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AFGE

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80 F STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 200011583

AFGE's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

UnionUnit Name/LocationMembers
Government Employees National Headquarters
Washington, DC		280,292
Government Employees Council 53National V A
Salem, VA		82,300
Government Employees Council 33Prison Locals
Forest City, AR		22,341
Government Employees Council 83National Border Patrol
Oro Valley, AZ		14,462
Government Employees Council 220National Ssa Field Operations Local
Olmsted Falls, OH		14,296
Government Employees Council 214National Aflc Locals
Wright-patterson Afb, OH		11,100
Government Employees Council 227Va, Tenth District
Houston, TX		9,118
Government Employees Local 1923Hhs
Baltimore, MD		7,446
Government Employees Council 117National Immigration and Naturalization Service
Escondido, CA		6,726
Government Employees Council 169Defense Supply Agency
Midlothian, VA		6,035
» See All Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Financial Information

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), which is enforced by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, requires labor unions to file annual reports detailing their operations. Contained in those reports are breakdowns of each union's spending, income and other financial information.

Total Assets Trend

Basic Financials

  • Total Assets?: $45,919,612.00
  • Total Liabilities?: $78,182,922.00
  • Total Income?: $124,843,709.00
  • Total Spent?: $124,652,192.00

» See Historical Financial Information

Assets (Change from previous report)

  • Cash?: $5,263,622.00 (+3.8%)
  • Accounts Receivable?: $6,046,061.00 (-3.1%)
  • Investments?: $14,876,220.00 (-15.8%)
  • Fixed Assets?: $18,785,978.00 (-15.8%)
  • Treasury Securities?: $0.00 (0.0%)
  • Other Assets?: $930,623.00 (+5.3%)
  • Loans Receivable?: $17,108.00 (-60.9%)

Liabilities

Income

  • Dues?: $0.00
  • Per Person Tax?: $63,328,601.00
  • Investments?: $8,299,155.00
  • Supplies?: $109,928.00
  • Loan Repayment?: $0.00
  • Interest?: $22,287.00
  • Dividends?: $590,916.00
  • Rents?: $2,371,293.00
  • Fees and Fines?: $0.00
  • Loans Obtained?: $0.00
  • Other Receipts?: $18,244,263.00
  • Affiliates?: $31,864,512.00
  • Members?: $0.00
  • Reinvestments?: $12,754.00
  • All Others?: $935,007.00

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Spending

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. For the first five, OLMS requires unions to provide detailed information on any recipient that received more than $5,000 per year.

Total Spent in 2011: $124,652,192.00

Search All Spending

Spending Breakdown

  • Representational?: $27,878,879.00 (22.37%)
  • Political Activities and Lobbying?: $4,053,379.00 (3.25%)
  • Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $220,613.00 (0.18%)
  • General Overhead?: $24,056,759.00 (19.30%)
  • Union Administration?: $5,590,705.00 (4.49%)
  • Strike Benefits?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • To Union Officers?: $1,789,531.00 (1.44%)
  • To Union Employees?: $17,886,123.00 (14.35%)
  • Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
  • Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Membership

Total Members: 289,023

Membership Trend



YearMembers
2002200,600
2003204,282
2004226,599
2005226,975
2006229,248
2007235,678
2008248,845
2009265,154
2010280,292
2011289,023

Income per Member: $431.95

Dues

19.50 per Month

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Officers and Employees

  • Average Total Compensation: $80,037.99
  • Total Employees: 357
  • Employees Making more than $75,000: 160

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

NameTitleTotal Compensation
$522,823.00
DAVID BORERGENERAL COUNSEL$202,027.00
JOHN GAGENATIONAL PRESIDENT$198,690.00
JOSEPH HENDERSONASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL$190,960.00
DWIGHT BOWMANNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT$189,182.00
STUART KIRSCHASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL$186,880.00
BRIAN DEWYNGAERTCHIEF OF STAFF$182,937.00
ROGELIO FLORESNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT$182,560.00
PATRICIA RANDLESUPERVISORY ATTORNEY$180,250.00
EUGENE HUDSONNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT$176,889.00

