Pride Month is celebrated each year in June in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, where trans and queer people fought back against police harassment of community members in New York City.
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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.
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In a victory for personal privacy, a New York federal district court judge June 9 ordered OPM to temporarily halt disclosures of Americans' personal data to DOGE agents.
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Week 21 saw Trump making new federal employees at-will, gutting NASA and NEH and setting a timeline to dismantle FEMA.
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May/June 2025 Government Standard: Check out this special Government Standard about our ongoing fight to protect public servants and our democracy.
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Here's how AFGE is taking on President Trump in the courts.
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President Trump is bringing back the spoils system in which federal workers are hired and fired based on whether they are loyal to him and willing to implement his policies, many of which are illegal.
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Week 20 saw Trump facing several legal setbacks over his unlawful actions and an appeals court reopening a case that may have sweeping implications for federal workers.
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Former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su recently convened a listening session in partnership with Honest Arizona, the Arizona AFL-CIO, and AFGE Local 2391 to bring attention to the real and lasting impacts of the Trump administration’s policies on working people in Arizona.
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AFGE Local 1924 donates $50,000 to AFGE's Federal Employee Defense Fund.
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Week 19 saw We the People kicking Elon Musk out of Washington, Trump shutting down Voice of America, and the State Department seeking an even deeper staffing cut.
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More than 150,000 AFGE members have made the switch to AFGE E-Dues.
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In a major victory for federal workers and the American people they serve, a judge last week granted a preliminary injunction ruling that President Trump cannot implement mass layoffs of federal workers without the approval of Congress which created these agencies.
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The House of Representatives last week passed a Trump-backed budget reconciliation package with several toxic provisions.
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