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CDC Removes Remote Work as Reasonable Accommodation for Employees with Disabilities, Backtracks After Union Pressure

September 22, 2025

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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Categories: The Insider

Trump Administration’s Union Busting at Voice of America, USAGM is Attack on Workers’ First Amendment Rights, Unions Assert in New Lawsuit

September 22, 2025

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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Categories: The Insider

Meet Your Newly Elected HISCO and PRIDE Leaders!

September 22, 2025

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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Categories: The Insider

Judge Rules Mass Termination of Probationary Federal Workers Illegal

September 15, 2025

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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Categories: The Insider

NVAC Files Fourth Grievance Following VA Contract “Termination”

September 15, 2025

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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Categories: VA, The Insider

Senators Call on USDA to Consult with Unions on Reorganization Plans

September 15, 2025

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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Categories: USDA, The Insider

House-passed NDAA Restores Union Rights for Defense Civilians; Senate Debate Still Underway

September 15, 2025

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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Categories: DoD, The Insider

Sharpen Your Labor Relations Skills with These Upcoming Trainings

September 15, 2025

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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Categories: Training, The Insider

5 Things Happening in Congress You Should Know About

September 08, 2025

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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Categories: The Insider

“You Are Not Alone” Project Launches to Support Laid-Off Federal Workers

September 08, 2025

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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Categories: The Insider

AFGE Endorses Walkinshaw in Special Election to Fill Vacant House Seat

September 08, 2025

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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Categories: The Insider

AFGE Local Launches Initiative to Combat Correctional Officer Suicide

September 08, 2025

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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Categories: BOP, The Insider

Trump Strips More Federal Workers of Their Negotiated Rights

September 02, 2025

Just days before Labor Day, President Trump continued his assault on the collective bargaining rights of federal employees.

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Categories: The Insider

Public Opposition Growing in Response to Trump’s Attacks on our Public Institutions, Labor Rights, and Personal Freedoms

September 02, 2025

President Trump’s policies targeting our federal government programs, our labor rights, and our personal freedoms as U.S. citizens is being met with growing public resistance.

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Categories: The Insider

Unions Urge USDA to Abandon Harmful Relocation Plans

September 02, 2025

AFGE and the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees are urging the Trump administration to abandon plans to relocate thousands of federal employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture outside the nation’s capital.

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Categories: The Insider