The Trump administration continues to price federal employees and their families out of health insurance coverage, announcing Oct. 2 that it is shifting yet more of the cost of its expensive health insurance program onto its workforce.
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AFGE will continue to fight Trump’s anti-worker executive orders after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a request by AFGE and other unions to have all 11 judges of the court rehear the case against the union-busting executive orders.
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Hundreds of federal employees fed up with the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on America’s workforce flooded the Capitol grounds Sept. 24.
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An AFGE-supported bill to protect our members against the financial impact of future shutdowns passed the House of Representatives Sept. 19.
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On Sept. 25, Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, led a vote instructing the Senate to include federal employee paid family leave in the final FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
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AFGE members can now register for webinar training free of charge until the end of 2019!
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We are fed up with the attacks on our rights, our contracts, and our voice at work! We are rising up for dignity, for fairness, for respect, and for a real voice at work!
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is once again putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.
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Despite its vital mission and massive responsibility, the VA has been struggling to fill nearly 50,000 vacancies nationwide.
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The Office of Personnel Management took another step toward dismantling due process rights for federal employees.
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AFGE Council 100 officers are headed back to the negotiation table to fight for better working conditions or TSO’s.
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The attack on union dues is real.
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A tweet from President Trump set in motion a chain of events that led to some employees at the NOAA being threatened because they wouldn’t alter their forecasts to fit the political winds.
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More than 4.7 million U.S. employees now work from home at least half the time, an increase of 159% since 2005.
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AFGE and other unions representing employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs completed the final step in our lawsuits against the VA for removing hundreds of employees from official time.
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