In
the AFSCME structure, Local Unions join together in Councils to provide
professional field representation, secretarial and bookkeeping services,
research, education and training and to take maximum advantage of International
Union resources and programs.
District Council 57 was
chartered by the International Union in 1962 to provide administrative
and field services to AFSCME Local Unions in San Mateo County. Since
then the Council has grown to represent more then 22,000 public and
private sector workers in 45 Local Unions in California; members in
Council 57's affiliated Local Unions work for county governments, school
districts, cities, special governmental districts, hospitals, private
sector health and transportation agencies and the State of California.