In retaliation against AFGE and other unions for successfully standing up for federal workers in courts, the Trump administration and Senate GOP last week released its version of Trump’s House-passed ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ with several provisions attacking federal employees and their workplace rights.
The proposal, released by Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul, has measures that are worse than the version passed by the House last month.
The Senate version of Trump’s big, retaliation bill:
There is no carveout for law enforcement employees under any of these provisions.
And any piece of legislation passed by Congress will supersede and override any contractual provisions that might be in conflict between our collective bargaining agreements and this legislation.
“This so-called reconciliation bill is in fact a big retaliation bill – retaliation against AFGE and other unions for successfully standing up for our members and fighting this administration’s illegal attempts to obliterate our federal agencies and the patriotic civil servants who run our federal programs,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said.
The bill is a serious threat to our union’s existence.
We need to act now. The Senate could vote as soon as June 30, so the next two weeks will be absolutely critical. We need to reach out to our senators to explain the catastrophic impact of these proposals on federal workers and the services they provide to the American people.
Email and call (817) 904-8856 now and tell your senator to vote no!
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