Federal employees union grows to record size amid DOGE attacks

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Federal employees union grows to record size amid DOGE attacks

Max Nesterak, Minnesota ReformerFebruary 07, 2025
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The ranks of federal employee unions are swelling as they attempt to shield their members from a barrage of executive orders from President Trump, who with billionaire advisor Elon Musk, has launched an unprecedented assault on the federal workforce aimed at reducing its size and weeding out “disloyal” civil servants.

The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, grew to a record size of 319,233 active members after adding more than 14,000 in the past five weeks. That’s nearly as many as the union added in the previous 12 months, according to union spokesman Tim Kauffman.

The growth is significant because public employees haven’t had to pay membership dues to the unions that bargain contracts on their behalf since the 2018 Supreme Court ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME. The added revenue will help the union’s many legal battles against the Trump administration on behalf of federal employees.

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