AFGE Local 896 unanimously voted to merge with Local 1923.
Local 896 is located at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. They have over 150 members with a bargaining unit of 500 civil service, wage grade, Naval District Washington, commissary and non-appropriated funded employees. There is also a large group of unorganized GS employees located at the Academy.
We would especially like to thank Local 896 President Edward Gough, all of the officers and members for their support.
We welcome Local 896 to our growing family of union activists. A celebration party is currently being planned shortly after the New Year.
Our President
Cynthia Ennis
Cynthia Ennis has served as Executive Vice President of Local 1923 for over 20 years and was elected as President in August, 2003. Cynthia is fervently committed and dedicated to the labor movement.
In her position, Cynthia will move full speed ahead and address some of the serious challenges currently facing the federal workforce. Issues such as personnel reform, contracting out, pay parity, the stripping away of bargaining rights, and continually rising health insurance premiums are just to name a few. Cynthia intends on tackling these and many other issues in order to provide federal employees the rights they so richly deserve.