The country’s biggest federal worker union rallied its members this weekend after a tumultuous year under the Trump administration.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 800,000 federal and District of Columbia government employees, kicked off its annual legislative conference in Washington. Members, many of whom work at agencies across the government, piled into a Capitol Hill hotel ballroom to hear from their leaders.
“This year is about organizing. This year is about growth. It is about power. It’s about AFGE’s comeback,” Everett Kelley, the union’s president, told attendees Sunday. “We got to do it together in strength, in strategy and in solidarity because AFGE isn’t just coming back. It’s already happening.”
In turn, the union is preparing for the midterm elections later this year.
