Federal Unionists Say It's Not Game Over, It's Game On

The Federal Unionists Network is asking everyone to organize their coworkers and neighbors to demonstrate on April 5 at “Hands Off!” events around the country in response to the Trump administration’s claim to have ended nearly all collective bargaining for federal workers. But FUN seeks more than mobilization, and is providing tools for federal workers to organize their co-workers. Photo: Jenny Brown

April 03, 2025 / Jenny Brown

A scrappy network of federal unionists is leading the response to the Trump administration’s attacks on their workplaces, including Trump’s March 27 order purporting to end union contracts covering most federal workers.

Where the Federal Unionists Network has led, union leaders have followed. In a Zoom event that drew 65,000 viewers, FUN got official support from all the significant federal unions for their bottom-up organizing approach to the Trump onslaught.

Federal worker unions are in the crosshairs because they are defending the jobs and agencies that Trump and Elon Musk have been trying to eliminate by illegally bypassing Congress and violating laws governing federal employment.

In February, FUN spearheaded a national “Save Our Services” day of action. Now it has created a rapid-response network, and is developing organizer trainings. It’s also sketching out a strategy to mobilize pressure against the Trump administration’s attacks by alerting the public about all the safeguards and services that are at risk.

FULL story: https://labornotes.org/2025/04/federal-unionists-say-its-not-game-over-its-game