An employee at the Social Security Administration who was injured on the job two decades ago has successfully secured workers’ compensation coverage for his mounting medical bills thanks to AFGE’s advocacy.
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AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council (NVAC) went back to court last week to prevent the Department of Veterans Affairs from illegally terminating our collective bargaining agreement covering more than 320,000 VA employees.
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AFGE along with two federal employees filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week challenging the agency’s refusal to process federal-sector class complaints pending before its administrative judges.
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Two newly introduced bills and another that’s moving through Congress would expand paid family and medical leave for federal employees, make it easier to secure medical care and related benefits for workplace injuries, and address unsafe air and ventilation issues in federal buildings.
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This election matters because the people who hold office decide whether federal workers have a contract, a job, and a voice at work. Find out how to get involved to make sure we win in November.
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Since taking office in January 2025, President Trump has issued a series of unlawful executive orders, and taken several unlawful actions, seeking to shut down congressionally mandated agencies, fire and displace federal workers, outlaw their unions, and gut merit systems protections.
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The Trump administration’s push to expand the privatization of airport security screening functions ignores lessons learned from the Sept. 11 attacks and other airline tragedies and should concern every American,
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Three weeks after filing a lawsuit challenging the termination of their contracts, more than 20 union affiliates from AFGE and (NFFE-IAM are asking the court to block implementation of the illegal action.
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Two anti-worker amendments opposed by AFGE were prevented from being included in the fiscal 2027 NDAA prior to the House passing the bill last week.
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AFGE last week called on the U.S. Senate to oppose President Trump’s nominee for general counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Charlton Allen, due to his history of racism, homophobia, and antisemitism.
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Many of the 1,300 State Department employees fired by the Trump administration a year ago joined with members of Congress and good government allies at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol last week.
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AFGE is busy on Capitol Hill encouraging lawmakers to avoid another disastrous government shutdown at the end of September.
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AFGE is calling for the nomination of David Cummins as the next administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to be withdrawn by the Trump administration or voted down by the U.S. Senate.
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AFGE membership is about more than representation in the workplace. It is also about providing members and their families with meaningful benefits that can improve their financial security, professional development and quality of life.
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Despite determined attempts by this administration to gut federal workers’ rights and eradicate their labor unions, AFGE membership is rebounding.
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