AFGE Ends December with Highest Membership in 2022
January 09, 2023
More and more federal and D.C. government workers were joining AFGE in 2022.
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BOP Ordered to Pay Correctional Counselor $50,000 in Discrimination Case
January 09, 2023
An independent arbitrator has found a Special Investigative Agent (SIA) supervisor guilty of abusing his authority at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Center Yazoo City in Mississippi.
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AFGE Argues Dual-Status Technicians Case Before Supreme Court
January 09, 2023
On Monday, Jan. 9, AFGE’s General Counsel’s Office argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has the power to remedy unfair labor practices committed by the Ohio National Guard against dual-status, civilian technicians represented by AFGE.
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In 2022, Activism Wins
December 19, 2022
2022 has been nothing short of a great year for AFGE members!
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AFGE Celebrates House Passage of Legislation Expanding Collective Bargaining Rights for Healthcare Workers
December 19, 2022
AFGE is celebrating the House of Representatives bi-partisan passage of the VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021.
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VA, The Insider
All Permanent Positions at NARA Are Eligible for Telework in New Agreement with AFGE
December 19, 2022
AFGE and the National Archives and Records Administration have recently reached a telework agreement that seeks to make the agency more efficient and worker friendly.
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AFGE Members Protest Promotion of High-Ranking BOP Official Who Beat Black Inmates
December 19, 2022
Correctional officers on Dec. 12 held a picket outside the Bureau of Prisons Western Regional Office in Stockton, Calif., protesting the BOP for repeatedly promoting Deputy Western Regional Director Thomas Ray Hinkle despite a long history of harassing staff and abusing inmates.
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Nominations for the 2023 Augusta Y. Thomas Civil Rights Award are Now Open
December 19, 2022
Each year the Women’s and Fair Practices Departments award the Augusta Y. Thomas Civil Rights Award to four dedicated trade unionists.
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The Insider, Women's & Fair Practices
AFGE Members Took Part in Campaign That Helped Raphael Warnock Make History in Georgia
December 12, 2022
AFGE congratulates U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock for winning Georgia’s runoff election on Dec. 6 and making history as the first Black person from the state ever elected to a full six-year term in the Senate.
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Several Key AFGE Priorities Included in Compromise 2023 Defense Authorization Act
December 12, 2022
AFGE thanks Senate and House negotiators for including many of our union’s top priorities affecting employees in the Department of Defense and other federal agencies in the compromise version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that passed the House on Dec. 8.
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3,730 Federal, D.C. Government Workers Joined AFGE Family in November
December 12, 2022
Last month saw 3,730 federal and D.C. government employees joining AFGE, eager to be a part of our movement for better pay, increased benefits, retirement security, and voice on the job.
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AFGE Seeks Extension of Presumption of Workplace Illness for Covid Survivors, Those Disabled by Covid
December 12, 2022
The presumption of workplace illness is ending in January for Covid survivors and people who are disabled by Covid. AFGE is working to extend the benefit in the 2023 omnibus full-year government funding bill as we still have incidences of workplace exposure and survivors who have long-term effects.
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AFGE VA Local President Receives Doctorate Degree for Decades of Community Advocacy, Activism
December 12, 2022
Congratulations to AFGE Local 1061 President Dewanda Mitchell for receiving a doctorate degree in humanitarianism for three decades of activism and advocacy on behalf of workers, veterans, and cancer survivors.
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AFGE Urges Congress to Fully Fund Government
December 05, 2022
To keep our government running efficiently, AFGE is urging Congress to pass a full-year funding that includes AFGE members’ priorities.
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AFGE EEOC Council Resolves FLRA Complaint with Agency Over Failure to Bargain Reentry to Physical Worksites
December 05, 2022
On Nov. 22, the agency and Council 216 signed off on a comprehensive memorandum of understanding that ensures office safety, increases workplace flexibilities, sets terms for safely providing in-person services to the public, and settles the FLRA complaint.
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