Here’s How One Federal Employee Union Will Fight Back Against Trump

Government Executive: If the message of J. David Cox, the president of the largest federal employee union, could be summed as succinctly as possible, it would be this: Don’t panic.

The American Federation of Government Employees leader is taking a measured approach in preparing for the Trump administration, declining to sound the alarms that many Hillary Clinton supporters have in the weeks since the election. Self-described as a man who has “never seen a half-empty glass of water,” Cox told reporters Wednesday he does not expect any new challenge his union hasn't faced time and time again in its 80-year history.

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