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Hi,
Donald Trump has launched the most serious attack on unions in decades.
Last month, he issued an executive order stripping over 1 million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights. That includes workers at the departments of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, State, Justice, Energy, Interior, Treasury, and others.
"This administration's latest executive order is union busting, pure and simple," said one nurse at the department of Veterans Affairs.1
We need to show Trump that we stand with workers and union rights.
Sign the petition: Help federal workers stand up to Trump!
Trump’s executive order claims to be in response to national security concerns, but that’s plainly ridiculous. Elon Musk and Donald Trump don’t like that unions are standing up for their members against attempts to politicize the civil service, chaotically fire federal employees, and cut vital services.
These federal workers have had union rights since before America went to the moon. A union nurse at the VA isn’t a threat to national security.
The American Federation of Government Employees is preparing immediate legal action and will fight relentlessly to protect the rights of union members, and all Americans, from these unprecedented attacks.
But this fight is bigger than any one union. We need to unite and protect the rights of all workers.
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
Sources:
- NPR, “Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees,” March 28, 2025.
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