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American Federation Of Government Employees
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 750,000 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. History 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 ratif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Civil Service Reform Act Of 1978
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) reformed the civil service of the United States federal government, partly in response to the Watergate scandal (1972-74). The Act abolished the U.S. Civil Service Commission and distributed its functions primarily among three new agencies: the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). History The original legislation allowing federal employees to organize together and protect rights was the Lloyd–La Follette Act in 1912. However this act only allowed for employees to unionize together and petition the government, but gave them no real bargaining power. The Act was amended by both President John F. Kennedy ( Executive Order 10988) and President Richard Nixon (Executive Order 11491), but neither executive orders truly fixed the problems with the original act. By the time President Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bobby Harnage
Robert L. "Bobby" Harnage (born 1940) is a former American labor union leader. Harnage attended Macon College and the University of Georgia. He served in the United States Air Force from 1959, then from 1963 was a civilian employee at Robins Air Force Base. He joined the American Federation of Government Employees, and in 1968 began working full-time for the union. He served as a district national representative, then as a vice-president. In 1991, Harnage was elected as secretary-treasurer of the union, then in 1997 as president. The following year he was also elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a national trade union center that is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of 61 national and international unions, together r .... As leader of the union, he increased membership, began using the internet to co-ordinate activities, and led an advertising ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Sturdivant (unionist)
John Nathan Sturdivant (1938 – October 28, 1997) was an American labor union leader. Born in Philadelphia, Sturdivant grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He studied at Antioch University and then George Washington University, where he graduated in law. He served in the US Air Force before, in 1961 becoming an electronics technician for the Army Interagency Communications Agency. He joined the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and presided over its local in Winchester, Virginia for eight years. Sturdivant began working full-time for the union as organizing director, based in Washington DC. In 1982, he became executive vice president of the union. In 1988, he defeated Kenneth T. Blaylock, the incumbent president, and became the leader of the union, which was facing bankruptcy. With his election, the AFGE became the largest union in the US to have been led by an African American. As the leader of the union, Sturdivant cut costs sharply and enforced payme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ken Blaylock
Kenneth T. Blaylock (July 15, 1935 – October 10, 2018) was an American labor union leader. Born in North Carolina to a family with Cherokee origins, Blaylock became a plumber in Alabama. He served on the Maxwell Air Force Base, and became active in the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), serving as vice-president for the union's southern region, and then from 1976 as president. He was also elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO in 1977, and in 1981 as president of the federation's Public Employee Department. As leader of the AFGE, Blaylock was a strong supporter of the controversial Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Under his leadership, membership of the union fell as government employment contracted, and the union's finances suffered as members rejected Blaylock's proposals to consolidate districts and raise membership fees. He became known as an opponent for funding for the El Salvadoran government and Nicaraguan contras, in contrast to the AFL-CIO' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Clyde M
Clyde may refer to: People and fictional characters * Clyde (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Clyde (surname), including a list of people * Walt Frazier (born 1945), American basketball player nicknamed "Clyde" * Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863), Scottish field marshal * James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde (1863–1944), Scottish Conservative politician and judge * James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde (1898–1975), Scottish Unionist politician and judge * James Clyde, Baron Clyde (1932–2009), Scottish judge in the House of Lords Places Australia * Clyde, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Clyde County, New South Wales, a cadastral division * Clyde, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne * Clyde River, New South Wales * Clyde River (Tasmania) * Electoral district of Clyde, a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly Canada * Clyde, Alberta, a village * Clyde, Ontario, a town in Waterloo * Clyde Township, a geographic township in the municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Griner
John F. Griner (August 7, 1907 – April 22, 1974) was an American labor union leader. Born in Camilla, Georgia, Griner went to work on the railroads in 1925, and joined both the Order of Railroad Telegraphers and the American Train Dispatchers Association. Alongside this, he studied law at Columbus State University, Columbus University. In 1936, he began working for the Railroad Retirement Board, rising to become its labor relations officer, and he joined the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). He served on its executive council for 16 years. In 1962, Griner was elected as president of the AFGE. Under his leadership, the union's membership tripled to more than 300,000, becoming by far the largest union representing government employees. The union also voted to remove a no strike clause from its constitution, against Griner's wishes. In 1969, he was also elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO, and in 1971 he was the federation's delegate to the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Department Of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior, home, or public security ministries in other countries. Its missions involve anti-terrorism, civil defense, immigration and customs, border control, cybersecurity, transportation security, maritime security and sea rescue, and the mitigation of weapons of mass destruction. It began operations on March 1, 2003, after being formed as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, enacted in response to the September 11 attacks. With more than 240,000 employees, DHS is the third-largest Cabinet department, after the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Homeland security policy is coordinated at the White House by the Homeland Security Council. Other agencies with significant homeland security responsibilities include the departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, and Energy. History Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Transportation Security Administration
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within and connecting to the United States. It was created as a response to the September 11 attacks to improve airport security procedures and consolidate air travel security under a combined Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement and regulatory agency. The TSA develops key policies to protect the U.S. transportation system, including highways, railroads, bus networks, Public transport, mass transit systems, ports, Pipeline transport, pipelines, and Intermodal freight transport, intermodal freight facilities. It fulfills this mission in conjunction with other federal, U.S. state, state, Local government, local and foreign government partners. However, the TSA's primary mission is airport security and the prevention of aircraft hijacking. It is responsible for screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George W
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Bush family and the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he is the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, and was the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard in his twenties. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. He later co-owned the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers before being elected governor of Texas 1994 Texas gubernatorial election, in 1994. Governorship of George W. Bush, As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the Wind power in Texas, leading producer of wind-generated electricity in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Civil Rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' political freedom, freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life of society and the State (polity), state. Civil rights generally include ensuring peoples' physical and mental integrity, right to life, life, and safety, protection from discrimination, the right to privacy, the freedom of freedom of thought, thought, freedom of speech, speech, freedom of religion, religion, freedom of the press, press, freedom of assembly, assembly, and freedom of movement, movement. Political rights include natural justice (procedural fairness) in law, such as the rights of the accused, including the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of Participation (decision making), participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Women's Rights
Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others, they are ignored and suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men and boys.Hosken, Fran P., 'Towards a Definition of Women's Rights' in ''Human Rights Quarterly'', Vol. 3, No. 2. (May 1981), pp. 1–10. Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include the right to bodily integrity and autonomy, to be free from sexual violence, to Women's suffrage, vote, to hold public office, to enter into legal contracts, to have equal rights in family law, Right to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
