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Jul 28, 2026

Federal labor union sues EEOC over alleged halt to class action discrimination complaints by government workers

A major federal labor union filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has illegally stopped processing class action-style discrimination complaints filed by federal employees.

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Top claims

▪Federal-sector discrimination complaints may be heard by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administrative judges, whose decisions can be appealed to the five-member commission and then to federal appeals courts.
▪Two female corrections officers at a federal prison in Louisiana involved in a sex discrimination case against the Federal Bureau of Prisons joined the American Federation of Government Employees in the lawsuit.
▪Federal workers cannot immediately sue their employing agencies for discrimination in court and must first file complaints with offices within their agencies.

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Civil rights1 Employment discrimination law1 Government regulation1

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