Conventions
Every two years, delegates from most AFSCME locals, councils and retiree chapters throughout the country participate in a week’s worth of debate, networking, skills learning, political action and other activities.
AFSCME Constitution
AFSCME Constitución – Español
AFSCME Financial Standards Code
AFSCME Judicial Panel Rules of Procedure
AFSCME’s procedures for the resolution of internal union disputes are designed to allow rank-and-file union members to represent themselves without having to incur the cost of outside counsel.
AFSCME Local Union Election Manual
Union democracy depends upon an understanding of the union's procedures and participation.
Manual de Elecciones para las Uniones Locales – Español
AFSCME Retiree Election Manual
This manual represents an attempt to spell out, in uncomplicated terms, the requirements that AFSCME retiree subchapters must meet in conducting elections. The requirements also apply to those retiree chapters that do not have subchapters.
AFSCME Steward Handbook
AFSCME Manual del Delegado – Español
AFSCME Surety Bond and Local Union Annual Financial Report (LUAFR) Forms
How to Chair a Meeting
Cómo Presidir una Reunión – Español
How to Take Part in Local Meetings
Cómo Participar en las Reuniones de la Local – Español
Officer's Handbook
Manual del Dirigente – Español
Report of Council, Local and Retiree Chapter Officers
Secretary-Treasurer Online Resource Center
IEB Meeting Announcement
The International Executive Board will meet at Lansdowne Hotel, 44050 Woodridge Parkway, Leesburg, Virginia 20176, on Tuesday, September 12 and continuing through Wednesday, September 13, 2023.
If your local union or council has something it wishes to place on the Board's agenda, and which is appropriate for action by the Board, please submit it in writing to both offices. Any such notice must contain sufficient information to permit a determination.
AFSCME Convention
AFSCME’s 45th International Convention took place July 11 – 15, 2022 in Philadelphia.