6 Things You Can Do to Celebrate Black History Month
February 07, 2022
Our union is using this month to honor that contribution and continue to stand in solidarity with our Black union family.
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Our union is using this month to honor that contribution and continue to stand in solidarity with our Black union family.
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Our freedom to vote is a basic human right.
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Congratulations to our very own AFGE President Everett Kelley.
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Dr. King’s words and vision continue to resonate with people who are seeking social and economic justice around the world.
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AFGE remembers labor and civil rights powerhouse, Fredna S. White.
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AFGE honors the life and legacy of the late Augusta Y. Thomas.
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GAO is launching an investigation into systemic racism at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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During the week of Sept. 14 – 18, the Women’s and Fair Practices Departments hosted its very first Black Labor Week.
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September 15 – October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month.
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AFGE National President Everett Kelley represented AFGE at the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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AFGE’s National Executive Council passed a resolution condemning President Trump’s racist tweets against members of Congress and calling on the president to disavow the attacks.
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The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is a tiny agency tasked with resolving labor-management issues involving more than 2 million federal employees. These issues range from unfair labor practices (ULP) to arbitration appeals to union elections. Federal employee unions go to the FLRA to challenge agencies’ unfair practices or failures to follow their own policies, among other things. But office closures across the country are leaving workers without a place to turn.
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Despite corporations’ and politicians’ jointed efforts to cripple unions and union members, unions in America have enjoyed steady public support over the past decade.
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In yet another rebuke of the administration's anti-democratic, anti-worker executive orders, the Department of Veterans Affairs recently rescinded the order denying employees their representational rights at work.
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As is still true today, the labor movement was closely linked with the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Labor unions, and specifically black labor unions, played an integral role in the planning and execution of the March on Washington 55 years ago.
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