AFGE 2725 - Power To The People

AFGE 2725 - Power To The People Empowering the collective progressive movement of AFGE Local 2725

05/18/2026

Pictures don’t always need explanations. Sometimes they’re political signals.

So here’s a real question for working people in DC:

If a Councilmember projected to support limiting telework to 1 day/week, weakening Paid Family Medical Leave protections, and refusing to fully fund worker pay raises in the middle of an affordability crisis is enthusiastically backing a mayoral candidate… what should that tell you about the direction that candidate may govern?

This isn’t personal. It’s about records, priorities, and coalitions.

DC workers are already carrying rising housing costs, inflation, childcare burdens, transportation costs, and stagnant wages. Policies that reduce flexibility, weaken family protections, or delay fair compensation don’t strengthen the city — they make it harder for ordinary people to survive in it.

And residents should pay attention not just to what candidates say during campaign season, but who consistently stands beside them politically when difficult decisions about labor, affordability, tenant protections, and working families arise.

Look at the voting history.
Look at the alliances.
Look at who gets access.
Look at who gets ignored.

Then ask yourself whether the city is being shaped for working people — or for the comfort of the political and business establishment that already has power.

DC deserves bold leadership on affordability, childcare, labor rights, housing stability, wages, and quality of life. Incrementalism is not enough.

Be wise.

05/17/2026

AFGE Local 2725 proudly endorses Robert White for Congress. His consistent engagement with labor, commitment to workplace fairness, overall affordability, and leadership on D.C. statehood make him the strongest labor partner candidate. We look forward to working together to deliver real, measurable wins for working families.


05/17/2026

Today outside the Wilson Building, Robert White stood with labor and said what many workers have been feeling: DC can always find money for stadiums, but somehow struggles to fund fair pay for the public servants who keep this city running.

Meanwhile inside, advocates and workers testified for essential programs, protections, and the people behind the services DC depends on every day.

Budgets are moral documents. Workers are paying attention.😑


05/17/2026

DC keeps saying the money isn’t there for workers, but AFSCME Local 2743 Vice President Mr. Slade came with receipts. Workforce development dollars should develop the workforce—not become a backdoor slush fund while public servants are told to tighten their belts and billion-dollar stadium conversations keep moving forward.

It’s a familiar pattern in American politics: raid the future of working people to finance today’s political priorities. Kinda reminds folks of how Social Security surpluses have historically been tapped for wars while everyday people are told sacrifice is necessary. 🤔

Working people are paying attention now.

05/17/2026

Afeni Evans brought fire and clarity today: fund recreation, not curfews. Fund wages that keep up with inflation, not rugged austerity wrapped in pro-business tax breaks. Let seniors age in place with dignity, not under the weight of more taxes.

DC Council has a choice to make. The just choice will require intestinal fortitude. We’ll reserve our thanks for when the right call is made on this lopsided budget.

05/17/2026

This week, AFGE Local 2725 leadership went on the record before DC Council regarding the FY2027 budget proposal and its real-world impact on public servants and working families.

President Countee Gilliam testified on the removal of $127M intended for worker compensation during active bargaining, attacks on Paid Family & Medical Leave protections, and efforts to legislate away telework flexibility without meaningful negotiation.

DC workers are being asked to absorb more sacrifice while continuing to hold this city together every single day.

Budgets reflect priorities. We believe public servants and working families should be one of them.

05/17/2026

President Aisha Williams of AFGE Local 2978 also went on record before DC Council in opposition to this harmful FY2027 budget proposal and its direct attacks on DC government workers.

The message from labor has been consistent: clawing back worker compensation funding during active negotiations, gutting Paid Family & Medical Leave protections, and attempting to legislate telework down to one day per week is not shared sacrifice—it’s balancing the budget on the backs of public servants.

DC workers keep this city functioning. They deserve fair wages, dignity, flexibility, and policies rooted in good faith—not austerity disguised as reform.

04/30/2026

AFGE Local 2725 President went on the record at this week’s CEAL budget hearing.

President Countee Gilliam named the harms clearly: stagnant wages, increased workloads, and loss of benefits for career service workers—while the “frothy” expansion of middle management has continued for over a decade with questionable return for the public.

Budgets reveal priorities. Right now, DC’s priorities are off. Or perhaps 🤔 the priority is billionaires and big businesses 🥴



DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto
Charles Allen
Councilmember Janeese Lewis George


Brianne Nadeau
Robert White At Large
Anita Bonds
Trayon White
AFGE National Headquarters

04/18/2026

Initiative 82 (77) was not ambiguous. DC voters approved it twice (first as i77 in 2018), by an overwhelming margin. So when elected officials step in late to slow, alter, or rework what the public already decided, people have every right to ask why.

And while workers were forced into the center of the controversy, the bigger pressure point too often went untouched: commercial rent. Sky-high property costs are squeezing restaurants, workers, and residents all at once.

This is why consistency matters. If the people already made the call, government should not undermine it in the 11th hour.

Respect the voters. Respect the workers. Address the real affordability crisis. And keep it a 💯

Kenyan McDuffie

🚨 CONSUMER STRIKE: BOYCOTT BEGINS FEB 14 🚨Billionaires are waging war on workers & dismantling public institutions. Gov’...
02/12/2025

🚨 CONSUMER STRIKE: BOYCOTT BEGINS FEB 14 🚨

Billionaires are waging war on workers & dismantling public institutions. Gov’t workers can’t strike—but we can fight back.

Step 1: BOYCOTT AMAZON ❌
❌ Cancel Prime
❌ Stop shopping on Amazon/Whole Foods
❌ Log out, delete the app
❌ Stop streaming Amazon shows

Every month, we’ll add another corporation to the list. Hit them where it hurts. 💥

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