Government workers take to the streets to fight for fair pay, benefits, and retirement.

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Veterans, members of Congress, and health care experts gathered on Capitol Hill to discuss the future of the VA, the ongoing threat of privatization at the VA, and the dangers of forcing veterans into the private, for-profit health care system.

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Hurricane Harvey, the most severe storm in U.S. history, has dumped more than 50 inches of rain on Houston, killing at least 30 people and displacing 30,000. Federal employees, including AFGE members, are on the ground saving lives.

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Employees at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals have been staging a protest to demand that the 49,000 vacancies be filled immediately to ensure our veterans receive the care that they have earned.

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Nearly 650 people from dozens of unions and community partners recently gathered in Anaheim, California, to attend the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA)’s convention and celebrate its 25th anniversary. This year the convention’s theme “25 Years of Resistance: Organize & Fight” emphasized APALA’s rejection of racism and the anti-worker position.

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Physicians at the VA hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have voted to join AFGE and become part of the labor movement that stands for good jobs and a voice at work. Meanwhile, the AFGE HUD Council has just elected its new officers.

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The new adverse action bill that President Trump signed into law in June makes several key changes to the disciplinary process for employees in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Here's a summary of the major changes that you need to know about.

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Only a few days before Congress went off on August recess, AFGE won several major legislative victories that protect the civil service, jobs, and taxpayer dollars. Here are our recent legislative victories you need to know about.

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Here are 5 bills that would open the floodgate of VA privatization and take away resources from the VA.

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The VA hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas has been severely understaffed for years, and management did little to improve the situation. To keep their patients safe, their nurses took to the streets to speak up.

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For veterans spending the final years of their lives at the Miles City nursing home, this is their home. But for some VA administrators, this nursing home is just a concrete structure that could be disposed of anytime.

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There’s a reason there are three branches of government – to create a check and balance system in which no one branch of our government could become too powerful. Our founding fathers had several goals, but the most important of all was to avoid tyranny and defend democracy. This concept is central to the creation of labor unions. Unions provide checks and balances in the workplace against bad management and an abuse of power.

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As Congress and the administration are expanding the use of private, for-profit hospitals under their "Choice" privatization program, veterans groups are making it clear that the program should only be just a temporary fix while Congress invests in a stronger VA.

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The Trump administration is pulling a reverse Robin Hood, stealing from veterans to funnel money to wealthy private hospital CEOs and special interests.

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Politicians’ years of anti-government rhetoric and cuts to employee pay and benefits is one of the main reasons the VA is having difficulty recruiting qualified individuals. Instead of making it easier for people to come work for the VA, politicians are doubling down on worker attacks.

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