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AFGE Conference Theme: Protecting U.S. Workers Against Trump Threat

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 2/13/20

The clamor of a thousand American Federation of Government Employee officials from across the country chanting, “Stand Up! Rise Up!” rocked the ballroom of the Washington Hyatt Regency at the union’s annual gathering Feb. 10 in the heart of the nation’s capital.

The conference occurred after the nation’s largest union, representing 700,000 civil servants, managed to post significant gains despite efforts by President Trump to force the AFGE out of the Federal workplace with a series of executive orders and unilateral agency actions.

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