AFGE Local 898

https://www.afge.org/article/this-stress-awareness-month-take-time-to-find-resources-and-community/

This Stress Awareness Month Take Time to Find Resources and Community April is recognized as Stress Awareness Month, and this is a topic many government employees are far too familiar with, especially right now.

Team employee assistance program (EAP)!

Way to go Denver!

https://kdvr.com/news/local/thousands-across-colorado-join-no-kings-rallies/

Thousands across Colorado join ‘No Kings’ rallies Thousands gathered across the state Saturday, joining a nationwide day of demonstrations organized under the banner of the “No Kings” protest movement.

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Judge Orders VA to Reinstate Union Contract for 320,000 Workers

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to restore a collective bargaining agreement covering more than 320,000 employees represented by the American Federation of Government Employees’ National VA Council.

U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose issued a preliminary injunction Friday reinstating the union’s master contract and related agreements that VA Secretary Doug Collins terminated last August. She found that the union is likely to succeed in its claim that the action was unlawful.

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In her decision, Judge DuBose of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island found that the termination “seems substantially motivated by the Plaintiffs’ history and frequency of vocally opposing changes to labor policies” and may have violated the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act.

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/02/appeals-court-declines-block-trumps-anti-union-eos/411726/?oref=ge-home-top-story&fbclid=IwZnRzaAQRj21leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEegItN7ROIbzsEv5K47ZHp3mQN1dH9YGO5aIOWG2_HGSy2PRtf0RL6fMonoOQ_aem_KaWW42Na8P5thxkZxnoNFg

Appeals court declines to block Trump’s anti-union EOs The lone Democratic appointee on a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel suggested that he and his colleagues may reach a different conclusion with the benefit of a “fully developed factual record.”

https://www.afge.org/article/afge-leads-coalition-in-seeking-emergency-order-to-prevent-fema-dismantling/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQIE5VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe380ZxqdT1-ocEL8d6uaQH-rKmaws7QVqFKNyXerEKT_na1xZHSkkrZfS5gg_aem_XrJp4iLU_cQ492Ux9LbVPw

AFGE Leads Coalition in Seeking Emergency Order to Prevent FEMA Dismantling The coalition of unions, nonprofit groups, and local governments that filed a supplemental complaint last month challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful and drastic reduction of staff at FEMA filed a temporary restraining order Feb. 10 asking the court for emergency relief to stop the agenc...

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What’s Working: Colorado union membership fell 22% last year. Labor unions say they didn’t see a decline. — The Colorado Sun Colorado AFL-CIO said drop may be linked to end to collective bargaining of federal workers. Plus: Colorado salaries, flat rents in 2026, more!