Sample EO Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
[Date]
Contact: [Name]
Phone: [Number]
Email: [Address]
AFGE Local Representing [Agency] Workers Condemns Trump Move to Bust Federal Unions
Executive order is retaliation against union for challenging administration’s anti-worker actions
[DATELINE CITY] – The American Federation of Government Employees local representing federal employees at [Agency] is denouncing President Trump’s executive action to strip more than one million federal workers of their union rights.
On March 27, President Trump issued an executive order revoking collective bargaining rights from a large portion of the federal workforce under the guise of “national security,” even though many of the targeted agencies and employees have little to nothing to do with national security. The administration’s own fact sheet on the executive order cites AFGE’s legal battles against the administration as a reason for stripping employees of their union rights.
AFGE Local [Number] President [Name] issued the following statement:
“AFGE is fighting and winning legal challenges to this administration’s lawless actions targeting the jobs and rights of federal employees, and in response President Trump has broken the law yet again to strip more than one million federal employees of their union rights.
“The workers our local represents do not deserve to have their union rights taken away from them just because the president is having a temper tantrum. These are patriotic civil servants who perform their work with honor and distinction. Claiming their union membership somehow compromises national security is an insult to them and to workers everywhere.
“Taking away workers’ voices at the job site will make it harder for us to do our jobs. That’s not reform – that’s sabotage.”
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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 820,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.
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