A political wild goose chase is happening in Congress, but it's not what you think. See the video and infographic that explain official time →
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With a new Congress, there is a renewed attempt to resurrect the tried-and-failed National Security Personnel System (NSPS) at the Department of Defense. Here are five reasons why that's a bad idea.
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After years of hard work from the Council of Prison Locals and safe prison activists, correctional workers scored huge victories with the Thin Blue Line Act and gun lockers.
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Politicians’ years of anti-government rhetoric and cuts to employee pay and benefits is one of the main reasons the VA is having difficulty recruiting qualified individuals. Instead of making it easier for people to come work for the VA, politicians are doubling down on worker attacks.
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Workers are safer now than before because of health and safety protections that require employers to provide workplaces free of hazards like toxins and diseases. These rules and laws, however, are only as strong as they are enforced.
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EPA employees are being targeted for massive budget and staff cuts, and so these people showed up at their offices bringing cookies and thank you cards to show their support.
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Politicians are lying about how public servants use 'official time.' This woman came to Washington to shatter the myth.
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Congress has passed a funding bill that would keep the government running until the end of this fiscal year. It's evident that public opinion and our voice played a role in the budget outcomes as lawmakers largely ignored the Trump administration’s wish list of massive cuts. Here are the seven areas we together saved from the administration's axe.
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We averted a government shutdown and Congress passed a budget through October 2017. Now the real work comes!
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EPA employees joined hundreds of thousands of people in the People’s Climate Marches held across the country to protest the Trump administration’s pro-polluter policies and proposed budget cuts to the EPA.
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Hospitals cannot run without nurses. That's why AFGE proudly celebrates National Nurses Week with nursing professionals around the country May 6 – 12.
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Our lives would be impossible without public servants.
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Union moms do all the things that moms do but also stand up for their union family. And they do all this so seamlessly that many people don’t even know they’re a union mom.
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Why should people care about what’s going on with TSA officers? Because they can’t afford not to.
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"Taking away official time is union busting — plain and simple." Find out how it helps veterans across the country.
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