Social Security turns 82 on Aug. 14, 2017. Hear how this important social program helps an AFGE member who was forced to retire early due to an illness.
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Thanks to AFGE local activists who have reached out to their members of Congress, 9 Republicans and 100 Democrats are now saying they're rejecting President Trump’s budget proposals targeting federal employees’ retirement benefits.
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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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2016 was a year of challenges and triumphs. Revisit photos of the moments that made 2016 memorable.
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Millions of retirees who don’t receive Social Security could face double-digit increases in their Medicare Part B premiums next year unless Congress intervenes.
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What happens when a group of retired AFGE members get together? The start of a new chapter of union activism.
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Meet the Social Security employees who are collecting food and cooking up a big batch of hope.
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American families are going hungry and public servants are doing something about it.
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April Lott is an advocate for public servants. She also understands why it's important for AFGE to get involved with the local labor movement.
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If some lawmakers succeed, the 21 million Americans kept out of poverty because of Social Security may find themselves with nowhere to turn.
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The House and Senate this week approved a funding package that keeps the federal government funded through September, 2016.
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AFGE is urging Congress to pass a bill that would give retirees, including federal retirees, a 3.9% increase in their cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year.
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This organizer and her team have helped set records at her Local – and they’re getting very close to having every employee as an AFGE member.
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She was supposed to become a minister, but life circumstances changed her choice of vocation.
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While health care costs and food prices are soaring, retirees won’t get a cost of living adjustment.
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