The Equal Pay Act was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Back then, women earned only 59 cents to every dollar earned by men. Although the gap has significantly decreased over the last 50 years, women continue to lag behind, still earning only 81 cents to every dollar a man earns. The gap widens for African American and Latina women.
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AFGE president says focus on job creation, wage equality puts America on better path to economic recovery.
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According to an article in the Washington Post, federal employees will receive a 1% pay raise next year.
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AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. this week called on lawmakers to repeal pension increases put in place for new federal employees, following on the successful rollback of pension cuts for military retirees.
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President Cox writes on behalf of the 78,000 DHS employees whose overtime was suspended unilaterally.
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President Barack Obama discussed many issues important to workers in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The feisty president laid out some new initiatives and renewed his call for congressional support for workers.
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The House and the Senate this week approved the 2014 catch-all spending bill that provides funding for federal agencies until Sept. 30. The $1.1 trillion bill fleshes out the Murray-Ryan budget deal agreed on last month. Read five provisions worth noting.
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AFGE member Michael Turpin described to the Washington Post what it was like for a blue-collar employee facing the fourth consecutive year of a government pay freeze.
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