What happens when a group of retired AFGE members get together? The start of a new chapter of union activism.
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Meet the Social Security employees who are collecting food and cooking up a big batch of hope.
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American families are going hungry and public servants are doing something about it.
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April Lott is an advocate for public servants. She also understands why it's important for AFGE to get involved with the local labor movement.
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If some lawmakers succeed, the 21 million Americans kept out of poverty because of Social Security may find themselves with nowhere to turn.
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The House and Senate this week approved a funding package that keeps the federal government funded through September, 2016.
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AFGE is urging Congress to pass a bill that would give retirees, including federal retirees, a 3.9% increase in their cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year.
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This organizer and her team have helped set records at her Local – and they’re getting very close to having every employee as an AFGE member.
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She was supposed to become a minister, but life circumstances changed her choice of vocation.
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While health care costs and food prices are soaring, retirees won’t get a cost of living adjustment.
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With a possible government shutdown in a little over 50 days, AFGE is joining a coalition of 52 good government organizations in urging senators to close an outrageous tax loophole that allows hedge funds, private equity firms, and venture capitalists to avoid billions of dollars in taxes each year.
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If you work hard and invest into something, you should reap the benefits. But next year, 11 million Americans who have worked hard and paid into Social Security for 22 years on average stand to lose a big chunk of their hard earned money – nearly 20% to be exact.
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If you work hard and invest into something, you should reap the benefits. But next year, 11 million Americans who have worked hard and paid into Social Security for 22 years on average stand to lose a big chunk of their hard earned money – nearly 20% to be exact.
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With the help of AFGE members, Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL) and 66 total cosigners of a letter to Social Security Administration Acting Administrator Carolyn Colvin demanding transparency regarding plans for the future of community-based services.
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Thanks to the help and expertise of AFGE’s Field Services and Education Department (FSED), Social Security Administration (SSA) employees are no longer left in the cold, literally.
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