After nine months of sustained organizing and collective action, all employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) who received layoff notices last year were fully reinstated last week.
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AFGE members from the Social Security Administration staged 25 public events in front of SSA offices across the country on Wednesday, Jan. 14, to support the agency and its mission.
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In these turbulent times, as our fundamental freedoms and rights are under constant attack, there are many lessons we can learn from the preachings and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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AFGE and its Council of Prison Locals are backing new legislation that would provide a one-time pay adjustment for correctional officers and staff to help address the Bureau of Prisons’ severe staffing crisis.
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The Federal Labor Relations Authority now has a quorum and can begin issuing decisions and undertaking rulemakings that have been delayed.
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The deadline is quickly approaching to lock in your attendance at this year’s AFGE Legislative Conference.
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AFGE members from the Social Security Administration will be joining agency advocates in a national day of action this Wednesday, Jan. 14, to demonstrate public support for the agency, its workers, and its mission.
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AFGE remains committed to serving our members while fighting to defend our nation’s democratic principles and non-partisan civil service.
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to nullify the terminations of federal employees at four federal agencies, saying they were implemented in clear violation of the bipartisan law that ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 unfilled health care positions this month, including doctors, nurses, and support staff.
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On Jan. 14, AFGE members from the Social Security Administration will be holding a national day of action to demand that the Trump administration lift the hiring freeze to fully staff the agency and to call on Congress to provide living wages for Social Security workers and fully fund the government.
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The 2026 AFGE Legislative Conference will be held from Sunday, Feb. 8 through Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Washington at 400 New Jersey Ave. NW in Washington.
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All eyes are on the U.S. Senate after a bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the U.S. House approved legislation last week to restore collective bargaining rights for more than a million federal employees.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announces unilaterally terminating the collective bargaining agreement between AFGE and the Transportation Security Administration covering 47,000 TSA officers.
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Senior members of Congress, along with the newly elected leader of AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council, are defending the right of VA employees to join and form a union.
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