Evaluating all of the scholarship applications that come in each year takes an enormous amount of effort – and FEEA needs volunteers like you to help pull it off.
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Attendees advocated for our top priorities during congressional meetings, networked with each other and other labor activists, and returned home armed with new tools and a renewed focus to keep fighting for our members.
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Ahead of the annual AFGE Legislative Conference, more than 1,000 workers and students braved frigid temperatures Feb. 7 to participate in the first-ever Young Worker March on Washington.
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Legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would provide federal employees with a 4.1% pay raise next year.
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Under a proposed rule published Feb. 10 in the Federal Register, the administration is proposing to transfer responsibility for reviewing federal employee appeals of proposed reductions-in-force from MSPB to the Office of Personnel Management.
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The coalition of unions, nonprofit groups, and local governments that filed a supplemental complaint last month challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful and drastic reduction of staff at FEMA filed a temporary restraining order Feb. 10 asking the court for emergency relief to stop the agency from restarting its plan to disseminate FEMA’s workforce.
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This year marks the 100th year anniversary of Black History Month – a time dedicated to honoring the contributions, achievements, and influence of Black people in America.
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AFGE will be leading a coalition of unions and other parties in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s latest effort to undermine the civil service.
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A bipartisan group of more than two dozen lawmakers from the House and Senate have formed a Federal Workforce Caucus to support and strengthen the federal civilian workforce while protecting the integrity and livelihoods of America’s workers.
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This year’s national theme is “A Century of Black History Commemorations,” honoring 100 years since the first Black History Week was held in 1926.
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We’re offering a free class later this month to help AFGE members in filing workers’ compensation claims.
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Lawmakers struck an 11th-hour deal with President Trump last week to approve year-long funding for six Cabinet departments.
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Roughly two-dozen vigils were held in cities across the country over the past week to honor the life of AFGE member Alex Pretti.
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AFGE led a broad coalition of labor organizations, nonprofit groups, and local governments in filing a legal complaint Jan. 27 challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful and drastic reduction of staff at FEMA.
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AFGE’s National VA Council will soon begin bargaining over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ intention to resume the use of enhanced disciplinary measures that the agency previously used to wrongfully fire thousands of VA workers.
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