American Federation of
Government Employees (AFGE)

80 F St., NW
Washington D.C. 20001
202-737-8700
www.afge.org

John Gage, National President
J. David Cox, National Secretary-Treasurer

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest union in the federal sector. Founded in 1932, its 1,100 local unions represent over 600,000 federal workers both in the U.S and overseas as well as in D.C. government. The largest concentrations of AFGE membership are to found at within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security Administration, Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice.

Workers in virtually all functions of government at every federal agency depend upon AFGE for legal representation, legislative advocacy, technical expertise and informational services. AFGE bargains for working conditions and terms of employment under Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act. The pay and benefits of federal workers are established by Congress through the legislative process. AFGE lobbies and testifies extensively on issues important to government workers.

AFGE represents professionals in government service in many occupations including food inspectors, nurses, printers, cartographers, lawyers, police officers, census workers, OSHA inspectors, artists, immigration inspectors, scientists, doctors, park rangers, computer programmers, foreign service workers, environmentalist specialists and writers.