General role description of an LPC:
Congress and the Administration affect every aspect of federal employee’s service, including agency budgets, federal pay and benefits, workplace safety regulation, ability to engage in collective bargaining and union rights. The AFGE local Legislative Political Coordinator, LPC, is a leader responsible for the local’s legislative and political program promoting AFGE’s objectives in Congress and the Executive Branch. AFGE’s legislative and political power emanates from the actions of its members. The LPC harnesses this power to advocate for worker’s and civil rights, and social justice.
Major Duties and Responsibilities of an LPC:
- LPC’s lead, oversee and coordinate every aspect of the local’s legislative and political work program. Working with a Legislative Political Organizer (LPO), the LPC develops a strategic plan to create an effective and sustainable local program able to meet AFGE’s and the local’s legislative and political goals.
- Because most of the work is performed on non-duty time, the LPC must be willing to perform their tasks on personal time. Legislative and political work requires LPC’s to be level-headed, able to effectively communicate complex topics, and negotiate difficult conversations. LPC’s should have characteristics congruent with leading, supporting, and motivating others.