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The Secret Memo: Trump’s Plan to Purge Federal Workers

In part four of our five part series on a secret White House labor strategy memo, we reveal the Trump administration’s secret plan, laid out in black and white, to create a shadow government for for-profit contractors and fire federal workers in the process.

Find out how they plan to do it »
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FLRA Investigation Shows EPA Violated Labor Law

The Environmental Protection Agency violated federal labor law by failing to bargain in good faith with our union and unilaterally imposing illegal workplace rules on 8,000 federal employees we represent at the agency, a Federal Labor Relations Authority investigation has concluded.

Learn more about the EPA's illegal action »
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LEOs, Firefighters Mobilize for Future in Joint Training

AFGE firefighters and law enforcement officers gathered in the nation’s capital the week of Oct. 21 for joint training exercises.

Find out more on what activists learned during their week-long training »
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5 Stories That Matter

SSA cancels telework for thousands of employees, defense payroll workers fear job losses under new Navy plan, President Trump may have violated criminal provisions of the Hatch Act, and much more. Here are a few of the most important stories you need to know about this week.

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This Week in Labor History

Nov. 4, 1996: After a struggle lasting more than two years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/Firestone win a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their original jobs back.

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