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Decisions in Congress shape every federal job: pay, benefits, collective bargaining, and whether public servants keep their rights. Here's what we're fighting for, and how you can add your voice in minutes.
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Protect America's Workforce Act
Urge House members to cosponsor the bill to rescind the executive order stripping collective bargaining from federal workers.
Protect TSO pay & rights
Tell Congress to protect Transportation Security Officers' pay and collective bargaining rights.
Support the Equal COLA Act
Ask Congress to align FERS retirement cost-of-living adjustments with CSRS.
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Local 17 represents federal employees beyond the VA, and an attack on workers at any agency is an attack on all of us. This is where we highlight campaigns from across the federal government that need your voice.
Social Security Worker Visibility Day: AFGE Council 220 National Day of Action · June 10, 2026
The Social Security Administration is critically understaffed. Frontline workers are stretched beyond capacity, and every benefit check depends on the people who process it. AFGE Council 220, the union for SSA employees, is leading a nonpartisan day of unity and visibility to demand what workers need to stay:
- Congress: fund staffing, not automation at the expense of workers.
- SSA leadership: restore telework, flexibility, and fair pay.
- The public: Social Security works because workers show up every day.
How you can help, today and beyond: send a letter to Congress through Council 220, send postcards, show visibility, and amplify on social media with #SaveSocialSecurity · #SocialSecurityWorkersStillHere · #StillHere4U · #TheMissionMatters · #BehindEveryBenefitIsSomeoneWhoCares.
Important: take action on your own time, on your own device, not on government equipment, during duty time, or using your government email or phone, because this involves support of or opposition to legislation.
Stand with Social Security workers
Council 220's action page has everything: the letter to Congress, materials, and ways to show up.
119th Congress
Bills we support
AFGE Local 17 supports the following federal legislation to protect the jobs, pay, and rights of government employees.