A new legal filing in AFGE’s ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s effort to unlawfully reorganize the federal government seeks to prevent mass staff departures from the USDA.
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The Bureau of Prisons’ plans to close six federal correctional facilities will endanger communities and strain a workforce that’s already stretched thin.
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Opposition is mounting in response to proposed legislation that would strip veterans of their earned benefits.
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Nearly 16 months since the Trump administration dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and terminated thousands of dedicated federal workers, the ramifications are still being felt personally and professionally.
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AFGE dedicates the 7th floor conference room at AFGE national headquarters in honor of National Veterans Affairs Council President Emerita Alma L. Lee.
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Federal employees at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Engineering Laboratory voted June 8 to join AFGE Local 3403.
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AFGE National President Everett Kelley called on President Trump’s nominee for general counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Charlton Allen, to withdraw from consideration in the wake of a news report revealing a history of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic views.
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A new survey conducted by the American Federation of Government Employees reveals that many federal workers are facing significant financial pressures as housing costs, student loan payments, and dependent care expenses continue to rise.
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AFGE is speaking out after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued new orders designed to suppress the rights of veterans within the LGBTQ+ community and the federal employees tasked with ensuring their health and safety.
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AFGE is hosting a free online class this week to train members on the federal workers' compensation appeal process.
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AFGE is urging members of Congress to reject legislation introduced last week that would undercut earned benefits for our nation’s military veterans, strip workplace rights and protections from thousands of psychologists at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and push more veterans outside the VA for their health care.
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AFGE Council 220 President Jessica LaPointe traveled from Wisconsin last week and delivered a stark message on Capitol Hill about the future of the Social Security Administration.
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The House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that would restore collective bargaining rights at the Department of Defense, while also rejecting an amendment that would have lifted the longstanding moratorium on privatizing federal jobs through OMB Circular A-76.
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AFGE and other delegates to the AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention in Minneapolis last week reelected Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond.
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President Trump issued an executive order last week reclassifying about 8,000 non-partisan federal jobs into a new excepted service category called Schedule Policy/Career.
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