AFGE Vows to Continue Fighting for Working Americans Under Trump Administration

Federal workers will continue to do their jobs regardless of who sits in the White House as they’re sworn to uphold the law and the Constitution.

As the union representing more than 800,000 federal and D.C. government workers, AFGE will continue to represent our members and advocate for the programs and services that government employees deliver for the American people.

“But make no mistake: our union will not stand by and let any political leader – regardless of their political affiliation – run roughshod over the Constitution and our laws,” said AFGE President Everett Kelley.

During Trump’s first term, his administration tried to dismantle many of our negotiated union contracts, downsize and relocate federal agencies at great disruption and cost to taxpayers, and replace tens of thousands of non-partisan civil servants with political appointees who would blindly do his bidding.

In addition, Trump’s agency heads such as those at the Department of Education and Environmental Protection Agency worked to actively undermine their own agency mission.

“Federal and D.C. government employees should be able to do their jobs without political interference, without violating their Constitutional oath, and without breaking the law – and as their elected representative, we will do everything in our power to make sure that’s possible,” Kelley added.