“This is a way to defund Black people as a whole," retired federal worker Janice Lee said, referring to the layoffs of black government workers.
The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport.
Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME: "I think it’s up to AFSCME and the labor movement and our allies and friends to continue to talk about what this administration is trying to do to hurt working people."
“They’re after nothing more than the entire public sphere,” Chris Dols of the Federal Unionists Network told the Foley Square crowd. He urged other public-sector unions to join the fight and “make it unmanageable."
While Reddit and Instagram are already gathering places for federal workers to commiserate, We the Builders aims to offer an alternative outlet for workers who may be fearful to share their stories even through an anonymous social media account
It’s happening here, now
President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC
Our national union leadership should link our contract struggle to the struggle against DOGE’s reckless campaign to smash parts of the federal government that working people rely on.
Unions representing federal workers -- the American Federation of Government Employees; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and the National Association of Government Employees -- sued to stop the resignation program.
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