Jeffrey David Cox

Jeffrey David Cox (born March 9, 1951) is the former National President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO who resigned in February of 2020, amid allegations of misusing union funds and sexual harassment.

February 28, 2020, J. David Cox Sr. resigned as AFGE National President effective at the close of business.

One former communications director said that on a business trip in April 2017, Cox had stuck his tongue in his ear and told him he loved him.

In 1983, Cox became a registered nurse and started a public-sector career with the Department of Veterans Affairs that lasted until September 2006 when he became AFGE secretary-treasurer[1] Cox served two consecutive terms as AFGE’s National Secretary-Treasurer (elected first in August 2006 and reelected by acclamation in August 2009).

Cox was unanimously elected chairman of the Executive Committee of the Department for Professional Employees (DPE), AFL-CIO.