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October 17, 2025
Federal Budget Update: Impact on CDC Employees
Analysis of the proposed federal budget and its implications for CDC staff.
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FeaturedNovember 3, 2025
AFGE Local 2883 Welcomes New Members
We are excited to welcome 15 new members who joined our local this month.
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October 16, 2025
Understanding Your Telework Rights
A comprehensive guide to telework policies and your rights as a federal employee.
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October 14, 2025
AFGE Local 2883 Press Statement on October 2025 Firings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 12, 2025Press 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 ad
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September 17, 2025
URGENT: ADA Compliance Guidance for Supervisors
Subject: Critical Legal Requirements: Reasonable Accommodation Process Fellow CDC Supervisors,As you are all aware, CDC has announced a new telework policy that it says precludes the granting of telework as a reasonable accommodation for employees who have disabilities. Existing requests for telewor
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September 17, 2025
AFGE CDC Unions demand immediate reversal of illegal reasonable accommodation policy changes
The unions representing CDC employees (AFGE Locals 2883 and 3840) condemn HHS and CDC leadership's dangerous plan to indefinitely halt the approval or renewal of long-term telework as valid reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. This reckless move violates the civil rights of f
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August 28, 2025
Enough is enough
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. Susan Monarez pushed back, he tried to publicly fire her—driving four other high-ranking CDC leaders to email their resignations. In a shocking tweet this evening, H
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August 25, 2025
AFGE Local 2883 Response to BUS Code Changes: "We're Still Here"
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, is part of a broader campaign to undermine union power at the CDC and AFGE Local 2883 is calling it what it is: a scare tactic. We have friends everywhere. We wil
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August 20, 2025
HHS Betrays Its Workforce...Again
HHS and CDC are finalizing the illegal firings of hundreds of civil servants. This compounds recent trauma experienced by CDC employees during the August 8, 2025, targeted attack and fails to protect public health from future threats. Just days ago, a gunman inspired by inaccurate rhetoric demonizin
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August 14, 2025
True Solidarity
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.NEARI Local #859, representing workers at the Rhode Island Department of Health, shared
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August 9, 2025
In solidarity after the CDC Roybal Shooting
To our CDC colleagues, We are heartbroken and outraged by the traumatic violence that unfolded yesterday afternoon at CDC’s Roybal Campus, in which DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was killed in the line of duty while courageously protecting his community and saving lives. We honor his servic
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July 15, 2025
Mass RIF Separations Hit HHS a week after Supreme Court Lifts RIF Injunction
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. Still, the loss ac
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July 3, 2025
Highly Skilled CDC Scientists Are Quietly Being Pushed Out
Despite public assurances from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that scientists aren't targeted in workforce cuts, many scientists at CDC are being shown the door. The quiet dismissal of Title 42 employees, experts recruited for their top-tier scientific and public health sk
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