Official Statements Read official statements released by AFGE Local 252 AFGE Local 252 Files Formal Complaint About Working Conditions at the U.S. Department of Labor March 31, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement on U.S Department of Education Moving to Old USAID Building March 26, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement on U.S Department of Education Continuing to Unlawfully Move Programs to Other Federal Agencies March 19, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Official Statement on Opposing Proposed Changes to Office of Personnel Management Rules that Weaken Protections for Federal Workers March 12, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Official Statement with Senator Hirono, Colleagues, and Advocates on Marking One Year Since Trump’s Disastrous Mass Firings at U.S. Department of Education March 11, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement On Anniversary of Historic Mass Firing at U.S. Education Department, Employees’ Union Calls on Congress to Stand Up for Federal Workers March 11, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement on U.S. Education Department Unlawfully Moving More Offices to Other Agencies February 23, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Partial Government Shutdown February 2, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Government Accountability Office Report on ED’s Office for Civil Rights February 2, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement on the Loss of AFGE Member Alex Pretti January 24, 2026 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Office for Civil Rights Staff Returning to Work December 8, 2025 AFGE Local 252 Statement on ED Offices Being Moved Unlawfully to Other Federal Agencies November 18, 2025 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Special Education Office Being Moved to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services November 18, 2025 AFGE Local 252 Statement on U.S. Department of Education Employees Returning to Work After Historic Shutdown November 13, 2025 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Court Decision Upholding First Amendment Rights of Workers November 8, 2025 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Court Decision to Extend Pause of Illegal Mass Firings at U.S. Department of Education October 28, 2025 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Court Decision to Pause Illegal Mass Firings October 15, 2025 AFGE Local 252 Statement on Illegal Mass Firings at the U.S. Department of Education October 12, 2025