for District of Columbia employees who report directly to the mayor i e outside D C public schools It is affiliated with the AFL CIO AFGEAmerican Federation of Government EmployeesFoundedOctober 17 1932HeadquartersWashington D C LocationUnited StatesMembers301 992 2015 1 Key peopleEverett Kelley PresidentAffiliationsAFL CIOWebsiteAFGE org Contents 1 History 2 Organization 2 1 Previous Presidents 2 2 Other 2 3 Numbered Councils of Locals 3 Membership 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit Berniece Heffner was the first national Secretary and Treasurer of the AFGE Movement Henrietta Olding pictured here in 1917 was an early vice president of District 2 She was a labor rights and women s rights activist within the movement AFGE was founded on October 17 1932 by local unions loyal to the American Federation of Labor AFL and left the National Federation of Federal Employees NFFE when that union became independent of the AFL NFFE in 1998 became part of the IAMAW which is affiliated with the AFL CIO AFGE is a federation of local unions with each local maintaining autonomy through operating under local constitutions that comply with the AFGE National constitution ratified originally during its founding in 1932 Federal employees right to organize and bargain binding labor contracts was established in law by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 which AFGE helped to draft and which states that collective bargaining in the federal sector is in the public interest while also barring the right to strike AFGE has played a crucial role according to whom in the struggle for women s rights and civil rights in the federal sector and was one of the first unions to establish a Women s Department and a Fair Practices Department with the officer over those departments holding a seat on the National Executive Committee NEC and with Women s and Fair Practices Coordinators elected in each AFGE district since the early 1970s AFGE s December 2009 court suits stopped aspects of the George W Bush Administration s National Security Personnel System for DOD and MAXHR for DHS and AFGE also won changes to law that make the contracting out process more balanced according to whom in regard to federal employees interests In 2010 the Obama Administration issued an Executive Order for the Federal Government to focus on insourcing Federal jobs rather than outsourcing them overseas or to contractors AFGE s motto was established as To Do For All That Which No One Can Do For Oneself AFGE s original emblem was a shield with the stars and stripes and the words Justice Fraternity Progress and the current emblem is three workers supporting a globe with a map of the United States and the words Proud to Make America Work In June 2011 AFGE also won the historic largest single nationwide consolidated bargaining unit election of over 44 000 employees of the Transportation Security Administration part of the Department of Homeland Security AFGE is working for a change in law which will give them the same collective bargaining rights as other federal employees In August 2015 AFGE at its national convention decided its official colors are blue and gold All future insignia will meet as such Organization EditAFGE is led by a National Executive Council made up of National President Everett Kelley a National Secretary Treasurer and National Vice President Women s and Fair Practices elected at a triennial National Convention and 12 National Vice Presidents who oversee geographic districts and are elected at District caucuses Previous Presidents Edit Previous National Presidents going back to the 1960s include Bobby L Harnage Sr John N Sturdivant Kenneth Blaylock Dennis Garrison Clyde Weber John Griner James Campbell and John Gage David Glass was the first AFGE National President Early National Presidents include John A Shaw E Claude Babcock Charles I Stengle Cecil E Custer and James B Burns and James G Yaden National Secretary Treasurer Berniece Heffner served as Acting National President three times during transition periods due to retirement or death during her twenty years in office Other Edit Labor relations in the federal sector are governed by the Federal Labor Relations Authority an independent federal agency and federal sector unions have recourse to binding arbitration and to the Federal Services Impasses Panel to resolve impasses which might lead to a strike in the private sector Numbered Councils of Locals Edit AFGE members hold a silent protest to demand that Congress avoid another government shutdown 2019 For AFGE collective bargaining responsibilities are delegated to numbered Councils of Locals at major agencies including the following AFGE DEFCON 2 AFGE Federal Fire Fighter Steering Committee 3 AFGE Federal Law Enforcement Council 4 Federal Protective Service Council The Food Safety Inspection Service USDA Council National Border Patrol Council 5 AFGE rally against Department of Veterans Affair budget cuts 2012 National Council of Prisons Locals C 33 6 National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals C 45 7 Veteran s Administration Council a k a National Council of VA Locals C 53 8 The VA Council is the largest and currently accounts for over one third of the federation s membership citation needed Alma L Lee is the current president of the VA council AFGE Council 73 9 Transportation Security Administration a k a AFGE