Horror movies and haunted houses are scary, but if you work for the federal government, there are things that are a lot scarier and far more real.
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When Congress created the Veterans Choice privatization program years ago to push veterans into for-profit hospitals, they sold it as a temporary fix for a shortage of VA facilities and health care professionals. But they never made building facilities and hiring personnel to care for veterans a priority.
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AFGE activists defeated the severe cuts to federal employees' pay, retirement, and health care, after making tens of thousands of phone calls to their members of Congress urging them not to accept any final budget that cuts federal employee compensation.
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AFGE members are the cornerstone of their community. Here's just one example, yet Congress thinks he deserves a pay cut...
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Social Security benefits are rising by their largest amount in six years, but it’s still small change for many cash-strapped retirees.
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Veterans, members of Congress, and health care experts gathered on Capitol Hill to discuss the future of the VA, the ongoing threat of privatization at the VA, and the dangers of forcing veterans into the private, for-profit health care system.
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Federal firefighters from the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments came to the nation’s capital in early October to fight for fair pay and healthier working conditions for all federal firefighters and first responders.
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Government workers take to the streets to fight for fair pay, benefits, and retirement.
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Learning and community service are highlights of this year’s P.O.R.T Leadership Academy
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On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to approve a budget that mandates cuts to your pay and retirement. Every AFGE member and every federal employee will be impacted by these cuts if we do not act now.
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In December 2009, President Obama issued an executive order to create the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations, to ensure that organized labor had a seat at the table to discuss issues facing working people. Unfortunately for workers like us, President Trump just revoked that executive order.
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OPM has just announced insurance premiums will go up next year. The rate hikes mean less take-home pay for current and retired federal workers and another year of difficult decisions by many families on how to pay their bills.
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Federal employees are working around the clock to help our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands recover from the damaging effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. But for many residents, the pace of the recovery efforts has been glacial.
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On October 1st, 2017 the AFGE National Executive Council held a special session meeting. In this meeting, the NEC unanimously elected AFGE National Vice President Emeritus, Joseph P. Flynn to the vacant position of National Secretary-Treasurer.
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The people of Houston and the surrounding areas need our help as they deal with the devastating effects of Harvey and Irma. Please consider making a donation to the AFGE Relief Fund.
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