AFGE members faced challenges, created success, and dared to take bold steps to imagine a better future in 2016. We grew in unexpected ways as we fought to empower our members and build our movement.
As the year comes to an end, AFGE would like to celebrate our members whose hard work, resilience, and unwavering commitment inspired us to reach higher and push harder. We know that when we stand together and work in solidarity, incredible things happen.
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Thanks to the staunch supporters of federal workers from both sides of the aisle, anti-federal worker provisions were dropped from the final version of President Trump’s Big Retaliation Bill that has passed both the House and Senate.
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Voice of America (VOA) has rescinded layoff notices it had sent to employees after AFGE Local 1812 pointed out several violations of the law and negotiated labor-management contract.
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Week 24 saw Trump shutting down a government website with research on global warming, axing all NOAA’s tornado and hurricane research, and placing on leave 144 EPA employees who signed a letter of dissent against his policies.
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