January/February 2025 Government Standard: As we enter the new year, one thing is for certain: your union isn’t backing down.
Read More
AFGE members are mobilizing to defeat pieces of legislation that have recently been introduced to harm federal workers.
Read More
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order attacking women, minorities, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized groups by ending all Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) programs.
Read More
Federal employees continued to seek more power and a voice on the job as thousands joined AFGE in 2024.
Read More
President Donald J. Trump spent his first day in office issuing a slew of executive orders directly targeting federal workers.
Read More
AFGE, Public Citizen, and State Democracy Defenders Fund (SDDF) filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for violating a law requiring that an advisory committee such as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) be fairly balanced in its membership and points of view.
Read More
A new bill has been introduced in the House and Senate to give federal employees a 4.3% raise next year as a way to close the pay gap between the federal and private sectors.
Read More
House Republicans started the new year with a list of proposed cuts they want to make under the budget reconciliation process, an expedited procedure that doesn’t require the Senate’s normal 60-vote threshold.
Read More
AFGE’s National Secretary-Treasurer Eric Bunn Sr. has been honored with the National Action Network (NAN)’s Labor Leader Award.
Read More
President Joe Biden Jan. 5 signed into law an AFGE-backed bill eliminating two controversial rules that have caused public servants to lose two-thirds or even the entire amount of their Social Security benefits.
Read More
Another group of federal employees just joined AFGE!
Read More
AFGE and allies have launched an online clearing house to share best practices and provide assistance to federal workers in understanding and exercising their rights.
Read More
If you intend to whistleblow about a violation of law, rule, regulation, policy, or a matter of health and safety while protecting yourself, here's what you need to know.
Read More
Sen. Joni Ernst, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and other politicians have continued to make incorrect statements about the federal workforce.
Read More
AFGE is urging President Joe Biden to restore pay parity between civilian and military employees by increasing the 2025 pay raise for federal workers from 2% to 4.5%.
Read More
