Family and Service at the VA
July 01, 2014
AFGE VA Local 2328 member Linda Fitzgerald tells the touching story of her daughter and her service at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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AFGE Boycotts Staples
June 25, 2014
The U.S. Postal Service is adding more low-wage jobs to the economy by outsourcing work to low-wage employer Staples and replacing USPS workers with Staples workers who average only $8.50 an hour. The USPS-Staples deal, which established postal counters in more than 80 Staples stores with plans to expand the program to Staples’ 1,500 stores, doesn’t make any sense also because Staples is closing at least 225 stores by the end of 2015. The closing of postal offices and Staples stores will leave many Americans especially those in the rural areas without access to any nearby post office.
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Workers' Rights
AFGE Celebrates LGBT Pride Month
June 25, 2014
In a video celebrating LGBT pride month AFGE national leaders and staff share their thoughts on equality and celebrating pride.
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LGBT
AFGE Praises White House Memo Urging Expansion of Workplace Flexibilities
June 24, 2014
American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today praised the White House for a memorandum intended to expand the use of workplace flexibilities at federal agencies.
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Washington, D.C., Workers' Rights
President Cox honored with Peggy Browning Award for Social Justice Advocacy
June 19, 2014
AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. was presented with the Peggy Browning Award on June 18 in recognition of his continuing dedication to the rights and needs of workers and their families.
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Border Patrol agents go beyond call of duty to cope with influx of immigrants
June 19, 2014
Border Patrol agents along the Rio Grande Valley are coping with a record high number of unaccompanied juveniles and immigrants from Central America crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. These apprehensions are straining the border enforcement system and diverting agents’ attention from traditional law enforcement duties.
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Meet Brad Bradley: Greening Our Communities as EPA Superfund Coordinator
June 18, 2014
Brad Bradley joined the Environmental Protection Agency to help make the world a cleaner and safer place for you and me. He grew up watching Lake Erie nearly die due to industrial pollution and witnessing a massive fire on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland in the late 1960s, and he knew he had to get involved.
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AFGE President Arrested While Protesting Extremist Policies in North Carolina
June 17, 2014
American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. was arrested here Monday while protesting extremist policies passed by the North Carolina state legislature that have targeted the state’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens.
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Civil Rights
AFGE Border Patrol Council Urges Reform of Administrative Uncontrollable Overtime Pay
June 12, 2014
AFGE National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd this week asked lawmakers to pass a Senate bill that would overhaul the outdated Administrative Uncontrollable Overtime (AUO) pay and provide funding for 5,000 Border Patrol agents.
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BOP
AFGE Pride
June 12, 2014
Just as labor unions educate, empower and lobby politically on behalf of the middle class and working families, organizations committed to lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals (LGBT) are an incredible source of information and advocacy for our LGBT brothers and sisters. Throughout June, the Women’s and Fair Practices Departments will celebrate LGBT Pride Month by highlighting the many organizations and individuals who have been on the forefront of the LGBT movement.
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AFGE Nurse Wins National VA Nurse of the Year Award
June 12, 2014
Tanya Peterson is a registered nurse at the Viera Outpatient Clinic near Melbourne, Florida, and a member of AFGE Local 599. She has just won the 2014 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Award for Excellence in the Staff Nurse category for her excellent work serving veterans. AFGE is proud of Peterson and congratulates her on her accomplishment.
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AFGE Secures Victory Over Official Time Amendment
June 11, 2014
Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia proposed the official time amendment the afternoon of June 10 during floor debate over the fiscal 2015 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill. Reps. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Ed Pastor of Arizona both delivered eloquent remarks against the amendment, but House members agreed to the amendment by a voice vote.
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VA Employees' Union Cautiously Optimistic on Bipar
June 06, 2014
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) expressed cautious optimism about recently announced legislation aimed at improving staffing and addressing wait times at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. AFGE also applauds provisions to extend advance appropriations to the full VA budget, expand GI bill benefits and enhance medical services for victims of military sexual assault.
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AFGE President Lauds Sen. Sanders’ Legislation Aim
June 05, 2014
We laud Sen. Sanders’ push to fix the long-standing problems that are at the root of the VA’s current woes. In the last few weeks there has been plenty of rhetoric circulated about our veterans’ health care system, but few meaningful solutions. By providing concrete solutions to the wait list issues and staffing shortages, this plan will ensure that the access to care matches the world-class service our nation’s heroes receive once they enter the VA system.
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USP Prison Break Attempt
June 03, 2014
Council of Prison Locals (CPL) president Eric Young says that this scary and unsettling escape attempt is endemic of federal prisons, where cost-cutting has become a higher priority than the safety of correctional officers – leading to fewer officers in increasingly overcrowded prisons.
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