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Layoffs Loom at the State Department, Raising Concerns Among Employees and Diplomats

July 14, 2025

Employees at the State Department are facing increasing uncertainty as reports emerge of potential layoffs under the Trump administration's broader restructuring efforts following the recent Supreme Court ruling.

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AFGE Victory: House, Senate Drop Anti-Federal Worker Measures in Final Version of Trump’s Big Retaliation Bill

July 07, 2025

Thanks to the staunch supporters of federal workers from both sides of the aisle, anti-federal worker provisions were dropped from the final version of President Trump’s Big Retaliation Bill that has passed both the House and Senate.

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VOA Rescinds RIF Notices Following Meeting with AFGE

July 07, 2025

Voice of America (VOA) has rescinded layoff notices it had sent to employees after AFGE Local 1812 pointed out several violations of the law and negotiated labor-management contract.

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Chaos and Corruption Weekly Digest: Week 24

July 07, 2025

Week 24 saw Trump shutting down a government website with research on global warming, axing all NOAA’s tornado and hurricane research, and placing on leave 144 EPA employees who signed a letter of dissent against his policies.

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AFGE Victory: Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Strip Union Rights from a Million Feds

June 30, 2025

A federal judge last week granted AFGE and allies’ request for a preliminary injunction in a case involving President Trump’s executive order ending collective bargaining agreements for federal workers, ruling the EO is likely illegal.

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Major AFGE Victory: Senate Drops Anti-Worker Measures from Final Big Retaliation Bill, But Fight Is Not Over

June 30, 2025

Thanks to AFGE’s hard work, the Senate dropped all anti-worker provisions AFGE opposed in its final version of the Big Retaliation Bill released June 27

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Special Counsel Substantiates Unsafe Working Conditions at USDA Research Center Following AFGE Whistleblower Complaint

June 30, 2025

The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) last week affirmed unsafe working conditions detailed in a whistleblower complaint filed by three AFGE members against USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Maryland.

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Due to DOGE Cuts, 1 SSA Employee Is Expected to Serve 1,480 Beneficiaries

June 30, 2025

A new analysis on Social Security reflects what AFGE has been saying all along: Staffing cuts will hurt the American people who rely on Social Security.

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Chaos and Corruption Weekly Digest: Week 23

June 30, 2025

Week 23 saw a federal judge blocking Trump’s plan to end collective bargaining for federal workers, chaos at NSF, and Trump withholding congressionally mandated funding for agencies.

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OPM’s New Performance Management Rules Are Illegal, Violate Labor Contracts

June 23, 2025

In another attack against the federal workforce, Trump’s Office of Personnel Management ordered agencies to overhaul federal employee performance appraisal and disciplinary systems in violation of existing labor contracts and decades of past practice.

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Major AFGE Victory: Senate Parliamentarian Drops GOP Plans Gutting Civil Service in Reconciliation Bill

June 23, 2025

President Trump and Senate Republicans were dealt a major blow in their effort to gut the civil service with the Senate parliamentarian dropping anti-civil service provisions from the Senate reconciliation bill due to procedural violations.

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Chaos and Corruption Weekly Digest: Week 22

June 23, 2025

Week 22 saw Trump illegally changing federal employees’ performance management rules, laying off nearly 100 employees at NARA, and shutting down the national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline.

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AFGE Celebrates Pride Month!

June 23, 2025

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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Senate GOP’s Big Retaliation Bill Makes Future Feds Pay 14.4% for Workplace Rights or Become At-Will

June 16, 2025

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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