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ACT NOW: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH

on April 16, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: 2025, afge, aflcio, april 28 2025, bipartisan, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, federal workers, Green Island Park, Kerrie Baures, la crosse, mourning, niosh, Occupational Safety and Health Act and Mine Safety and Health Act, OSHA, safe workplaces, safety, trump, washington dc, Western Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wisconsin workers, Workers Grove, Workers Memorial Day, wwaflcio

ACT NOW: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH

We’re facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers, including highly technical federal workers that keep us safe on the job. Due to Elon Musk and his unaccountable DOGE, we are facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers in history, including highly technical federal workers who keep us safe on […]

Orange Julius Cesar strips rights from Working Americans

on April 10, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, afl-cio, aflcio, afscme, aft, apwu, bac, collective bargaining union rights, CWA, economic stability, epi, Executive Order, family supporting jobs, iam, iamaw, IFPTE, LIUNA, Liz Shuler, nalc, national security, public health, safe jobs, safety, Stephanie Bloomingdale, trump, wisconsin, wisconsin afl cio, workers rights

The Trump administration issued a new executive order stripping collective bargaining and union rights from workers across the federal government. Advocates for working people condemned the move. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: Straight out of Project 2025, this executive order is the very definition of union-busting. It strips the fundamental right to […]

NALC statement on DeJoy’s exit from USPS

on March 26, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, dejoy, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, louis dejoy, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, postmaster general, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, White House, wwaflcio

NALC President Brian L. Renfroe issued the following statement regarding Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s exit from the Postal Service: Today was Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s last day at the Postal Service. During his tenure, NALC worked in good faith with DeJoy on behalf of our 295,000 active and retired members. The USPS Board of Governors‘ […]

Trump’s FBI Director Tells Workers To Ignore Elon Musk’s Job Ultimatum

on February 23, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, ben blanchet, Brian Renfroe, cnn, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Executive Order, fbi, firing, government agency, huffington post, kash patel, musk, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, new york times, obligation, opm, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, White House, wwaflcio

Newly-confirmed FBI director Kash Patel, a loyalist to President Donald Trump, told bureau employees late Saturday to hit “pause” on responding to an Office of Personnel Management inquiry that billionaire Elon Musk warned could result in ousters among the federal workforce. Patel — a “deep state” conspiracy theorist who has a list of dozens […]

Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Attacks to the Public Postal Service

on February 23, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, White House, wwaflcio

Mark Dimondstein, President, APWU The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department. If this reporting is true, it would be an outrageous, unlawful attack on a storied national […]

Trump Says Freeze Federal Workers Pay

on December 5, 2020in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, afl-cio, America’s labor movement, buffoon, Donald Trump, Everett Kelley, labor, labor union, Labor Unions, trump, village idiot biden

After promising a 1% raise he is backtracking Trump is on his way out, but he is using his last few weeks in office to continue his war on federal workers. As negotiations continue over the 2021 pay for federal workers, Trump has released a statement backing a Republican proposal that would freeze wages for […]

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