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AFGE Local 476

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The official Blue Sky Account for AFGE Local 476 representing US Department of Housing and Urban Development employees in Washington DC Headquarters, DC Field Office and the Los Angeles Departmental Enforcement Center.

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AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 22h

Take your breaks from the news but always stay informed.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 2d

AFGE Local 476 says this -

White House and OMB - Federal workers are patriots. We don’t run from a fight.

Congress - Get to the damn table.

Start governing for the people, not against them.

AFGE Local 476 isn’t backing down.

Congress shouldn’t either.

#UnionPower #TrumpShutdown #AFGE476

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 2d

This shutdown is about control — about breaking the workers who keep this government running.

That’s what this Administration has been about since January 21, 2025.

They made no secret of it.

#believewhattheysay

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 2d

If we sit back now, there won’t be anything to come back to.

We must do what we need to do to defend a government for the people by the people

They’re doing everything they can to destroy it.

Enough is enough

#TrumpShutdown #ProtectPublicService #AFGE476

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 2d

They count on workers fighting each other.

They count on exhaustion and fear.

They count on our SILENCE.

We’re done being pawns in their game.

We know exactly who “they” are — and who we are.

🛠️ #WorkingClass #Solidarity

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 2d

They’ve been doing it quietly for years:

— defunding compliance offices
— hollowing out agencies
— rewriting regulations for billionaires

Now they’re don’t even bothering to hide it.

They want us to watch while they dismantle the idea of a government for the people.

In fact, they depend on it.

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 2d

They used to hide behind “fiscal responsibility.”

Now they’re just saying the quiet part out loud:

💰 We’re giving to the rich and taking from the working class.

This isn’t just a shutdown — it’s a shake down and destruction of everything we built together.

✊🏿✊🏾✊🏻 #UnionStrong #FederalWorkers

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 2d

You want to know what this shutdown is really about?

It’s about power — who has it, who’s losing it, and who’s getting robbed while being told to stay quiet.

“They” have been looting this system for years.

Now their just doing it in daylight.

🛠️ #UnionPower #AFGE476

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Thomm53 @thomm53.bsky.social · 4d

100% THIS!

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

So the next time they tell you to panic?

Don’t.

We’ve got the law, we’ve got each other, and we’ve got receipts.

Signed,
AFGE Local 476 ✊🏾

Standing up for federal workers, every damn single day.

#UnionStrong #AFGE #HUD #LaborSolidarity #FederalEmployees

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

Shutdown or not, we’re still here, still representing our members, and still standing shoulder to shoulder with every HUD employee who keeps this government running.

#HUD #AFGE476 #Solidarity #FederalWorkers

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

We’re worried about real shit — like our families, our bills, our health, and our colleagues across the nation.

We are worried about the impact of this Administration on the American people

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

You want to do something useful?

Get to the damn table — and make permanent health care subsidies a reality for the American people.

Because we see your strategy for what it is: intimidation.

We’re not biting.

#AFGE #UnionPower #StandUp #WorkersRights

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

Legal experts have already said it:

“There is no legal authority to support OMB’s interpretation of the statute.”

Even members of Congress from both parties agree — this threat is lawless and a stunt.

So stop the games and stop the gaslighting.

#KnowYourRights #FederalWorkers #Shutdown

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s what we at Local 476 have to say about the White House memo:

👉🏾 Go f* yourself.

The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019
guarantees back pay — period.

No memo, no spin, no “reinterpretation” from OMB can override federal law.

#AFGE476 #UnionStrong #FederalEmployees

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

This isn’t about budgets. It’s about control.

They’re trying to scare federal workers into pressuring Congress.

It’s manipulation.

But we’ve read the law. And so have the lawyers, labor leaders, and even members of Congress.

#Labor #Solidarity #PublicService #AFGE

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 3d

A message from AFGE Local 476 to every HUD headquarters employee:

We see what’s happening, we know what’s real, and we’re not falling for it.

Here’s where we stand — loud, clear, and united. 👇🏾

#AFGE476 #FederalWorkers #UnionStrong #HUD

Axios @axios.com · 3d

JUST IN: Congress erupts over Trump's shutdown backpay threat

Congress erupts over "lawless" Trump threat not to pay back furloughed federal workers

"Congress will make this call," said one House Republican. "We will pay the workers."

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 5d

This is why we hold the line.

People who rely on the ACA marketplace for coverage should not be sacrificed to pay for tax cuts to billionaires.

Healthcare is a human right but in our flawed system, we should not be making it harder for folks to have.

www.kff.org/affordable-c...

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Weighs Political Consequences of Health Policy Legislation | KFF

KFF's Health Tracking Poll finds that more than three-quarters of the public say they want Congress to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year. If th...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

After some of the biggest health care cuts in American history, Trump and his Republicans are now promoting one of the biggest health care cost increases in American history.

They can lie to our faces all they want, but that’s what the GOP's government shutdown is all about.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 6d

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6d

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9d

NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/

AFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 6d

Local 476 President and AFGE National President discuss the federal shut down on The Weekend.

www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/...

‘It’s a lawless land’: Federal workers speak out as government shutdown brings more pain

National President of The American Federation of Government Employees Everett Kelley and two furloughed federal workers Yolanda Jacobs and Ashaki Robinson join The Weekend to discuss how they're plann...

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 The GOP shutdown is "government by extortion"

The shutdown "is being covered like a horse race. Who’s going to win? From our perspective, it’s a calamity" @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janis say @therealnews.com "Millions of people are right now on the verge of losing access to healthcare"

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 7d

We’re challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s illegal moves from all angles, every day.

We will never back away from the fight to protect people and communities.

This Legal Nonprofit Has Brought More Than 100 Actions Against Trump Agenda, as Big Law Shies Away | Law.com

A number of law firms "are not taking on the level of pro bono work, the level of pro democracy work that they did in the first Trump administration, or that they have historically, as a result of the...