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AFSCME members are fighting back on every front against this administration's unlawful attacks on public service workers and the critical services we provide. In court, AFSCME is fighting illegal firings, the dismantling of agencies and public services, attacks on the freedom to be in a union, and much more. 

Below is a list of key lawsuits to stop these attacks that AFSCME has filed or joined. The non-partisan law and policy journal Just Security tracks all of these lawsuits and hundreds of others on their Just Security Litigation Tracker.

To find the current status of an AFSCME lawsuit, look up the case number from the list below. Then, search the case number on the Just Security Litigation Tracker, and click the green "+" to see updates.

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AmeriCorps Dismantling Case

Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service (D. Md.)

1:25-cv-01458

Department of Education Dismantling Case, Maryland

NAACP v. U.S.A. (D. Md.)

8:25-cv-00965

Department of Education Dismantling Case, Massachusetts

Somerville Public Schools v. Trump (D. Mass.)

1:25-cv-10677

DOGE Data Access at DOL Case

AFL-CIO v. Dep’t of Labor (D.D.C.)

1:25-cv-00339

DOGE Data Access at SSA Case

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration (D. Md.)

1:25-cv-00596

FMCS Dismantling Case

American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Goldstein (S.D.N.Y.)

1:25-cv-03072

Fork Directive Case

American Federation of Gov’t Employees, AFL-CIO v. Ezell (D. Mass.)

1:25-cv-10276 

Gov Wide RIF/Reorganization Case

American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump (N.D. Cal.)

3:25-cv-03698

HHS Covid-19 Grant Cuts Case

Harris County Texas v. Robert F Kennedy Jr (D.D.C)

1:25-cv-01275

ILMS (Library Funding) Dismantling Case

American Library Association v. Sonderling et al (D.D.C.)

1:25-cv-01050

National Security EO Exclusion Case

American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump (N.D. Cal.)

4:25-cv-03070 

Probationary Employee Termination Case

American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Office of Personnel Management and Charles Ezell (N.D. Cal.)

3:25-cv-01780

RIF During Government Shutdown Case

American Federation of Government Employees v. Office of Management and Budget (N.D. Cal.)

3:25-cv-08302

Schedule F Case

American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO and American Federation of State, County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Donald Trump et al (D.D.C.)

1:25-cv-00264

VOA National Security Exclusion Case

American Federation of State, County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump (D.D.C.)

1:25-cv-03306

Voice of America Dismantling Case

RFE/RL, Inc. v. Lake (D.D.C.)

1:25-cv-00799