The Capital Pride Parade attracts over 150,000 spectators every year, many of which are AFGE members working in the D.C. and federal governments. In our fourth year as a Capital Pride sponsor, AFGE staff, members and officers joined in the parade along with more than 170 contingents-floats, vehicles, and walkers.
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Labor unions play an important role in securing rights and protections such as health and safety, family and medical leave, overtime, and fair treatment. But the wealthy don’t want workers to come together and negotiate for a better life. An important case pending in the Supreme Court, Janus v. AFSCME, is an example of how these special interests are trying to destroy the labor movement and our democracy.
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On May 25, President Trump signed three executive orders that chip away at due process and collective bargaining rights for federal employees. On May 30, 2018, AFGE sued the Trump administration in response to the third executive order, which aims to deny workers their legal right to representation at the worksite.
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The three executive orders seek to undermine three things that serve as a protection for the merit systems and against the politicization of the civil service: removal procedure and merit principles, official time, and collective bargaining. After seeing the misinformation campaigns against EPA and VA workers, it's clear that the administration is trying to undermine our democracy and usher in the spoils system.
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Defense and Veterans Affairs firefighters work long, dangerous work weeks to protect our country’s military installations and VA medical facilities and rescue people from dangerous situations. With the passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, we can better care for their health.
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After years of hard work and advocacy from the AFGE Council of Prison Locals, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make Bureau of Prisons correctional officers’ commute to and from work a lot safer.
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AFGE Policy Director Jacque Simon detailed to members of Congress how the administration’s “President’s Management Agenda” would sabotage the professional civil service and agency missions.
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As law enforcement officers gather in Washington for National Law Enforcement Week, AFGE extends our gratitude and appreciation to everyone who puts on the uniform to fight for our safety and protection.
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Hundreds of AFGE members across the country took to the streets, recruited new members, met their members of Congress, and raised money to fight attacks on federal employees during AFGE’s first National Week of Action April 30-May 4.
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After giving the wealthiest Americans and corporations massive tax cuts that they immediately used to enrich themselves, the Trump administration turned its attention to federal employees, not to give them a tax cut but to cut their pay and retirement.
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The House Veterans Affairs Committee May 8 passed a bill that would pave the way for a wholesale privatization of the VA.
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The AFGE National Executive Council and AFGE activists were on Capitol Hill May 9 to show their support for the rollout of a bill introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Workplace Democracy Act, that would strengthen workers' rights to organize for better wages, affordable healthcare, retirement security, and better working conditions.
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In a show of support, one group after another lined up in front of the EPA building in Washington, D.C. to tell the Environmental Protection Agency and its employees how much they appreciate and support their mission protecting public health and saving lives.
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AFGE members at Orlando International Airport relentlessly fought the return of airport security to the pre-9/11 era, and their enormous efforts paid off. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) recently voted to rescind its previous controversial vote to begin the process of contracting out security at the airport.
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AFGE celebrates the accomplishments of working people who, through their unions, have fought and won better working conditions that make our lives better.
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