Federal Workers Seek to Give Back at AFGE Local 32 Union Fair

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Despite high winds threatening to blow fliers in every direction, AFGE Local 32 held its annual Union Fair at Rawlins Park in downtown DC yesterday to encourage union members to participate in the ongoing Combined Federal Campaign. A live band made up of workers from US OPM, whose workers AFGE 32 represents, playing Motown favorites could be heard blocks away, drawing federal workers out of their offices and down to the fair to learn how they can support community organizations. Kathleen McKirchy, Executive Director of the Community Services Agency (CSA), who has participated in the Local 32 fair for years, was on hand to talk to federal workers about how the agency promotes “Workers helping Workers,” as the CSA flyer explains. CSA delivers emergency assistance to families of union members in need. “It’s the union’s way of encouraging their members to support CSA and the Combined Federal Campaign,” says McKirchy. “We exist thanks to people’s generosity.” Click here for more information on how to support CSA. - photo by Julia Kann