Official AFGE Blog Archive
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Senate Health Care Bill
November 19, 2009
AFGE Member Kim Munley, A True Hero in Ft. Hood Tragedy
November 9, 2009
American Bar Association Speech
November 9, 2009
To My Brothers and Sisters Who Work for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons
November 2, 2009
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on House Health Care Legislation
October 29, 2009
The Case For Big Government
October 22, 2009
D.C. Parks and Recreations Union Testifies Against Hartsock Confirmation
October 2, 2009
AFL-CIO Delegates Elect Trumka, Shuler and Holt Baker
September 17, 2009
AFGE TSO Addresses AFL-CIO Convention
September 14, 2009
Congressman Wilson's Unamerican Activity
September 11, 2009
President Sweeney and Secretary Treasurer Trumka On President Obama's Health Care Speech
September 10, 2009
President Gage's Labor Day Message
September 3, 2009
Obama's September Choice: Charge Or Trim?
September 2, 2009
AFGE Members Remember Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
August 26, 2009
AFGE Response to the Passing of Senator Ted Kennedy
August 26, 2009
The Real Health Care Debate
August 12, 2009
Remarks by 5th District NVP Charlotte Flowers on the passing of AFGE Employee Margaret Smith
August 3, 2009
Being Held Hostage to Management's Failings
July 28, 2009
Segregation and the Labor Movement
July 27, 2009
NSPS – The Great Abyss
July 24, 2009
The Time for Health Care Reform is Now
July 15, 2009
WNBA's NEW York Liberty, partnering with AFGE, hosts Union Night at Madison Square Garden
July 10, 2009
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On the Pope's Encyclical
July 9, 2009
Pay for Performance Shares Problems Between Federal Employees and Contractors
July 6, 2009
Like Dracula…The National Security Personnel System Refuses to Die
June 23, 2009
Labor Management Partnerships are Key to Employee Retention and Growth in the Federal Government
June 15, 2009
Federal Government Pays
June 4, 2009
Celebrate Working Mothers and Support Workers' Rights
May 18, 2009
NVP Andrea E. Brooks Will be Missed
April 29, 2009
Condolences
April 28, 2009
Choosing a Better Future in the Americas
April 16, 2009
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On The Introduction Of The EFCA In The House And The Senate
March 10, 2009
Excerpts from President Obama's State of the Union Message
February 25, 2009
President Obama Wants You to Join the Union
February 3, 2009
The True Meaning of Obama's Victory: A Meditative Reflection on Election Night from a Washingtonian
January 22, 2009
US Airways Flight 1549: This Miracle Brought to You By America's Unions
January 19, 2009
Another Hit Below the Belt from Social Security Commissioner Astrue
January 8, 2009
Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay
December 22, 2008
Destroying What the UAW Built
December 17, 2008
Joining the Union, Buying a Home — Two Good Decisions for AFGE Member
November 24, 2008
Following Doctors Orders Is Not Easy; Union Benefits Help Ease the Pain
November 21, 2008
AFL-CIO Airs Radio Ads in 16 Cities: Vote and Protect Your Vote!
October 24, 2008
AFGE Comments on FedSmith Article "Chilling the Rancor"
October 21, 2008
NAFTA: Time for a Trade-in
October 8, 2008
Middle Aged White Guys for Obama
October 1, 2008
Wall Street Crisis Good Time to Reflect on What’s Working: Social Security
September 17, 2008
7 Years Later, Bush Still Blocks Health Care Funding for 9/11 Rescue Workers
September 11, 2008
AFL-CIO Pres. Sweeney on Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Call for Economic Stimulus
September 9, 2008
What a Week It’s Been!
August 29, 2008
Meetings in High Places: President Gage Meets with Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin
August 27, 2008
Greetings from the DNCC from President Gage
August 27, 2008
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On the Passing of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones
August 21, 2008
NBP Council Responds to 5th Circuit Court Decision to Uphold Ramos and Compean Conviction
July 30, 2008
AFL CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka Speaks on the Race Issue
July 15, 2008
A Tribute to Slain BOP Officer from Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
June 27, 2008
Thoughts of Ted Kennedy
May 28, 2008
The War has Cost America Its Soul
May 7, 2008
The Man Who is Saving Polo
April 30, 2008
Supreme Court Voter ID Decision
April 29, 2008
New AFL-CIO Ad Calls on Congress to Vote No on Colombia FTA "Don't Reward Murder"
April 10, 2008
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on the 40th Anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'
April 7, 2008
Who Needs a Uniform?
March 25, 2008
WARNING - Credit Card Scam
March 14, 2008
Who To Vote For
March 7, 2008
We’re Number One!
March 6, 2008
Sour Notes on Social Security
March 5, 2008
TSA Folds Under AFGE Pressure With Whistleblower Agreement
February 27, 2008
Quality Health Care Initiative
February 19, 2008
Why Are We in Iraq? Part 2
February 15, 2008
AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney on Bush's Fiscal Year 2009 Proposed Budget
February 5, 2008
President Bush's Final State of the Union Address
January 30, 2008
Union Power
January 29, 2008
Why Are We in Iraq? Part 1
January 25, 2008
Can You Guys (hiccup) Pump Some More Oil (burp)?
