August 4, 2026
The American Federation of Government Employees urged a D.C. federal court to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from directing administrative judges to halt pending class actions filed by federal employees, arguing that the AFGE will likely succeed on claims that the directive is unlawful.
In a motion filed Monday, AFGE said the court should grant its preliminary injunction bid in its suit challenging the agencywide suspension directive. The case alleged that the directive has indefinitely stayed the processing of federal-sector class action complaints for over seven months. Â
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The AFGE is represented in-house by Rushab B. Sanghvi and Andres M. Grajales, and by Joseph M. Sellers of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Heidi R. Burakiewicz of Burakiewicz & DePriest and Harold Craig Becker, Taryn Wilgus Null and Tianna J. Mays of the Democracy Defenders Fund.
Read AFGE Seeks Quick Halt Of EEOC Order Vs. Fed. Class Actions.