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Last Wednesday, more than 2,000 members and activists, 100 union presidents, and dozens of lawmakers came to Washington, D.C. to show their support for federal workers and stand up to the union-busting, democracy-busting executive orders. Outside of our Washington, D.C. rally, thousands of you participated locally by wearing red to Read more…

Senators: SSA Has Carried Workforce Executive Orders Too Far Maryland Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen (left) and Ben Cardin sent letters to SSA officials. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP Maryland’s Democratic senators are demanding information about the Social Security Administration’s implementation of President Trump’s recent workforce executive orders, which they said went far beyond Read more…

ERICH WAGNER | JULY 26, 2018 In 4-Hour Hearing, Judge Suggests Executive Orders Ignore Half of Labor Statute BY BRIAN A JACKSON  After months of posturing by the Trump administration and federal employee unions, both sides had their day in court Wednesday, as a federal judge spent four hours challenging Read more…

Judge hears oral arguments in unions’ legal challenge of Trump’s executive orders By Nicole Ogrysko @nogryskoWFED July 26, 2018 7:35 am 3 min read 31 Shares        A federal district court judge on Wednesday afternoon heard oral arguments from the legal teams representing both the Trump administration and a coalition of federal employee Read more…

Officers, If you would like your photo to be used along with your profile information, please upload a head shot photo.  You may use the photo gallery submission form to do so. Also please obtain your new email and passwords if you have not done so already so you may Read more…

Members please take the time to register.  All members now have their own @afgelocal2206.com email address.  In order to obtain your user name and password you have to register.  An email to your personal email will include your new username and password.  Then you may go to the “Members login” Read more…

There have been questions about taking photos on federal grounds.  Below is a link to the legalities of photographing federal buildings and the codes surrounding it.   Please click link to https://www.thoughtco.com/legality-of-photographing-federal-buildings-3321820  

Union volunteers were told to evacuate space by July 31. Space includes union offices, filing cabinets, and bulletin boards   SSA cancelled all negotiated travel and per diem for union officials to travel to meetings with SSA managers, arbitration witnesses, etc.   Official time was slashed by 88%. Taking away Read more…

Red for Feds Day of Action In yet another example of an irresponsible, undemocratic, unprecedented attempt to wipe out labor unions from the United States, the Trump administration has ordered federal agencies across the country to begin implementing the three controversial executive orders to obstruct our work fighting discrimination, retaliation, Read more…