9/24/2019 Washington D.C. – Federal employees from dozens of agencies banded together and turned their lunch hours into a high-powered rally Tuesday at the Capitol, calling for an end to the attacks on their rights and their unions. NTEU National President Tony Reardon and local NTEU member and Health and Human Services employee Dannine Johnson […]
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2018 — The largest union representing federal government workers, the American Federation of Government Employees, sued the Trump administration Wednesday in response to an executive order President Trump issued last week that aims to deny workers their legal right to representation at the worksite. “This president seems to think he is above […]
President Trump executive orders are threat to democracy, union says 5/25/2018 WASHINGTON – President Trump is attempting to silence the voice of veterans, law enforcement officers, and other frontline federal workers through a series of executive orders intended to strip federal employees of their decades-old right to representation at the worksite, the American Federation of Government […]
Union-Busting House Bill Would Silence the Voice of Workers, AFGE Says WASHINGTON, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Federation of Government Employees strongly opposes legislation moving through the House that would limit an employee’s access to union representation and financially penalize employees who voluntarily serve as union representatives. The Official Time Reform Act of […]
Deceptively named Federal Employee Rights Act is “venomous attack” on federal workers, AFGE says Anti-labor bill would strip federal employees of their most fundamental workplace rights WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2016 — Legislation introduced in the House would strip federal employees of their basic workplace rights and disempower the people who care for our veterans, inspect our food, and deliver our […]
The largest federal employee union has filed a lawsuit alleging that Office of Personnel Management’s leadership failed to heed warnings, obey security policies and are liable for one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history On June 29, AFGE filed a against Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta and Chief Information Officer […]
Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, said on the Senate floor that the December hack into Office of Personnel Management data was carried out by “the Chinese.” OPM SAYS; Within the last year, OPM has undertaken an aggressive effort to update its cybersecurity posture, adding numerous tools and capabilities to its networks. As a result, […]
Three organizations representing current and retired federal worker have called on Congress to reject provisions in pending legislation that would sharply undercut the federal employee health care and workers’ compensation programs. The groups expressed their deep concerns about provisions in pending postal reform legislation in a letter to members of the Senate Homeland Security and […]
Supreme Court decision ensures equal treatment for federal employees regardless of sexual orientation WASHINGTON – The American Federation of Government Employees today hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. “This ruling is a victory of equality over exclusion, of fairness over fear, of compassion over contempt,” AFGE National President […]