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August 19, 2026

Today in 1932
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) receives a charter from the American Federation of Labor. The union was born during the Great Depression, when wage cuts and furloughs were the rule in an economy that was steadily contracting. Today, AFGE is the largest federal employee union, representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.

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How Unionized Voters Could Decide the Election
Posted On: Jul 30, 2024
July 30, 2024 | VOTE2024 | Over the past two national election cycles, Democrats regained some edge with union voters, finds an analysis from the progressive Center for American Progress Action Fund shared exclusively with Axios. Why it matters: With the union vote hotly contested expect to see more explicitly pro-worker policy ideas — or at least sloganeering — coming from both sides of the aisle. That's part of the impetus behind the Biden administration's pro-labor rhetoric and policy and is also why Teamsters president Sean O'Brien spoke to the Republican National Convention — an unprecedented move. Axios
 
 
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