» See All Employees' Compensation and Salary History

Source: Office of Labor Management Standards

Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

Political Activities

FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $4,296,599.00 (0.9321)
Republicans: $291,902.00 (0.0633)

AFGE's Political Action Committees

Political Action CommitteeTotal Contributed
American Federation of Govt Employees$4,609,351.00

Source: Federal Elections Commission by way of the Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

State-level Political Operations

Democrats: $123,258.00
Republicans: $375.00

Source: National Institute on Money in State Politics by way of Transparency Data.

Last Updated: October 29th, 2012

527 Spending

A union's 527 committee makes contributions to political candidates and other organizations for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. Unlike Political Action Committees, which are strictly regulated by the Federal Election Commission, 527s are regulated by the IRS. These committees are often considered a form of "soft money."

Total 527 Expenditures: $242,354.00

AFGE's 527 Committee(s)

527 CommitteeTotal Spent
American Federation of Govt Employees$242,354.00

Source: Internal Revenue Service by way of the Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Lobbying

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $12,094,742.00

Lobbying Expenditures Trend

AFGE's Major Issues

IssueTotal Spent Lobbying
Taxes$680,000.00
Defense$320,000.00

AFGE Lobbying Groups

ClientTotal Spent Lobbying
American Federation of Govt Employees$11,644,743.00
AFGE National Border Patrol Council$389,999.00
AFGE Local 3721$40,000.00
American Fedn of Govt Emplys Local 2635$20,000.00
Professional Employees Local 511$0.00

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Crime, Corruption, and Racketeering

Corruption and Embezzlement Charges

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts investigations to determine if violations of the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) provisions have occurred.

Investigations are initiated based on various sources such as complaints from union members; information developed by OLMS as a result of reviewing reports filed; information developed during an OLMS audit of a union’s books and records; and information obtained from other government agencies. Investigations may involve civil matters (such as an election of union officers) or criminal matters (such as embezzlement of union funds).

Type of Criminal ActivityNumber of Incidents
4
Criminal Charges52
Criminal Convictions5
Embezzlement Charges32
Guilty Pleas59
Indictments35
Officials Sentenced50

Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: March 1st, 2011

Financial Audits

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) has responsibility under the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to conduct audits to determine if unions are complying with the law.

OLMS uses a streamlined audit approach called the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to audit local unions which utilizes specialized records review and investigative techniques to verify LMRDA compliance.

LocalViolationsView Audit
AFGE Local 37322Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1102Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 39513Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 25132Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 11683Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 21494Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 16670Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 209216Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 393799Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 16874Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 25167Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1715Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 17317Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 34932Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 23443Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 38481Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 33432Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 3607EPA4Full Audit Text
AFGE Local Denver2Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 13467Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 272212Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 9082Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 33545Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1119Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 779Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 948Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2203Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1006Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1438Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1741Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1916Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2265Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2876Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2935Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 104Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1164Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1831Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2431Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2157Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 4060Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2495Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1674Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 3900Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1822Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 3669Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 3314Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2113Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2272Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2058Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2143Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 48Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 85Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1504Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1104Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1415Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 3955Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2198Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1917Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2544Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 51Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2139Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 1858Full Audit Text
AFGE Local 2400Full Audit Text

Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards

Last Updated: January 1st, 2010

Union Decertifications

Unionized employees can elect to revoke a union's right to represent them through a process called a decertification. In order to decertify a union, a majority of the unionized employees must vote to remove the union in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Total Decertification Petitions: 1

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case NumberName/UnionDate Filed
37-RD-00396Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill
United Public Workers, Local 646		February 1st, 2005

» See All Decertifications

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System

Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Allegations

Unionized employees, business owners, managers, and others often bring labor law charges against unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees the porcess of determining if the union violated the National Labor Relations Act.

AllegationCases Filed
Duty of Fair Representation14
Other Allegations4
Union Security Related (including Beck)2
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)1

Please notes a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.

Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System