AFGE's December 2009 court suits stopped aspects of the George W. Bush Administration's "National Security Personnel System" (for DOD) and MAXHR (for DHS), and AFGE also won recent changes to law that make the contracting out process more balanced in regard to federal employees' interests.
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Federal employees' right to organize and bargain binding labor contracts was established in law by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which AFGE helped to draft, and which states that collective bargaining in the federal sector is in the public interest while also barring the right to strike.
Jensen is seen as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination and is endorsed by Adam Edelen, Jack Conway, John Yarmuth, Emily’s List, Women’s Campaign Fund, Teamsters, UFCW, AFGE, Reggie Thomas, Sannie Overly, and Susan Westrom.