To further the interests of AFGE members and federal and District of Columbia employees, the Departments are active in various external organizations such as the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, National Committee on Pay Equity, National Partnership for Women and Families, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department and the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. In addition, the Departments work closely with the AFL-CIO constituency groups on the national level. AFGE has representatives in leadership positions in Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), Coalition of Black Trade Unionist (CBTU), Pride at Work (PAW), Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), A. Phillip Randolph Institute (APRI), and Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). Additionally, the Department was instrumental in the establishment of AFGE's Hispanic Caucus, HISCO.

Constituency Groups

• A. Philip Randolph Institute
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
• Coalition of Labor Union Women
• Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
• Pride at Work

Civil Rights Organizations

• American Association for Affirmative Action ( AAAA)
• Amnesty International USA
• Americans for a Fair Chance
• American Civil Liberties Union - Women's Rights Project
• Asian American Justice Center (formerly NAPALC)
• Center for Women in Government & Civil Society
• Center for Women Policy Studies
• CLUW Center for Education and Research, Inc.
• Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
• Cuban American National Council (CNC)
• Democratic National Committee
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.  (DREDF)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Federally Employed Women (FEW)
• Feminist Majority
• George Meany Center for Labor Studies
• Human Rights Campain
• Jewish Labor Committee
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• League of Women Voter's
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• National Committee on Pay Equity
• National Conference for Community and Justice's Faith Leaders Initiative
• National Urban League (NUL)
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Women's Political Caucus
• United Nations Commission for Human Rights
• National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium