Meet AFGE's finalists for FEEA's 2021 merit-based scholarship competition.

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Union Plus recently awarded $300,000 in scholarships to 215 students representing 43 unions, including six AFGE members.

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Union members are happier than workers who don’t belong to a union. As many AFGE members who used to work at a place where there is no union representation can tell you, it is so much better to have a union.

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Young people are not the only ones who are joining unions. More and more federal retirees have decided to stay in the fight and keep their union membership into retirement. They know their union is the most effective tool to fight back politicians’ attacks on their retirement and health benefits.

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Eighty-three years ago, on Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act as a safeguard "against the hazards and vicissitudes of life." Today, Social Security single-handedly keeps 22 million Americans out of poverty. We are better off today because generations before us demanded that our government do something to save us from poverty as we enter old age.

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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.

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Unions are a cornerstone of our democracy and our middle class. Unions are important more than ever in light of an all-out war on the labor movement, whether it’s right-to-work-for-less laws, Janus, or other Supreme Court rulings that helped advance corporate interests.

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Union Plus recently awarded $150,000 in scholarships to 115 students representing 32 unions, including three winners who represent AFGE.

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Defense and Veterans Affairs firefighters work long, dangerous work weeks to protect our country’s military installations and VA medical facilities and rescue people from dangerous situations. With the passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, we can better care for their health.

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As law enforcement officers gather in Washington for National Law Enforcement Week, AFGE extends our gratitude and appreciation to everyone who puts on the uniform to fight for our safety and protection.

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After giving the wealthiest Americans and corporations massive tax cuts that they immediately used to enrich themselves, the Trump administration turned its attention to federal employees, not to give them a tax cut but to cut their pay and retirement.

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The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) Public Service 5K is Sunday, May 6. Are you free to volunteer or participate?

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The Family and Medical Leave Act has been in effect for a quarter century, but not everyone knows about it. That’s why we came up with some fast facts about the FMLA and what AFGE members are doing to expand the family leave program so that the government is more family friendly.

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Ever wonder how to respond to a colleague who tells you they don't have time to join the union? AFGE has created these word bubble graphics to be your guide and help prepare you for these moments.

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