Border Patrol agents are quitting at almost double the attrition rate for law enforcement governmentwide and the agency is down nearly 2,000 officers from the staffing minimums set by Congress.
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AFGE is echoing a call by 95 members of Congress to oppose further cuts to federal employee pay and benefits as part of any budget negotiations.
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With Congress returning from recess and AFGE locals’ organizing campaigns in full swing, here are some of the critical issues we’ll be watching this year.
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You are invited to join us at the 2018 Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference on February 11-14, 2018. Registration is now open.
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The holidays are just around the corner. As we sit down to plan our festivities and gifts for our loved ones, let’s take a moment to recognize the people who made the presents we lovingly wrap and place under the Christmas tree. The truth is, many products on sale in the U.S. are made by workers overseas under sweatshop conditions. AFGE is calling on these companies to help end poor working conditions by taking the Transparency Pledge to disclose their supply chains.
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Ever wonder how to respond to a colleague who tells you they don't have time to join the union? AFGE has created these word bubble graphics to be your guide and help prepare you for these moments.
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We all want to have a job that allows us to take care of ourselves and our families. Things like paid sick leave, affordable health care, paid vacation, retirement, 8-hour work day, and safe workplaces are important. But not many people know that all the things that we working people enjoy today are a result of union negotiations.
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As politicians and powerful special interests are doubling down on their attacks against federal employees, civil servants are fighting back by joining AFGE.
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We all want to have a job that allows us to take care of ourselves and our families. Things like paid sick leave, affordable health care, paid vacation, retirement, 8-hour work day, and safe workplaces are important to each of us as an individual and all of us as a society. Not many people, however, know that all the things that we working people enjoy today are a result of union negotiations.
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Leaders of the House of Representatives on Nov. 2 unveiled its tax plan that would mostly benefit those who need help the least: wealthy individuals and large corporations.
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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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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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Government workers take to the streets to fight for fair pay, benefits, and retirement.
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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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J. David Cox Sr. has served as national president of the American Federation of Government Employees since 2012 and was the union’s secretary-treasurer for six years prior. AFGE, an AFL-CIO affiliate, represents 700,000 employees across 14 federal agencies with 310,000 active members. Cox, a former nurse in the Veterans Affairs Department, spoke with National Journal's Alex Clearfield about the federal workforce and why President Trump is “Bush on steroids.”
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