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Dear AFGE Activist,

Here's your next call to action. We must keep the pressure on to oppose the latest reconciliation bill that spells disaster for government workers.

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The Senate GOP version of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is even worse than what we saw in the House.

The bill is a direct and dangerous attack on federal employees and the unions that represent them. While it drops the elimination of the FERS supplement, that is the only positive. Here’s what we’re facing:

  • It retains and worsens the House language making future federal employees at-will, charging them 9.4 percent toward retirement. Anyone who opts for civil service protections would be charged an outrageous 14.4 percent of their salary.
  • It gives the president sweeping authority for ten years to reorganize or eliminate federal agencies, with $100 million to OMB and no clear Congressional oversight.
  • It imposes a 10 percent tax on all union dues collected through payroll, and even targets CFC donations and other nonprofit contributions.
  • It requires unions to pay the entire cost of official time, including salary and benefits, plus all office space and resources. These costs are to be set by agencies and cannot be appealed. Unions that cannot pay would be debarred.

There is no carveout for law enforcement employees under any of these provisions.

We need to act now. Email your senators and tell them to vote NO on the GOP reconciliation bill.

Every action counts to beat back this disastrous bill that explicitly targets dedicated public servants.

In Solidarity,

AFGE

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