January 24, 2008
I am gratefull, but...
January 22, 2008
SSA Workers: Unwilling Agents of DHS
January 3, 2008
Betraying Our Troops
December 18, 2007
VA Pharmacists are Proud Members of AFGE
November 7, 2007
AFGE HISCO Conference: A Show of Justice and Solidarity!!
October 2, 2007
Conscripted Service for Air Force Reserve Technicians
September 18, 2007
Nobody Wins with the "National Security Personnel System"
September 11, 2007
TSOs Thank AFGE for Helping to Get Them Back on the Job
September 10, 2007
"Judgment Day" Closer than You Think
August 30, 2007
Two Years After Katrina, Thoughts on the “New FEMA”
August 29, 2007
President John Sweeney On American Rights at Work Study
July 16, 2007
TSA BLOG 1
July 13, 2007
Spend the Unused Funds in Your Health Care Flexible Spending Account Before Your Retirement
July 6, 2007
Union Rights Around The World
July 5, 2007
Letter to the Federal Times
June 26, 2007
AFGE TSO MEMBER SPEAKS AT AFL-CIO RALLY
June 20, 2007
Freedom to Unionize
June 5, 2007
The Fight to Defeat NSPS is Not Over
May 31, 2007
Keep Out the Vote
May 15, 2007
EEOC Set Up To Drown
April 25, 2007
Labor Unions for America... or the World?
April 2, 2007
AFGE is AMAZING
March 27, 2007
TSOs Behind AFGE Efforts
March 21, 2007
What a difference an election makes
March 11, 2007
Michael Chertoff and Kip Hawley...not being honest in opposing restored TSOs rights!!!!
March 1, 2007
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on the Senate's Minimum Wage Bill
February 2, 2007
A letter from a TSO in Orlando thanking AFGE for its efforts as the only union to represent TSOs
January 26, 2007
Letter to NTEU/MAWA
January 25, 2007
Richard Trumka, National Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, Testimony on Ways and Means
January 23, 2007
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Urging the Senate to Pass a "Clean" Minimum Wage Raise
January 23, 2007
AFGE TSA Local 1 Leader Addresses AFL-CIO
January 8, 2007
Save Our Job
December 18, 2006
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on World AIDS Day 2006
December 4, 2006
Newsweek Article By Eleanor Clift
November 8, 2006
AFGE General Counsel Speaks at His Former Law School
October 26, 2006
Issues Move People to Action
October 12, 2006
Hispanic Heritage Month; Celebremos La Hispanidad
October 10, 2006
A Message to Union Retirees
October 4, 2006
Statement for the Record by The UDWC Regarding The National Security Personnel System
October 2, 2006
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Genocide in Sudan
September 22, 2006
A Great Unionist: Joe Glazer Dead at 88
September 20, 2006
Reflections of 9-11
September 8, 2006
AFGE General Counsel Mark Roth excerps from speech at Federal Dispute Resolution Conference
September 5, 2006
Invitation to Bloggers to Participate in Whistleblower Rights Conference call TODAY--AUGUST 30
August 30, 2006
Contracting Out
August 17, 2006
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the 71st anniversary
August 14, 2006
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On Senate’s Rejection Of Republican Leadership’s Cynical
August 4, 2006
Dobbs: Why is the president ignoring our laws?
July 26, 2006
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On Congressional Action to Extend the Voting Rights Act
July 14, 2006
Homeland Security On The Cheap
July 14, 2006
Border Protection Stretched Thin at Key West
June 8, 2006
AFGE to Hold Press Conference to Target EEOC Crisis
June 6, 2006
Helping Veterans
May 23, 2006
Of Storks and Social Security
April 21, 2006
A Day in the Life of a Union President
April 5, 2006
Stop Wasting Tax Payers Dollars on a Flawed System
April 3, 2006
AFGE General Counsel responds to FedSmith article
March 22, 2006
AFGE Local President Responds to Wall Street Journal Editorial
March 15, 2006
John Gage's speech for the 2006 Legislative Conference
March 5, 2006
Black History Month Message from Andrea Brooks,
February 22, 2006
AFGE Leads Fight to Protect Our Nation – Stewards of Democracy
January 4, 2006
Where’s the master plan?
November 18, 2005
Having Trouble Getting on Unionblog?
October 18, 2005
A Young Person's View of the Impact of Hurricane Katrina
October 17, 2005
DoD Moves Forward with NSPS Despite Federal Judge's Ruling to Delay DHS Personnel System
October 17, 2005
The It doesn't "Work for America Act"
September 27, 2005
Attention AFGE members who work for the coast guard
September 21, 2005
Stories from New Orleans
September 15, 2005
Just a thought
September 7, 2005
Competence Takes a Holiday
September 2, 2005
This is America, for Some of US
August 17, 2005
Why Join AFGE?
