The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3928, covering government workers in the Midwest from Minnesota to Missouri, held a town hall meeting to discuss the recent change in administration and the ongoing assault by the Trump regime and Elon Musk on the public sector. AGFE Local 3928 President Ruark Hotopp took questions from workers on a variety of questions.
The most pressing issues discussed dealt with people on probationary status, long-distance workers worrying about their job status, and possible forced termination of their jobs. Another issue that was brought up was people being forced to go back to work if they were remote. President Hotopp addressed concerns that were raised and clarified the positions of the union on recent issues. AFGE 3928 had completed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) back in October 2023. The contract is good until September 2026 and then until a new one is negotiated, so the union was not worried about recent declarations of the Trump regime to ignore and cancel all government union contracts made in the last 30 days.
President Hotopp outlined ways the union will be fighting back including using injunctions, filing grievances, and other legal procedures to protect the rights the workers have won. Recently, AFGE joined with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees(AFSCME) to file a lawsuit against recent executive orders seeking to stop the assault on public sector workers and the civil service. Per AFGE National President Everett Kelly:
“AFGE is filing suit with our partner union today to protect the integrity of the American people’s government. Together, we can stop the efforts to fire hundreds of thousands of experienced, hard-working Americans who have dedicated their careers to serving their country and prevent these career civil servants from being replaced with unqualified political flunkies loyal to the president, but not the law or Constitution.”
LUEL will continue to monitor the situation with workers in the public sector and calls on the Trump administration to cease its’ assault on workers’ rights.
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