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The Veterans Have Spoken: No One Does it Better than the VA

February 19, 2015

It’s official: Since its November debut, only a handful of veterans have opted to seek care from private-sector providers under the controversial Choice Card privatization program. In fact, it has been used by just 3% of veterans who are eligible, or 27,000 veterans out of 700,000. The number is even smaller when compared with the 9 million veterans who currently use VA health care.

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AFGE Celebrates Black History Month

February 18, 2015

The month of February is recognized as Black History Month. This year's theme is "A Century of Black Life, History and Culture". AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments were excited to kick off this month's celebration at our annual Civil Rights Luncheon at the 2015 AFGE Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference.

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Categories: Civil Rights

VA Secretary Receives Enthusiastic Welcome at AFGE Legislative Conference

February 13, 2015

Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald received a rock star welcome as he addressed a packed house at the AFGE National VA Council’s meeting early Sunday morning. The Council meeting is part of AFGE’s annual Legislative Conference being held here in Washington, D.C. Feb. 8-11. Secretary McDonald's appearance this weekend was the first time a VA Secretary has spoken at a VA Council meeting at the legislative conference.

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Categories: VA

This Bill Could Save Correctional Officers’ Lives

February 13, 2015

A critical bill has been introduced in the Senate, and its passage could mean life or death for Bureau of Prisons officers. The bill, S. 368, would allow officers to carry their personal firearms while they commute to-and-from work by requiring wardens of BOP-operated institutions to provide a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of those institutions.

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Categories: BOP

AFGE Fact-Checks Op-ed Attacking DoD Civilians

February 13, 2015

AFGE shot back at a Wall Street Journal op-ed which misrepresented facts about the size of the civilian workforce at the Defense Department.

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Categories: DoD

AFGE Paid off Its Mortgage!

February 13, 2015

The National Executive Council of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is proud to report to you that the mortgage on the AFGE National Office Building located in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C. was paid off in December 2014, well in advance of the final payment due in August 2021.

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Jose Rivera's Family Needs Your Help

February 13, 2015

Brothers and sisters of the Bureau of Prisons, when we see a fellow correctional officer or their family in need, we take care of our own. Right now, the family of fallen officer Jose Rivera needs our help.

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Categories: BOP

The 15 Best Moments from AFGE’s 2015 Legislative Conference

February 13, 2015

See all 15 best moment of LegCon:

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Categories: AFGE National Departments

AFGE Activists Heat up a Cold Afternoon on Capitol Hill

February 13, 2015

Chanting “What time is it? Union time!”, “AFGE! AFGE!,” “AFL-CIO!” the nearly 500 AFGE members who attended the union’s legislative conference marched to Capitol Hill to demand an end to attacks on the federal workforce and job-and-morale-killing sequestration.

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30,000 DHS Employees Could Be Furloughed

February 13, 2015

If Congress doesn’t fund the Department of Homeland Security by the end of this month, 30,000 employees will be furloughed. Even though many of the workers are considered essential employees and would have to show up to work, it is wrong to require people to work without pay.

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Categories: DHS

The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale

February 12, 2015

AFGE is proud to announce that we have joined with more than 60 national organizations to form A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service. Please sign the pledge to protect the public Postal Service.

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Categories: Labor

Roses Are Nice, But Respect And Raises Are Better

February 12, 2015

Just days before Valentine’s Day, hundreds of federal employees descended upon Washington, D.C. demanding the respect and fair compensation they deserve. They marched to Capitol Hill for a Government Works for America rally and stormed the marble halls of Congress to make their voice heard.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Workers' Rights, Civil Rights, AFGE National President

VA Secretary Receives Enthusiastic Welcome at AFGE

February 10, 2015

Categories: VA, Veterans

Kentucky Unionists 1 – Chamber of Commerce 0

February 06, 2015

Union members in Kentucky have been fighting a war against right-to-work-for-less legislation. So far they have successfully stopped many counties from adopting the anti-worker measure. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, the Bluegrass Institute, ALEC, and other anti-worker organizations had launched their crusade to pass the right-to-work-for-less measure in 30 counties by the end of January.

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Categories: Workers' Rights

DoD to Host First AFGE-DoD Depot/Arsenal Meeting at Pentagon

February 06, 2015

John Johns, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy and Programs in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, will host the AFGE Depot/Arsenal Caucus at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 12, for a roundtable discussion on policy and budget issues impacting the government-owned, government-operated industrial base.

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Categories: DoD