AFGE local leaders gathered at district caucuses across the country in May to elect the federation’s 12 national vice presidents, along with representatives to serve on AFGE’s National Human Rights Committee.
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AFGE’s Women and Fair Practices team is winning the fight against unfair treatment in the workplace.
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In a significant case that reinforces our union’s representational rights and mission, an arbitrator has ruled that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s refusal to provide AFGE Local 476 with documentation related to the proposed removal of an employee represented by the union violates our ratified contract.
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Over the past year, the Trump administration has tried its best to silence your voice and crush your union. But we have news for President Trump and his anti-labor zealots: AFGE isn’t going anywhere.
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AFGE strongly supports legislation introduced in Congress that would address the alarming rate of suicides among correctional officers by increasing investments in and expanding access to critical mental health care services.
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The National Science Foundation is denying or cancelling reasonable accommodations for its disabled and medically vulnerable employees – setting a dangerous precedent that could destabilize disability rights across the entire country.
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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 a unanimous decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit kept the largest collective bargaining agreement covering Department of Veterans Affairs employees in place.
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The Trump administration’s plans to replace many of the career federal employees who ensure the safety of the flying public with private contractors ignores the lessons learned from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and would result in weaker airport security.
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In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in April undermining a key tenant of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, AFGE National President Everett Kelley recently joined more than 5,600 concerned citizens in Alabama to protest the decision and its impact on marginalized communities nationwide.
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The Trump administration is at it again. This time, the Office of Personnel Management has proposed a rule that would require current employees and job applicants to sign non-disclosure agreements as a condition of employment.
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The Trump administration is reinstating critical staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This is a key win for AFGE and its allies, who challenged the administration’s unlawful reduction of FEMA’s workforce.
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Noncompetitive pay and benefits are resulting in critical shortages of law enforcement officers across the Department of Veterans Affairs, an AFGE local leader testified before a Senate committee last week.
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With FY26 funding now in place, the House and Senate have turned their attention to the next fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
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AFGE is calling for immediate congressional action to prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture from forcing thousands of employees in the D.C. region and beyond to relocate in order to keep their jobs.
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