FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2025 Press Contact: Feldman Strategies, team@feldmanstrategies.com ATLANTA – Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2883, representing workers out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Atlanta HQ, condemned the Trump administration’s politically-motivated stunt to illegally fire more than 1,300 CDC federal employees during the government shutdown, citing retaliatory reasons for their removal. T

Subject: Critical Legal Requirements: Reasonable Accommodation Process   Fellow CDC Supervisors, As you are all aware, CDC has announced...

The unions representing CDC employees (AFGE Locals 2883 and 3840) condemn HHS and CDC leadership's dangerous plan to indefinitely halt...

Dr. Susan Monarez has not resigned— and we do not want her to.    RFK Jr. has demanded something so dangerous, that when CDC Director Dr....

Today, many CDC employees were notified that their BUS code (Box 37 on the SF-50) has been changed to “8888”. This move, while expected,...

HHS and CDC are finalizing the illegal firings of hundreds of civil servants. This compounds recent trauma experienced by CDC employees...

As we respond to the August 8 attack on our CDC campus, we are heartened by the kind words of support that we have received. These words show true solidarity, a unity of purpose that fuels us in our time of need.

To our CDC colleagues,  We are heartbroken and outraged by the traumatic violence that unfolded yesterday afternoon at CDC’s Roybal...

Yesterday at 5 p.m., thousands of our fellow federal employees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received final separation notices, effective immediately. Thankfully, all CDC employees remain protected under the injunction issued in State of New York v. Kennedy.

Despite public assurances from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that scientists aren't targeted in workforce...

Federal Court Halts HHS Layoffs and Restructuring Plan On July 1, 2025, a federal court sided with 19 states and Washington, D.C. , to...

In a major win for unions and federal employees, a federal judge has blocked enforcement of Executive Order 14251—an order that would...

AFGE Local 2883 stands with every public health worker affected by the reckless Reduction in Force (RIF) at CDC. This RIF was rushed,...

On May 30, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump Administration’s request to immediately move forward with massive layoffs of federal workers. The court kept in place a lower court’s order that blocked these reductions in force (RIFs), which aimed to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs—including many at CDC and other public health agencies. This is a major win for AFGE and working people across the country. The ruling protects jobs while our legal case contin

In the AFGE, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Trump case, the court issued a preliminary injunction on 5/22—a temporary order that blocked the...

AFGE Local 2883 image The fight for workers' rights just got tougher, but we are NOT backing down! The Supreme Court has sided with the...

U.S. District Judge Illston granted a preliminary injunction in the AFGE, AFL-CIO v. Trump case challenging the recent reductions in...

Listen in here: https://cand.uscourts.gov/all-judge-zoom-webinar-links/. Judge Susan Illston will be hearing the motion for preliminary...

U.S. District Judge Illston issued temporary restraining order (TRO) in American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump!...

On 3/27/2025, the Administration released an Executive Order (EO): Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs....