For over 70 years the dedication has been shown in the monumental achievements AFGE has accomplished. During that timeline AFGE has continuously fought for our colleague’s union rights, paid health care, fair treatment of government employees, various education subsidies, child care benefits and a fair living wage. Also established were the employee’s rights to express their political freedoms. Now I ask you who better to represent and protect the rights of today's government employees. We are here to express your thoughts, concerns, and issues with voluminous strength. From early 1932 were membership was about 25,000 unionized members to today where there are well over 600,000 federal unionized members nationwide. AFGE’s experience is self explanatory in building the nation of the future where pride and respect for the government employees is instilled back into the workplace. In October of 2007 the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) appointed your fellow TSA employees from JFK and EWR airports to orchestrate what today is the largest TSA local on the east coast.