As he toured a federal prison in Louisiana on Monday, AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. called on Congress to start addressing prison overcrowding and understaffing instead of just talking about them.
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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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According to a new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates, more than 70% of voters in Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin say raising wages would be good for their states despite claims that raising wages would increase prices or cost jobs.
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The White House has reportedly dropped from its 2015 budget proposal the use of chained consumer price index to calculate cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for Social Security and other federal programs, according to news reports.
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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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Meet America's Highest Paid 'Government Workers'
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AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. has been reelected chair of the AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council. Cox was reelected by acclamation Feb. 17 during a meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
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Hundreds of AFGE Members Take the Hill for 'Shared Prosperity, Not Austerity' Rally
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The Secret to Promoting your Local
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President Cox writes on behalf of the 78,000 DHS employees whose overtime was suspended unilaterally.
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Legislators in three states – Nebraska, Vermont and West Virginia – are working to reign in the reckless outsourcing of public services to for-profit corporations and other private entities. The Obama administration needs to follow their lead and remove barriers that keep federal agencies from insourcing work.
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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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Hundreds of OPM employees will lose their jobs in March due to the ongoing budget constraints around sequestration and the slowdown in federal hiring.
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AFGE Leaders Work for Justice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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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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