AFGE President Banned After Sex-Harass Probe

The longtime president of the nation’s largest Federal-employees union, J. David Cox, after four months under a cloud of denial, was charged with sexually harassing a subordinate, has resigned and forfeited his “right to hold or run for any AFGE-elected office in perpetuity,” according to a statement issued Feb. 28 by the American Federation of Government Employees.

In announcing Mr. Cox’s permanent departure after being on paid leave since late October, the union confirmed it had concluded processing internal charges against Mr. Cox in November but that his resignation would “not affect the investigation being conducted by Working IDEA” nor “alter AFGE’s commitment to process… any future charges filed against Cox pursuant to the AFGE Constitution.”