"AFGE IS LEADING THE FIGHT THAT WILL IMPACT THE FUTURE OF LABOR IN WASHINGTON, D.C."

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“This election is a fight for the soul of the District of Columbia. . .”

AFGE is leading the fight to rid D.C. of its current reign.  Since taking office, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has systematically dismantled the city’s public services by:

• Attacking public services at every level

• Eliminating public child care programs and other social services

• Limiting services provided by the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration

• Mismanaging the troubled youth in the Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services

• Eliminating thousands of city jobs

• Awarding millions of taxpayer funds to his personal friends through private contracts

• Attempting to eliminate the city’s two labor relations agencies, the Office of Employees (OEA) and the Public Employee Review Board by limiting their ability service city employees, underfunding the agency, and cutting staff

• Ignoring collective bargaining agreements and abandoning labor-management partnerships

• Allowing crime to run amok

After four long years of anti-worker animus, “We finally have a chance to oust Fenty and make D.C. work for working D.C. residents,” said AFGE National President John Gage, who is working closely with AFGE’s 14th District National Vice President Dwight Bowman, “We must restore workplace rights to those who have been unjustly targeted by one of the most fanatically anti-worker administrations in the country.”

As a means to right the direction of the nation’s capital, AFGE has declared its support for current City Council Chairman Vincent Gray in his run for mayor. As the sitting chair of the city council, Gray has shown an openness to labor and a willingness to work collaboratively with public employees to save city services during difficult budgetary times.

“We understand that this election is a fight for the soul of the District of Columbia. Will this be a city that supports working people or will it be a city that only supports the wealthy and well-connected? That is what we’re fighting for and that is why we’re supporting Vincent Gray,” said Dwight Bowman, AFGE 14th District national vice-president.

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