July 25, 2005
Look into the mirror
July 15, 2005
Stewards of good government
July 7, 2005
BRAC: A Political Agenda?
June 21, 2005
Prision Workers Fight Management
June 10, 2005
NSPS; Not an ending - but a beginning
June 7, 2005
NSPS; Solidarity takes many forms
May 18, 2005
The Grim Future of our Airspace
May 12, 2005
NSPS: Where's the beef?
May 6, 2005
NSPS on the issue of Issuances
May 4, 2005
NSPS appeal process. More process than appeal
May 2, 2005
AFGE maintains representation options
April 27, 2005
Countering the Arguments Built on Pain and Broken Dreams
April 22, 2005
AFGE Remembers...Oklahoma City
April 19, 2005
Staying informed on Union / NSPS talks
April 19, 2005
Calling Code on VA’s FY 2005 Budget
April 11, 2005
House Republicans Refuse to Consider Veterans Health Care as The True Cost Of War
March 18, 2005
Politics of compartmentalization: Energy, Environment, Social Security, Health…
March 17, 2005
Social Security proposals show we still have a long way to go
March 14, 2005
The True Cost of War
March 7, 2005
Dear America , “Support Our Troops” isn't just a bumper sticker
February 28, 2005
A Promised Wage
February 18, 2005
AFGE local 2024 holds legislative meeting.
February 11, 2005
Settlement Agreements and Adverse Actions
January 18, 2005
What We Don't Manage, Manages Us
January 17, 2005
NSPS - Not-So-People-Sensitive
January 7, 2005
Q&A, DoD Workers' Rights Under the New National Security Personnel System (NSPS)
November 8, 2004
We the people
November 1, 2004
Changes Ahead for Social Security Disability Program?
October 29, 2004
Bush's Homeland Security Flop
October 26, 2004
Election 2004 and a Cosmic Shift
October 21, 2004
Senator Murray Press Conference Speech by NVP Swanke
October 19, 2004
Voter Intimidation and Disenfranchisement Must End in America
October 15, 2004
AFGE’s UnionBlog.com Wins Award, General Excellence!
October 12, 2004
Our Last Fight
October 11, 2004
Three great myths of the NSPS
September 28, 2004
ACLU Stands Against Employment Black List
September 10, 2004
The Stone Tablet
August 31, 2004
The State of American Families
August 30, 2004
Proud to Be a Federal Airport Screener
August 27, 2004
Privatization of the Most Insidious Kind
August 17, 2004
Focus Group Report
August 10, 2004
Dr. Maya Angelou at the Democratic National Convention
July 30, 2004
What is the true focus of the DOD focus groups?
July 21, 2004
Presidential Wisdom
July 16, 2004
The Future of Labor Relations from the Union Perspective
July 15, 2004
Product of my Environment
July 7, 2004
Organizing & Mobilization Conference: a call to action
June 30, 2004
Organizing and Mobilization Conference in Pittsburgh
June 29, 2004
Four Years Assaulting Labor
June 25, 2004
M.O.R.E. Program - A success for all
June 21, 2004
TSA: Setup to Fail?
June 4, 2004
Do we care who wins?
June 1, 2004
The U.S. Government’s Attacks on the Collective Bargaining Rights of Federal Employees
May 25, 2004
Cast Your Economic Votes With Educated Confidence
May 7, 2004
Speech at Redstone Arsenal
May 4, 2004
Prison Workers fight budget shortfalls, privatization
April 26, 2004
TSA Screeners get Unfair Review from BearingPoint
April 23, 2004
United Association for Labor Education (UALE) Conference
April 16, 2004
DOD workers are not the enemy of a strong defense
April 15, 2004
A Return to the Patronage System
April 11, 2004
Are There Reasons Politicians Might Change Their Minds?
April 8, 2004
Speech by Senator Edward M. Kennedy
April 6, 2004
VA Workers Care
March 18, 2004
Why We Keep On Fighting
March 10, 2004
Our Problem, Message; Our Solution, Get the Message Out: Civil Servants are Stewards of Good Gov't
March 9, 2004
Dark clouds on the horizon for DOD civilian workers
March 1, 2004
DHS Testimony by National President John Gage
February 25, 2004
The Federal Workplace Should Not Condone Discrimination of Any Kind
February 20, 2004
What Are We Going To Do About It?
February 10, 2004
TSA Campaign Rolls On In 2004
February 5, 2004
Privatization Resolutions
January 20, 2004
DoD Personnel Act of 2003 the "Devil" Will Be in the Details
December 19, 2003
Speech from National President John Gage for December 10th Rally
December 10, 2003
Senate Effort to Fix Flaws in CARES
November 12, 2003
Veterans Day Message
November 10, 2003
Protect Medicare
November 3, 2003
The Future for DHS Employees
October 20, 2003
Unions: Good for America, Good for Government
October 13, 2003
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