American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
E406873
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is a major U.S. labor union representing public sector workers such as government employees, sanitation workers, and healthcare staff.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees canonical | 2 |
| AFSCME | 1 |
| American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4023568 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Context triple: [Memphis sanitation workers' strike, hasParticipant, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees]
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A.
AFL–CIO
The AFL–CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, formed by the merger of major labor organizations and representing millions of workers across diverse industries.
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B.
American Federation of Teachers
The American Federation of Teachers is a major U.S. labor union representing educators and other school-related professionals, advocating for workers’ rights, public education, and social justice.
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C.
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees is one of Norway’s largest trade unions, representing workers primarily in municipal, public, and related service sectors.
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D.
AASA
AASA is the senior civilian official who serves as the principal administrative advisor and executive manager for the U.S. Secretary of the Army.
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E.
United Public Workers of America
United Public Workers of America was a labor union representing government and public-sector employees in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Target entity description: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is a major U.S. labor union representing public sector workers such as government employees, sanitation workers, and healthcare staff.
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A.
AFL–CIO
The AFL–CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, formed by the merger of major labor organizations and representing millions of workers across diverse industries.
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B.
American Federation of Teachers
The American Federation of Teachers is a major U.S. labor union representing educators and other school-related professionals, advocating for workers’ rights, public education, and social justice.
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C.
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees is one of Norway’s largest trade unions, representing workers primarily in municipal, public, and related service sectors.
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D.
AASA
AASA is the senior civilian official who serves as the principal administrative advisor and executive manager for the U.S. Secretary of the Army.
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E.
United Public Workers of America
United Public Workers of America was a labor union representing government and public-sector employees in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
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public sector union ⓘ trade union ⓘ |
| activity |
campaign contributions
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negotiating labor contracts ⓘ organizing workers ⓘ representing workers in grievances ⓘ |
| affiliation | AFL–CIO ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
collective bargaining
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labor rights ⓘ political advocacy ⓘ public policy lobbying ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
full-time employees
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part-time employees ⓘ retirees ⓘ students ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalStructure |
councils
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international union ⓘ local unions ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| ideology | pro-labor ⓘ |
| inception | 1932 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| motto | We Make America Happen ⓘ |
| notableCampaign |
opposition to privatization of public services
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support for collective bargaining rights for public employees ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| politicalAlignment |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| represents |
corrections officers
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county government employees ⓘ federal government employees ⓘ healthcare workers ⓘ municipal government employees ⓘ nursing home workers ⓘ public sector workers ⓘ sanitation workers ⓘ school support staff ⓘ social service workers ⓘ state government employees ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
AFSCME
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| website | https://www.afscme.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Description of subject: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is a major U.S. labor union representing public sector workers such as government employees, sanitation workers, and healthcare staff.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Memphis sanitation workers' strike
→
hasParticipant
→
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
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this entity surface form:
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
→
shortName
→
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
AFSCME