Strong families make America work. And nothing makes our union family stronger than open lines of communication. Stay close to your union family this year by ensuring the personal and non-government email, phone, and mailing address we have for you is correct.
When you update your profile anytime this January, you’ll be automatically entered in a drawing to win a premium AFGE throw blanket. That’s a $40 value! Each week up to 5 names will be drawn and winners will be announced on Facebook. To keep up with weekly drawings and to see if you’re the lucky winner, follow AFGE on Facebook.
In 2015, AFGE members voted at the 2015 National Convention to make January “Data Update Month.” And this year, when you update your profile with your contact information, you'll be put in a drawing for AFGE swag – and maybe even a brand new TV.
Now that 2017 is in full swing, we're asking every member of the AFGE family to take a couple minutes to update their personal contact information so we can mobilize members and spring into action when the time comes.
In light of the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia did not have jurisdiction to rule on the matter of the legal challenge by AFGE and other federal unions to President Trump’s May 2018 union-busting executive orders, AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. released a statement.
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AFGE supports a paid family leave measure that has been added to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is projected to experience catastrophic employee attrition as a result of the short-notice move of 90% of all NIFA employees out of the National Capital Region.
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