The group takes in funding from labor unions such as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
He served as Director of the Connecticut branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees from 1975 to 1976.
David Trask, Jr., another uncle, was the head of Hawaii's white collar public employees' union, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, an affiliate of AFSCME, and an early proponent of collective bargaining for Hawaii's public employees.
He has also conducted political and legislative work for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees both before and after working in the White House Office of Consumer Affairs for the Carter administration.
He succeeded his father, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., in the post by defeating the late Victor Gotbaum, who was then the executive director of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
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In New Jersey, Gov. Corzine signed an executive order on August 2, 2006 recoginizing AFSCME and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) as the unions representing child care providers in that state.
Unions such as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Government Employees, American Postal Workers Union, National Association of Letter Carriers, American Federation of Teachers, Service Employees International Union, National Education Association and American Nurses Association added hundreds of thousands of new members in only a few years.
Under the leadership of labor leader Gerald McEntee, President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) who assigned La Luz to lead the fight to achieve collective bargaining rights for public workers in Puerto Rico, La Luz is credited as the architect of the grassroots campaign that resulted in the passage of Law 45 in 1998.