AFSCME About Us
Who We Are
The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 established the U.S. Department of Justice's Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). In 1984, the Justice Assistance Act renamed LEAA the Office of Justice Programs (OJP).
Under the auspices of AFSCME International, as an AFSCME District Council 20 and the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO member, AFSCME Local 2830 has represented Bargaining Unit Employees (BUEs) since the 1970s. 54 Unions are under the auspices of District Council 20. The Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO affiliates represent over 150,000 area union members from service industries, retail, communications, transportation, manufacturing, construction trades, and government agencies.
Per our Constitution, AFSCME Local 2830's current officers are the following OJP Bargaining Unit Employees (BUEs):
- Andrea R. Coleman, President
- Tim Jeffries, Vice President
- Lindsay Waldrop, Chief Steward
- Jackie Nitowitz, At-Large Member
- Priscilla Fauntleroy, At-Large Member
- Latanza Wilson, Recording Secretary
Who We Represent
As the Department of Justice's largest grant-making component, AFSCME Local 2830 represents about 600 OJP BUEs at the following program, research and statistics, and support offices:
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Office of Administration
- Office of the Assistant Attorney General
- Office of Audit Assessment and Management
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer
- Office of Civil Rights
- Office of Communications
- Office of General Counsel
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Office for Victims of Crime
- National Institute of Justice
- Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking Office
- The President issued the Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Programs seeking Executive Order on March 27, 2025, followed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance attempting to eliminate federal unions in agencies with intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work as their primary functions. Local 2830 notified Bargaining Unit Employees (BUEs), saying in part, "This is a blatant attempt to eviscerate federal unions." Local 2830 consulted with AFSCME District Council 20, and they advised to continue representing BUEs. More information is forthcoming.
- AFSCME Local 2830 recently filed a Grievance claiming the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) failed to negotiate the Impact and Implementation (I&I) Return to In-Person Work Proposal. Local 2830 met with OJP on March 26, 2025, and agreed to close two of the five requested remedies. Per the requested remedies, the next meeting is to negotiate the I&I Proposal.
- AFSCME Local 2830 plans to sponsor in-person and virtual organizing events soon.
- AFSCME Local 2830 will soon schedule a brown bag session with members only to discuss updating its Constitution and other matters.
- Listen to AFSCME International's I AM STORY Podcast about the 1968 Sanitation Strike in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2019, AFSCME Local 2830 sponsored a commemoration program.
