Read a recent op-ed from AFGE Local 2809 President Barri Sue Bryant.
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With current federal funding set to expire on September 30, the risk of a government shutdown is growing.
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Momentum is growing in the fight to overturn President Trump’s illegal and destructive directives stripping collective bargaining rights from most federal employees.
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Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning violation of workers’ civil rights and the Trump administration’s own policies.
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The Trump administration is attempting to prevent working journalists and other media professionals at the U.S. Agency for Global Media and its Voice of America from exercising their First Amendment rights.
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On behalf of AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments, AFGE National Vice President Kendrick Roberson congratulates the newly elected leaders of constituency groups AFGE HISCO and AFGE PRIDE.
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Six months after we challenged the Trump administration’s mass firing of 25,000 federal employees while on their probationary periods, a federal judge has ruled that the terminations were illegal.
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Last week, AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council filed its fourth grievance following VA’s “termination” of our national labor contract.
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A group of 18 U.S. senators is encouraging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to consult with the American Federation of Government Employees and other unions on a proposed agency reorganization that could affect thousands of USDA employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.
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The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that passed the House Sept. 10 retains a provision that would overturn President Trump’s executive order stripping nearly all Department of Defense civilian employees of their collective bargaining rights.
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Here is a list of upcoming trainings being conducted by FLRA assistant general counsels. All of the trainings are online, and you must register for each class in advance.
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Congress has returned from its August recess with a packed agenda and impending deadlines that could affect your job, your union rights, and your wallet.
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AFGE is partnering with two good-government groups to ensure federal workers at risk of losing their jobs have the support they need.
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A special election will be held Tuesday Sept. 9 to fill a U.S. House seat in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District vacated by the passing of Rep. Gerry Connolly in May.
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On Sept. 3, AFGE Local 4070 announced a $4,000 donation to The Gray Matters Collective, funding critical mental health support for correctional officers and their families in the local community.
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