EPA Employees Begin Bargaining, Demand Bill of Rights
January 13, 2020
EPA employees are joining together to articulate a bold new vision for the agency through a 10-point EPA Workers’ Bill of Rights.
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Apply Now for the 2019 Union Plus Scholarship!
July 30, 2018
Categories:
Member Benefits, The Insider
The 2018 Union Plus Scholarship awards were recently announced, and the new 2019 application is now available.
The application is entirely online, allowing students to complete their application over time and save their responses.
Over the past 27 years, more than $4.3 million have been awarded to students of over 2,900 union families. Start your application today at www.unionplus.org/scholarship.
Don’t delay. Deadline is January 31, 2019.
The AFGE winners for the 2018 Union Plus Scholarship awards:
- Tiajuanna Evans of Hopkins, South Carolina. Evans, who is a member of AFGE Local 1915, has been awarded a $750 scholarship.
- Noah Frazee of Huntington, West Virginia. Frazee, whose father, Barry Frazee, is a member of AFGE Local 1286, and whose mother, Amanda Frazee, is a member of AFGE Local 2344, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Ryan Murphy of Mahwah, New Jersey. Murphy, whose father, Norman Murphy, is a member of AFGE Local 913, has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship.
Recent AFGE News:
Meet AFGE’s Very First Veteran of the Year!
January 13, 2020
The first AFGE Veteran of the Year awardee is Roslyn Austin-Stewart, an Air Force veteran, out of Local 2429 in District 12! An award ceremony will be held during the union’s legislative conference next month.
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AFGE Urges Passage of Paid Parental Leave Technical Correction Bill
January 13, 2020
AFGE is urging Congress to pass a bill that would ensure that all federal employees have access to 12 weeks of paid parental leave before the new benefit takes effect Oct. 1 this year.
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