Dear John,

Today is our birthday!

For 93 years, AFGE’s mission has been to improve the lives of government workers and make sure they have the resources they need to serve the American people. Whether fighting for fair compensation or improved working conditions, our union is a major source of support for government employees who provide vital services to the American people.  

When our union was chartered at the height of the Great Depression on Aug. 18, 1932, it was a tough time to be a union. Up to 15 million people, about 20% of the population at the time, were unemployed. Over 9,000 banks had either closed or were closing their doors. Government employees were easy targets for austerity measures. Furloughs were the norm. Overtime pay was eliminated. Retirement-age employees were forced out of their jobs. If two members of the same family worked for the government, one had to be laid off before other workers during a reduction in force.     

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Fast forward to today, and our challenges continue. After reaching a modern-day peak of nearly 332,000 members this February, our membership numbers began a precipitous slide as the Trump administration launched a coordinated assault on federal workers’ jobs and our negotiated rights.

But we are a fighting union, and we have no intention of backing down. Because of our fighting spirit, we have weathered many storms and managed to land on our feet. From securing President Kennedy’s executive order creating a system to recognize federal employee unions, to preventing wholesale privatization of government jobs, to winning a historic 31% pay raise for TSA officers, AFGE never stops fighting for what we believe in.  

Times are tough right now, but we will survive and even thrive in the months and years ahead. Why?

Because We Are AFGE!

Let's continue this path of fighting for workers' rights together.

In Solidarity,

AFGE

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