Photos: AFGE Rewind 2016

December 21, 2016

2016 was a year of challenges and triumphs. Revisit photos of the moments that made 2016 memorable.

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TSA Officers Agree to New Contract

December 19, 2016

Early in 2016, TSA workers forced the agency's management to go back to the negotiating table. After months of hard work, TSA officers have voted overwhelmingly to accept the improved contract.

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AFGE Members Win $1.5 Million in Overtime Settlement

November 30, 2016

It always seems impossible until it’s done. After 10 years of fighting to get their employer to do the right thing, AFGE members working at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally succeeded.

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OPM: Give Employees Time Off to Vote

October 26, 2016

Federal employees should be granted excused absences to vote on Election Day if polls are not open at least three hours before or after an employee’s regular work shift, the Office of Personnel Management has said in a new memo.

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AFGE Joins Mine Workers of America in Rally to Save Health Care

September 09, 2016

As the coal industry goes bankrupt, companies are opting out of their obligations to provide health care benefits to retirees and contribute to their pension fund.

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Department of Justice Just Stopped Private Prisons for Good

August 20, 2016

Private prisons cost taxpayers millions, and put inmates and correctional workers in danger. That's why the Department of Justice decided to shut them down for good.

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AFGE TSA Members Notch Big Win on Pay

August 13, 2016

TSA officers were fed up with an unreliable pay system that always seemed to move the goalposts. Then they spoke up as one union, and TSA listened.

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These Three Little-Known Groups Affect Your Wallet In A Big Way

June 17, 2016

Do you pay rent, mortgage, student loan, credit card bills? If so, you need to pay attention to these three groups whose decisions affect your bottom line.

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The Words That Shape Our Movement

June 10, 2016

Some of the most inspirational leaders from the labor movement raised their voices for working people at AFGE's 2016 National Leadership Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

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Public Servants Deserve Overtime Pay

June 03, 2016

The Obama administration did the right thing when it made millions of private-sector workers eligible for overtime pay. Now it needs to extend the new rule to public servants.

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Victory for Working People in Fair Share Fees Case

April 01, 2016

In one of the most important court cases for working people in decades, the Supreme Court came to a split ruling, preventing a massive free-rider tax on workers and their unions.

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Legislative Round Up

March 07, 2016

Here's a quick recap of recent legislative actions that public servants need to know.

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AFGE Rallied for a 5.3% Raise and We’re Just Getting Started

February 19, 2016

Hundreds of AFGE leaders and activists gathered in D.C. in February. See what happened through photos and video—learn how we’re prepared to keep up the fight all year long:

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Working People Turn to Unions to Brave the New Economy

January 22, 2016

From writers at online news site Gawker in Manhattan, to Uber drivers in Seattle, to Volkswagen workers in Tennessee, workers across the country stood up for their right to have a voice at work.

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Will this Decision be the Final Blow to the American Working Class?

January 15, 2016

The Supreme Court could eliminate hundreds of thousands of union fee payers with the stroke of a pen.

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