AFSA

AFSA filed a representation petition in May 1972, and the battle for exclusive recognition was begun when the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) filed a month later. An election was conducted, and AFSA won overwhelming majorities in State and AID, and a narrow majority in USIA. After a long period in which they were represented by AFGE, USIA Foreign Service employees reestablished AFSA as their exclusive representative in an election held in the fall of 1992. The next year, at the request of Foreign Agricultural Service and Foreign Commercial Service employees, AFSA began a successful campaign to be named the exclusive representative for those two agencies. After USIA merged with State in 1999, AFSA continued representing Foreign Service employees who transferred to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which in 2018 was renamed the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). In 2013, AFSA was selected as the exclusive representative for Foreign Service employees at the Animal..

Also known as: American Foreign Service Association

Primary location: Washington United States