AFGE Ranks 1st As Fastest Growing Large Union in U.S.
April 15, 2024
The numbers are in. AFGE grew by 5.5% in 2023, making our union the fastest growing large union in the U.S.
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There was no hotel ballroom, no live audience, no chant, no handshake. Yet the show went on – extraordinarily well. AFGE members across the country who attended our union’s first-ever virtual legislative conference were able to fully participate in great workshops, join the conversations, and listen to great speeches using just a computer and an Internet connection.
Sure, we missed seeing each other in person and enjoying each other’s company, but AFGE members kept our solidarity and fighting spirit alive and proved once again that we can improvise and overcome.
Here’s a brief recap of this year’s Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference:
AFGE Veteran of the Year: Erich Schmidt
AFGE Firefighter of the Year: David Wilmot
Augusta Y. Thomas Civil Rights Award for Legislative and Political Action: Keena Smith
Augusta Y. Thomas Civil Rights Award for Education and Training: Ana Rivers
Augusta Y. Thomas Civil Rights Award for Representation and Litigation: Claudia Villavicencio
Augusta Y. Thomas Awardee for Member Mobilization: Robin Goode
Racial Justice Advocate of the Year: Shekina Givens
EEO Advocate of the Year: Rachel Shonfield
The numbers are in. AFGE grew by 5.5% in 2023, making our union the fastest growing large union in the U.S.
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AFGE and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) have reached an interim master labor agreement that will improve working conditions for 38,000 bargaining unit employees AFGE represents.
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Due to chronic staffing and attrition issues, the Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced it will be closing a field office in Southeast Cleveland, Ohio, a community that is 94% Black.
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