AFGE LOCAL 1699

06/03/2026

Want to see what the Local is up to? Mark your calendars for these fun events!

05/22/2026

Join us for a fantastic night of Drag featuring our star cast of pageant queens and king. Proceeds benefit NEPA Pride Project and Q***r NEPA. Both organizations do outstanding work for the youth of our LGBTQIA+ community. Come out for a great night of entertainment and support these great causes. Get your tickets via the QR code on the flier.

05/14/2026

Today our Local VP made us proud. VP Leffler testified at the Senate hearing regarding our police force and ensuring they continue to be staffed and paid appropriately. Great job Matt!

05/05/2026

AFGE Local 1699 is learning about Mobilizing, taking action, and the PAC!

We are requesting your action!

1. Do Action Alerts- they take LESS than 5 minutes!

Why are action alerts important?

If your Congressman don't know it's important to their members- meaning they don't get the action alerts, phone calls, visits, they don't vote for those issues!

2. The PAC- Political Action Committee

Helps fight legislation cutting agency funding, federal pay, pensions, and benefits.

Ensures your voice is heard!

This money does not come out of your member dues.
If they help us, we help them.

So the PAC supports candidates who advocate for government employees regardless of party affiliation!

We build relationships to pass or defeat key legislation.

THIS ☝️ is where your PAC money goes.

04/15/2026

Expanding our social media. Now on instagram. Soon TikTok!

08/23/2025

Tickets are now available for our member appreciation picnic. The picnic is returning to Knoebels this year on Sept. 20th at 12pm till 8pm. Read email for details. Member receives choice of 50$ in ticket or 1 handstamp. Lunch will be provided for all family members by the local at 12pm.
Reserve and purchase tickets at

Tickets are now available for L1699 Knoebels Family Fun Day at Knoebels Amusement Resort, PA on Sat 20 Sep 2025 at 12:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

08/09/2025

AFGE is still here and not going any where. We will continue to fight against these illegal acts against our union. Va may tell you that we have no rights, but we do! It’s the law! Reach out to office if you need assistance. More will follow over the next few days. Office number is 570.235.1332 or [email protected].

06/25/2025

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.

03/28/2025

It has happened. Make the switch to edues and get in the fight!

02/23/2025

Message from NP Kelley. OPM Email

Many of you have already received, or will soon receive, an email from a U.S. Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) email address [email protected] titled "What did you do last week?" This email requests all federal employees to respond with approximately five bullet points detailing their work over the past week. No explanation has been provided regarding how this information will be used or why it is being requested. While a message on X from Elon Musk suggested that failure to respond would be considered a resignation, the OPM email itself does not contain this threat, and there is no known authority for Mr. Musk to make this claim.

AFGE strongly believes this email was sent illegitimately and that OPM lacks the authority to direct the assignment of work to agency employees in this manner. We will formally request that OPM rescind the email and clarify under what authority it was issued. In the meantime, AFGE advises all federal employees to forward the email to their supervisor and seek guidance on whether and how to respond, including the type of information that can be disseminated to OPM. You may wish to use the following language in your email to your supervisor:

Dear Supervisor,

I received the below email today from a sender that was not within the agency or in my chain of command. Please provide me guidance on whether I am required to respond, and if so, how I should respond, by the end of my tour of duty on Monday. Please make sure to inform me of the type of information I should include in my response. If I am required to respond I will. I will assume that I have no obligation to respond to the email unless instructed to do so.

If directed by your supervisor to reply, you should comply with that directive consistent with any guidance provided by your agency. If your regular day off is Monday, substitute Sunday for Monday in the template above.

AFGE will provide further updates tomorrow for those who have not yet received a response from their supervisor. Subsequent guidance will address how those on official time may respond if required to do so by their agency.

In solidarity,

Everett Kelley

AFGE National President

Don’t Delay! It’s Time to Make the Switch to E-Dues