Hampton VA Medical Center
Hampton VA Medical Center
In a major legal victory for AFGE, a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from eliminating collective bargaining rights at TSA, calling the move a retaliatory attack on the union’s First Amendment rights. The judge found Homeland Security Secretary…
A bombshell report from ProPublica reveals that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used a flawed AI tool—built in just one day—to identify and cancel contracts across the VA. The tool, written by a programmer with no government…
A new federal hiring plan quietly released by Trump’s Office of Personnel Management is being called out as illegal and dangerous—both by public administration experts and AFGE. At the center of the controversy is a new “merit hiring” rule that…
At the 54th International Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Convention, AFGE President Everett Kelley and AFSCME President Lee Saunders emphasized that attacks on federal workers are part of a broader strategy to dismantle unions and concentrate power among the…
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), representing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, is contesting a March directive from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that eliminates collective bargaining rights for TSA workers. AFGE argues that this move is retaliatory, targeting…
A new report from The Guardian exposes the real-world fallout of Trump’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) reforms at the VA. Internal documents show: It’s exactly what frontline staff have been warning for months: cuts are happening fast, care…
A new piece in The American Prospect lays out a sharp warning: VA Secretary Doug Collins is quietly dismantling the VA from the inside, pushing policies that strip out services, cut staffing, and shift care into the private sector. The…
The U.S. House just passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes major cuts to federal employee retirement—part of a larger push to fund Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax package. Here’s what’s in the bill: Some proposed changes—like switching pensions to a…
In a major decision this week, the Supreme Court gave President Trump the green light to fire members of key federal oversight boards—including the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which handles appeals from federal employees who are disciplined or fired.…
A federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s plan to carry out mass layoffs across most major federal agencies. This means departments like the VA, Interior, and Education cannot move forward with their reduction-in-force (RIF) plans—at least for now. The…