LAWSUIT CHALLENGE HAS BEEN FILED

More than 20 union affiliates from AFGE and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) sued the Department of Defense and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week challenging the unlawful termination of union contracts covering tens of thousands of DoD civilian employees.

In the lawsuit, the unions argue that Hegseth’s actions violated the Administrative Procedure Act in multiple ways. In particular, the memo and the contract terminations that followed were not based on reasoned decision making required by law and misinterpreted the executive order they were purportedly based on.  Here is the Article on AFGE National.

NFFE and AFGE Affiliates Due Defense Department over Illegal Termination of Employee’s Union Rights.  “For decades, workers at the Department of Defense have had the right to unionize, and employees exercising that right has never been detrimental to U.S. national security,” said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. “The Trump administration unilaterally and illegally stripping collective bargaining rights from DoD workers only serves to weaken morale, harm recruitment and retention, and reduce accountability – jeopardizing our national security and the critical mission of the agency.”

Unions sue DoD over termination of collective bargaining agreements.  President Trump’s executive order last year eliminated the collective bargaining rights for over 1.5 million federal employees, including a large swath of DoD civilian employees. It was single-handedly the hottest and most aggressive anti-union action taken by a president in U.S. history,” Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.) said.

Recent CBA Revocation

AFGE’s representation of our members has never relied solely on union contracts. We fight for members in the halls of Congress and in the courts, we represent employees facing discrimination or retaliation at the workplace, and we advocate for workers in the press and through grassroots community outreach. Please contact the Union office (afge1658@comcast.net) or any of our representatives if you receive notification from your Agency you don’t understand.  If you are a dues-paying member, we continue to be here to assist!  We will continue to post updates to this website under the Contracts Suspended link on the right.

Unity is our greatest strength. We will continue to demand accountability and protect the jobs of those who serve.