AFGE | Summary of AFGE Lawsuits Against Trump & How Litigation Works
Council 238 Litigation
Our telework and remote work grievances are moving forward “on the papers”. We had originally scheduled an arbitration hearing on June 5th to contest the Agency cancelling telework. Usually at arbitration you have a hearing, wait for the transcript of the hearing to be complete and then have 30 days to write a brief. Here, we got the Agency to go right to the briefs- and we will add affidavits instead of having witnesses testify. This will speed up the process, and we hope result in a quicker decision (plus, it will be cheaper!) We will adopt the same arbitration strategy for our remote work arbitration. Our Telework Brief will be submitted on June 16th.
Telework Grievance of the Parties
- Union Opening Brief – June 13 (filed! brief attached below)
- Agency Response Brief – June 27
- Union Reply Brief – July 11
- Arbitrators Decision (soft deadline) – August 10
Remote Work Grievance of the Parties
- Union Opening Brief – July 25
- Agency Response Brief – August 8
- Union Reply Brief – August 22
- Arbitrators Decision (soft deadline) – September 21
Note that following the Arbitrators’ decisions, the parties have 30 days in which to file appeals (in this context called “Exceptions”). If exceptions are filed, Arbitrators’ decisions will be on hold pending the Exceptions decision.
AFGE National Litigation
A. AFGE led a coalition in suing the Trump admin over its unlawful government reorg and massive RIF. Case Tracker with Latest Updates.
B. Collective Bargaining Litigation Case:
AFGE et al. v. Trump et al. Case No: 4:25-cv-03070
AFGE and other unions representing a combined 950,000 federal employees filed suit in CA against Trump’s 3/27 EO removing collective bargaining rights from 1,000,000+ federal workers under national security grounds. Case Tracker with Latest Updates.