Congress recently passed and the President signed into law a $1.3 trillion spending bill that funds the government through September 2018. But the administration is now taking steps to slash the increases they disagree with.
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After months of short-term continuing resolutions and two government shutdowns that disrupted the livelihoods of millions of federal workers and the programs they serve, federal employees can breathe a sigh of relief.
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To come up with billions of dollars to pay for the recent massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, the Trump administration drew up a plan to bleed federal workers dry in the 2019 budget proposal released Feb. 12.
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President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address on Jan. 30, making several claims about federal employees that raised eyebrows. We fact-checked his speech below and set the record straight.
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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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Congress temporarily reopened the government after shutting it down for three days. But the short-term funding measure signed into law keeps the government running only until Feb. 8. That means federal employees will face the uncertainty and disruption of a potential government shutdown all over again in two weeks.
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AFGE joined retirees and allies in delivering a petition signed by 250,000 American taxpayers opposing deep cuts to SSA.
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The shutdown might be over, but Congress can do this all over again in two weeks.
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Fifty-six years ago this week, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order recognizing federal employee unions and institutionalizing labor-management relations.
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With Congress returning from recess and AFGE locals’ organizing campaigns in full swing, here are some of the critical issues we’ll be watching this year.
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Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open until Dec. 22.
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The last time Congress shut down the government for 16 days in 2013, it cost the economy $24 billion and 120,000 jobs in the private sector. There were also a few misconceptions out there about the shutdown and government employees. Before people start coming up with alternative facts again this time around, we want to set a few things straight.
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Horror movies and haunted houses are scary, but if you work for the federal government, there are things that are a lot scarier and far more real.
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Government workers take to the streets to fight for fair pay, benefits, and retirement.
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J. David Cox Sr. has served as national president of the American Federation of Government Employees since 2012 and was the union’s secretary-treasurer for six years prior. AFGE, an AFL-CIO affiliate, represents 700,000 employees across 14 federal agencies with 310,000 active members. Cox, a former nurse in the Veterans Affairs Department, spoke with National Journal's Alex Clearfield about the federal workforce and why President Trump is “Bush on steroids.”
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