AFGE represents some 600,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. Our members serve in virtually all functions of government and are employed across a wide spectrum of agencies. At AFGE, we are as diverse as the services we provide.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) represents government workers who are the vital threads in the fabric of American life. Government employees inspect the food we eat and the places we work, they protect citizens from the illicit flow of drugs, maintain the safety of our nation's borders, care for our nation's veterans, serve as a vital link to Social Security recipients, maintain the District of Columbia's infrastructure, keep the national defense systems prepared for any danger and much, much more.
AFGE is proud to make America work!
AFGE is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and is divided into 12 geographical Districts consisting of some 1,100 Locals. More than one-half of AFGE's members are consolidated into agency-wide bargaining units.
Agencies with the highest concentration of union membership include the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Justice.
Of the 1.75 million people employed by the federal government, only 250,000 are based in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.