Founded in 1965, the National Border Patrol Council is the labor organization representing all non-supervisory U.S. Border Patrol employees, currently numbering about 13,000 nationwide.

The Council aggressively and effectively represents employees through negotiations, litigation and legislative action, provided by a nationwide network of several hundred well-trained and dedicated volunteer activists and a small staff of extremely capable professionals, and is affiliated with the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO.

Rich Pierce, Executive Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, oversees the assignment of labor cases to the almost 500 union representatives, attorneys and field representatives that handle matters for Border Patrol employees surrounding disciplinary actions such as suspensions and terminations of employment. Mr. Pierce is also tasked with devising the best IT solutions to automate the process of case management for the Council representatives.