FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024
Contact:
Tim Kauffman
202-639-6405/202-374-6491
[email protected]
AFGE Applauds President Biden’s Efforts to Protect Nonpartisan Civil Service
Categories:
Workers' Rights
Soon-to-be-published regulation will safeguard due process rights and protections for federal workers
WASHINGTON – American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley today issued the following statement in response to a final regulation to be published Tuesday by the Biden administration that clarifies and reinforces existing rights of federal government workers and protects civil servants from political interference:
“President Biden’s action reinforces and clarifies federal employees’ due process rights and civil service protections, strengthening the apolitical civil service and hampering efforts to return the government to a corrupt spoils system.
“President Biden’s predecessor and other conservatives have made clear they would support stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of their civil service rights and protections and turning them into at-will workers who could be hired or fired at any time for political reasons.
“Such actions would undermine our democratic, nonpartisan government and take us back to the 19th century, when civil servants were hired based on political loyalty rather than professional ability.
“One reason for the stability of our federal government is the fact that federal employees continue doing their jobs and serving the American public even as political administrations come and go. Turning positions that demand technical expertise into political appointments filled based on partisan loyalty would undermine this fundamental tenet of our government and lead to chaos and corruption.”
###
For the latest AFGE news and information, visit the AFGE Media Center.
Follow us on:
