From the very beginning, our union’s mission has been not just to empower our members in the workplace but to give the American people a government that works for them and to strengthen our democracy.
During the first three decades after AFGE was founded, federal workers had no collective bargaining rights. We won improvements in pay, sick leave, annual leave, and retirement security through political pressure since bargaining was still a distant dream.
These unique challenges have made AFGE’s history one marked by union members overcoming obstacles, with each era bringing its own challenges, some of which were designed specifically to destroy government workers, their spirit, and their union.
From humble beginnings as a tiny union 90 years ago, today we are the country’s largest union representing federal and D.C. government employees. Without the will of AFGE members standing firmly together to fight the odds, we wouldn’t be here today.
Thank you for being a member of our great union and fighting every day to defend and expand the workplace rights of federal and D.C. government workers.
Click here to read our latest installment of our 90th birthday series and learn more about the history of our great union.
Happy 90th birthday AFGE!
In Solidarity,
AFGE
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