Council 93 of AFSCME is a branch of an international labor union that represents public employees. AFSCME offices occupy almost every floor of the building at 8 Beacon Street. AFSCME Council 93 covers employees in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Council 93 has 48,000 members and 35,000 of those are public employees in Massachusetts. The union also represents clerical and technical workers at Harvard University. It is supported through union dues and is the oldest union of its kind in the country.