Filip Timotija at The Hill reports The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest Union representing the Federal Workforce, is slashing more than half its Staff around the country, pinning the blame on President Donald Trump and his executive actions. AFGE is expected to lay off more than 200 Employees, going from 355 Workers down to about 150, the Union confirmed to The Hill. This includes more than 100 Workers within the Union President’s Office, along with dozens in offices across the U.S. The Union’s National Representatives, Support Staff, Organizers and others will be affected by cuts. The layoffs will deal a blow, but the Union, which represents 820,000 Federal and Washington, D.C. Government Workers, contended its fight for the rights of Federal Employees will not slow down. “From Day One this Administration has sought to stamp out the voices of patriotic Civil Servants and these attacks on their Unions are no different,” the AFGE said in a statement. “The President’s elimination of elective Membership dues and the resulting layoffs are a setback, but they are not the end of AFGE - not by a longshot.” 

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