AFSCME Council 31
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AFSCME Council 31 is the Illinois state council of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a major public-sector labor union representing government and public service workers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AFSCME Council 31 canonical | 2 |
| AFSCME Council (regional structure) | 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 T8753205 — 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: AFSCME Council 31 Context triple: [Janus v. AFSCME, respondent, AFSCME Council 31]
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A.
AFSCME Local 1733
AFSCME Local 1733 is the Memphis municipal workers’ union best known for leading the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike that became a landmark event in the civil rights and labor movements.
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B.
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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C.
United Steelworkers of America
The United Steelworkers of America is a major North American labor union representing workers primarily in the steel, manufacturing, and related industries.
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D.
International Association of Machinists
The International Association of Machinists is a major North American labor union representing machinists and other industrial workers in sectors such as aerospace, transportation, and manufacturing.
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E.
UNITE HERE
UNITE HERE is a North American labor union representing workers primarily in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport industries.
- 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: AFSCME Council 31 Target entity description: AFSCME Council 31 is the Illinois state council of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a major public-sector labor union representing government and public service workers.
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A.
AFSCME Local 1733
AFSCME Local 1733 is the Memphis municipal workers’ union best known for leading the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike that became a landmark event in the civil rights and labor movements.
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B.
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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C.
United Steelworkers of America
The United Steelworkers of America is a major North American labor union representing workers primarily in the steel, manufacturing, and related industries.
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D.
International Association of Machinists
The International Association of Machinists is a major North American labor union representing machinists and other industrial workers in sectors such as aerospace, transportation, and manufacturing.
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E.
UNITE HERE
UNITE HERE is a North American labor union representing workers primarily in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
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trade union council ⓘ |
| affiliation | AFSCME ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
collective bargaining in the public sector
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labor relations ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Illinois ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ⓘ |
| purpose |
advocacy for workers’ rights
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collective bargaining ⓘ representation of public employees ⓘ |
| represents |
county government workers in Illinois
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government workers in Illinois ⓘ municipal government workers in Illinois ⓘ public employees in Illinois ⓘ public service workers in Illinois ⓘ state government workers in Illinois ⓘ |
| scope | statewide ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | AFSCME Council 31 ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| unionLevel | state council ⓘ |
| unionType | public employee union ⓘ |
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: AFSCME Council 31 Description of subject: AFSCME Council 31 is the Illinois state council of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a major public-sector labor union representing government and public service workers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: AFSCME Council 31
Mark Janus
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opposedOrganization
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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
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linked to: AFSCME Council 31