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AFGE has played a crucial role{{According to whom|date=April 2016}} in the struggle for [[women's rights]] and [[civil rights]] in the federal sector, and was one of the first unions to establish a Women's Department and a Fair Practices Department, with the officer over those departments holding a seat on the National Executive Committee (NEC) and with Women's and Fair Practices Coordinators elected in each AFGE district since the early 1970s. | AFGE has played a crucial role{{According to whom|date=April 2016}} in the struggle for [[women's rights]] and [[civil rights]] in the federal sector, and was one of the first unions to establish a Women's Department and a Fair Practices Department, with the officer over those departments holding a seat on the National Executive Committee (NEC) and with Women's and Fair Practices Coordinators elected in each AFGE district since the early 1970s. | ||
AFGE's December 2009 court suits stopped aspects of the | 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 changes to law that make the contracting out process more balanced{{According to whom|date=April 2016}} in regard to federal employees' interests. In 2010, the Obama administration issued an executive order for the federal government to focus on insourcing federal jobs rather than outsourcing them overseas or to contractors. | ||
AFGE's motto was established as "To Do For All That Which No One Can Do For Oneself". | AFGE's motto was established as "To Do For All That Which No One Can Do For Oneself". | ||