"On October 16, 1936 the American Federation of Labor chartered a new international Union to represent and Organize state and local government workers. The name of the Union: the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Workers, AFL.
Four years earlier, in Madison, Wisc., the fledgling union got its start just as people elected Franklin Deleno Roosevelt and the New Deal to lead them through the pain of the depression"......
"The History of Council 13 AFSCME" by "Carmen Brutto"
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