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Chaos and Corruption Weekly Digest: Week 14

April 28, 2025

Week 14 saw Trump implementing mass layoffs at various federal agencies, making it more difficult for probationary employees to gain full employment status, ceding influence to China, and threatening America’s democracy with his Trump 2028 merchandise.

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Trump Tragedies: Afghan Refugee-Turned USAID Employee Tells Their Story

April 28, 2025

Trump Tragedies features American workers whose lives were destroyed by Trump and his extremist policies.

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Join AFGE Speakers Bureau! Local media outlets, communities want to hear from you.

April 28, 2025

As the Trump administration buckles down on attacking federal workers and gutting public services, we know we need to be out front sharing how the work of public servants is critical to the American people.

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AFGE Statement on NTEU’s Victory in the D.C. District Court

April 25, 2025

AFGE calls ruling a major step towards restoring federal employees legally guaranteed collective bargaining rights and looks forward to arguing our own case in court.

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Organized Labor, Democracy Partners Form Network to Provide Free Legal Support to Fired Federal Workers

April 21, 2025

AFGE has partnered with other labor unions and allied organizations to form Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network.

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AFL-CIO Unions Sue Trump Over Dismantling of Agency That Resolves Labor Contract Disputes

April 21, 2025

AFGE and other AFL-CIO and unions representing workers across private and public sector industries sued the Trump administration over its dismantling of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

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Chaos and Corruption Weekly Digest: Week 13

April 21, 2025

Week 13 saw Trump ignoring the Supreme Court’s order, intimidating lawmakers, threatening universities, and floating the idea of sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons.

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Trump Tragedies: A USAID Employee Tells Their Story

April 21, 2025

Trump Tragedies features American workers whose lives were destroyed by Trump and his extremist policies.

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AFGE Member Testifies Trump Administration Deliberately Sabotages Social Security, Beneficiaries

April 14, 2025

An AFGE member who’s working at a Social Security office detailed how Trump’s recent staffing cuts and changes to operational procedures have created even more obstacles for the public to access benefits and will force more people to travel to severely understaffed field offices.

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Chaos and Corruption Weekly Digest: Week 12

April 14, 2025

Here’s a quick recap of Trump’s attacks in his 12th week in office and how these actions hurt federal workers and the American people they serve.

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Trump Tragedies: HUD Employee Tells Their Story

April 14, 2025

I was fired as a probationary employee from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Urge House Members to Cosponsor the “Protect America’s Workforce Act"

April 11, 2025

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AFGE Sues Trump for Illegal Directive Outlawing Federal Unions

April 10, 2025

AFGE has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for illegally attempting to strip over one million federal workers of collective bargaining rights and rip up union contracts.

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Democratic, Republican Lawmakers Call on Trump to Repeal Executive Order Stripping Feds of Collective Bargaining Rights

April 07, 2025

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling on President Trump to rescind his illegal executive order stripping federal workers of their collective bargaining rights under the guise of national security.

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AFGE Locals Warn Trump’s HHS Staffing Cuts Will Make America Sick Again

April 07, 2025

AFGE locals representing employees at health agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services warned that Trump’s plan to cut a total of 20,000 employees will significantly diminish our country’s ability to fight diseases and respond to outbreaks.

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