TSA Council 100 10 ICE Council a k a AFGE Council 118 ICE 11 CIS Council 119 12 Coast Guard Council 120 13 AFGE Council 162 14 Defense Contract Management Agency C 170 15 DFAS Council of DFAS Locals C 171 16 AFGE Council 172 17 AFGE Council 200 18 Midwest Council of Food Inspection Locals C 202 19 the Air Force Materiel Command a k a Air Force Materiel Command Locals C 214 20 National Council of EEOC Locals 216 21 National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals C 220 22 National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals Atlanta Region C 220 23 HUD Council a k a National Council of HUD Locals C 222 24 AFGE Council 224 25 AFGE Council 235 26 EPA Locals C 238 27 AFGE Council 252 28 Council of National Archives and Records Administration NARA Locals C 260 29 Smithsonian Institution Local 2463 30 American Federation of Government Employees ball cap from the 1980s Membership EditAll union membership in the federal sector is entirely voluntary as the law does not allow for the closed shop federal employees are barred from being candidates for partisan political office and no dues money may be spent on partisan political campaigns AFGE has been growing in membership in recent years and now has more than 300 000 dues paying members in about 1 200 AFGE Locals at more than 100 federal agencies AFGE represents almost every type of worker in the American economy blue collar and white collar and covers a variety of professional technical and support personnel including nurses doctors machinists electricians aircraft mechanics astronauts scientists safety inspectors mine inspectors food inspectors environmental specialists accountants and accounting technicians fire fighters police officers correctional officers cowboys engineers administrative assistants janitors radio and TV broadcasters procurement specialists quality assurance specialists benefits administrators housekeepers lawyers and paralegals boiler plant operators and many more 31 Over 1 000 members show up to the union s triennial convention in Nevada which lasts about half a week The grand finale is everyone singing Solidarity Forever See also Edit Organized labour portalUnited Public Workers of America National Federation of Federal EmployeesReferences Edit AFGE Page Not Found www afge org Archived from the original on 2016 04 04 Retrieved 28 May 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Cite uses generic title help Archived copy Archived from the original on 2016 02 04 Retrieved 2016 02 23 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link afgefirefighters org www afgefirefighters org Retrieved 28 May 2018 AFGE Law Enforcement Committee Archived from the original on 2016 02 12 Retrieved 2016 02 23 National Border Patrol Council Protecting Those Who Protect Our Borders www nbpc net Retrieved 28 May 2018 AFGE CPL33 www cpl33 info Retrieved 28 May 2018 National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals www the inspector com Archived from the original on 22 May 2018 Retrieved 28 May 2018 AFGE National VA Council fighting for the jobs amp future of federal employees Archived from the original on 2017 10 12 Retrieved 2018 09 02 NCFLL www ncfll org Retrieved 28 May 2018 Home AFGE Council 100 AFGE Council 100 Retrieved 28 May 2018 National ICE Council Protecting those who protect America www iceunion org Retrieved 28 May 2018 AFGE LOCAL 1458 National CIS Council 119 Secretary Treasurer Lopez announces vote tally 1 04 14 Retrieved 28 May 2018 Union Facts Government Employees Council 120 United States Coast Guard Council Of Afge Locals Profile Membership Leaders Political Operations etc Retrieved 28 May 2018 1 dead link Afgec170 org afgec170 Resources and Information Archived from the original on 2018 03 23 Retrieved 2018 09 02 Former AFGE171 Main Page www afge171 org Retrieved 28 May 2018 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2015 11 23 Retrieved 2016 02 23 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link AFGE Local 200 American Federation of Government Employees Local 200 www afgelocal200 org Retrieved 28 May 2018 The Inspector The Meat Inspectors Home Page www the inspector com Archived from the original on 30 June 2018 Retrieved 28 May 2018 AFGE Council 214 www afgecouncil214 org Retrieved 28 May 2018 Council 216 Main Page www council216 org Retrieved 28 May 2018 AFGE Council 220 www afgec220 org Retrieved 28 May 2018 Domain Error Archived from the original on 2016 03 13 Retrieved 2018 09 02 Name Your HUD AFGE COUNCIL 222 Home Page afgecouncil222 com Retrieved 28 May 2018 AFGE Council 224 www afge org Retrieved 28 May 2018 2 dead link My Blog Just another WordPress site www afgecouncil238 org Retrieved 28 May 2018 Welcome to the AFGE Council 252 website Archived from the original on 2013 08 21 Retrieved 2016 02 23 afgecouncil260 org www afgecouncil260 org Retrieved 28 May 2018 Signing of a collective bargaining agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and the American Federation of Government Employees AFGE Local 2463 AFGE Union Blog Proud to Make America Work Afge org Retrieved 2014 01 09 External links EditAmerican Federation of Government Employees AFGE National VA Council Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Federation of Government Employees amp oldid 1123587519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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