At a congressional hearing on pending legislation July 12, Department of Veterans Affairs officials told members of Congress it has enough tools to address poor performance and doesn’t need a bill pending in Congress that would speed up firings of employees without proper due process.
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Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn new skills and network with your AFGE siblings at one of the union’s biggest events of the year!
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The Department of Defense civilian workforce has lower percentages of women and minorities than the rest of the federal government, according to 10 years of data analyzed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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AFGE ended June with another overall net increase of 1,362 members!
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July/August Government Standard: May was a bellwether month for union growth, as AFGE broke recruitment records dating back 10 years.
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Federal employees working in Fresno, Calif., Reno, Nev., Rochester, New York, and Spokane, Wash. are slated to get a locality pay raise next year.
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A new nationwide patient survey confirms what AFGE has been saying all along – that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ hospitals are superior to non-VA counterparts.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is now accepting complaints from workers who feel they have been refused reasonable accommodations in the workplace and discriminated against due to their pregnancies and related medical conditions.
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In a major victory for the recently revitalized bargaining unit at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the agency last week announced it would postpone its reorganization plan until next year to allow the agency and staff more time to work out details and make sure employees’ concerns are addressed.
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“Due to over a decade of congressional underfunding we are now an agency in crisis.”
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Diana Quiñones, legislative and political coordinator of AFGE Local 940, speaks at June 17 rally where unions gathered to endorse Biden.
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AFGE has launched a new local that seeks to cover more than 10,000 federal employees working for U.S. agencies in Europe who currently lack a collective voice at work.
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Nearly one third of VA employees are veterans, and they are proud to serve one another in the nation’s largest and best health care system.
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Employees at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent United States government international development agency, have voted to form a union with AFGE as their representative.
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