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MEMBERS UPDATE MEETING
August 18th, 2025 | Posted by in Did you know? | Events | National Updates - (0 Comments)Dear Member,
Join the AFGE Strong All Member Town Hall where we will discuss our strategy going forward to defend our rights on the job.
We're under attack. From NOAA to the DoD to Veteran's Affairs and Social Security, cuts are directly impacting millions already. But we have a plan.
We're standing up for our nation, our democracy, and our people.
Event Details:
🗓️ Tuesday, August 19, 2025
⏰ 7PM ET--6pm CST
🔗 Click here to register for the AFGE Strong All Member Town Hall
During this call we will hear from AFGE leaders and get updates on field reports from SSA and VA activists who recently mobilized and launched successful days of action as the Trump administration ramped up its attacks on our contracts and voice on the job.
Don't miss this important call where we will come together to keep organizing, building and showing up for each other.
In Solidarity,
AFGEDon't Delay! It's Time to Make the Switch to E-Dues
Click here to Donate to the AFGE Federal Employee Defense Fund.
LOCAL 1395 WORKING FOR YOU!
August 6th, 2025 | Posted by in Did you know? | LEGISLATIVE UPDATES - (0 Comments)Kudos to our Local 1395 team that worked with the Congressman's office on his letter the SSA Commissioner.
Use your Voice
August 4th, 2025 | Posted by in Budget | Did you know? | DOGE | Events | Social Security Administration (SSA) - (0 Comments)Senator Elizabeth Warren has an ask for us. She wants YOU to use YOUR VOICE and talk about what it's like to be a Social Security worker right now. Click here to watch her message to Social Security workers.
As a long time supporter, Sen. Warren knows what's at stake right now. Now, she wants you to speak out. Click here to take five minutes to share your story with us. (All you need is a phone, tablet or laptop with a camera, that's it!)
There are over 50,000 of us working at Social Security, in every corner of the country to ensure Americans get access to their earned benefits. We're under unbelievable attacks from DOGE and the Trump Administration but we're not going to let that happen. That's why on August 14, we're taking action to keep #SocialSecurityStrong.
Click here to share your story on video with us about why you're taking action to keep #SocialSecurityStrong.
In Solidarity,
Rich Couture
President, AFGE Council 215
Jessica LaPointe
President, AFGE Council 220
Petition for TSC flexband cancellations
June 30th, 2025 | Posted by in Did you know? | MAKE THE CALL | Social Security Administration (SSA) - (0 Comments)Sign the petition! Frank Bisignano: Restore Flexible Work Schedules for SSA Employees
Members,
I signed a petition on Action Network telling Frank Bisignano to Restore Flexible Work Schedules for SSA Employees.
Last week, SSA suddenly stripped our teleservice center workers of their long-held flexible work schedule benefits, for no apparent reason, in the middle of a pay period, with no warning. This senseless action threw personal lives and family situations into chaos with no time to react. You deserve better! It's time to stand up and speak out! We have prepared a petition for you to sign, to be delivered to Commissioner Bisignano, telling him that the loss of flexible work schedules has harmed you and your family, that it will harm public service, and that it is critical that the Agency reinstate your contractual rights. Your voice is essential to restoring this important flexibility, and to demand fairness and dignity in how you are treated by the Agency. Act today. Sign our petition now!
Can you join me and take action? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/restore-flexible-work-schedules-for-ssa-employees?source=email&
AGENCY SUSPENDS TSC FLEXTIME 06-20-2025
June 20th, 2025 | Posted by in Did you know? | National Updates | News | TSC - (0 Comments)On June 20, 2025 at 5:00 pm the Agency released the following notice to the union. AFGE has requested to discuss the changes with the Agency.
AFGE Contract:
Article 10, Section 6, Suspension of Flextime and Flexible 5/4/9 and 4/40 Work Arrangements.
A.
Should management determine, after consideration of bona fide operational needs, that it is unable to provide the level of service required to support agency operations and provide service to the American public, the appropriate management official may suspend, for the duration of the operational need, the flexible 5/4/9 or 4/40 schedule and/or credit hours. In these situations, management may assign employees to a fixed shift.
Management may also direct specific arrival or departure times. This notification will normally be made 48 hours in advance.
B.
Employees who are scheduled to attend training may have to revert to the working hours in effect at the training site. Their flexible 5/4/9 or 4/40 work arrangement tour may also be suspended.
C.
If an employee’s flexible work arrangement is suspended, it will automatically be restored as soon as possible after the reason for the suspension needs have been met (i.e., the next pay period).
Judge Blocks Trump’s Unconstitutional Reorganization of Government
May 12, 2025
In a major victory for AFGE and allies, a district court judge May 9 issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking President Trump’s unconstitutional reorganization of the federal government because these plans “flow from likely illegal directives.”
Judge Susan Illston agreed with AFGE and allies’ argument that the administration exceeded its authority in implementing its large-scale reductions in force (RIFs) without consulting Congress, which created and funds these agencies through legislation.
“The President has the authority to seek changes to executive branch agencies, but he must do so in lawful ways and, in the case of large-scale reorganizations, with the cooperation of the legislative branch,” said the judge. “Many presidents have sought this cooperation before; many iterations of Congress have provided it. Nothing prevents the President from requesting this cooperation—as he did in his prior term of office. Indeed, the Court holds the President likely must request Congressional cooperation to order the changes he seeks and thus issues a temporary restraining order to pause large-scale reductions in force in the meantime.”
AFGE is the lead plaintiff, and our locals provided many of the declarations that supported the win. The judge also agreed with conservative former government officials and advisors who have written to the court that “Unchecked presidential power is not what the Framers had in mind.”
In a statement, the coalition said: “The Trump administration’s unlawful attempt to reorganize the federal government has thrown agencies into chaos, disrupting critical services provided across our nation. Each of us represents communities deeply invested in the efficiency of the federal government – laying off federal employees and reorganizing government functions haphazardly does not achieve that. We are gratified by the court’s decision today to pause these harmful actions while our case proceeds.”
AFGE and the coalition May 2 sought emergency relief to stop the implementation of the president’s unlawful Executive Order 14210 (Implementing the President’s ‘‘Department of Government Efficiency’’ Workforce Optimization Initiative), which violates the Constitution’s fundamental separation of powers principles. Trump required federal agencies to submit for approval RIF and reorganization plans on April 14.
The case is AFGE v. Trump and the large and diverse coalition is represented by Democracy Forward, Altshuler Berzon LLP, Protect Democracy, Public Rights Project, and State Democracy Defenders Fund in the matter.
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