The Metro DC Coalition of Labor Union Women held a Women’s Labor Summit this past weekend to honor its 50th annual anniversary.
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About 90 percent of Homeland Security’s 260,000 employees are working without pay due to the ongoing shutdown, including employees at the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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AFGE and its National Veterans Affairs Council are calling on a federal court to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to comply with a judge’s order restoring AFGE’s master collective bargaining agreement with the VA and all subsidiary agreements.
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AFGE has developed detailed issue papers identifying our key legislative priorities this year.
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About 1,500 wage grade employees at Anniston Army Depot received historic pay increases this month after being realigned to a higher paying wage area and following the approval of long-delayed 2024 pay raises.
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This Women’s History Month, AFGE proudly recognizes a labor giant in our movement, National Veterans Affairs Council President Emerita Alma L. Lee.
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Union demands action as DHS employees face third missed paycheck while Congress heads home for another break.
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A federal judge has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate the union contract covering 320,000 VA employees represented by AFGE in a major victory over the implementation of President Trump’s union-busting executive orders.
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As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown reaches the one-month mark with no end in sight, AFGE leaders are calling on Congress to ensure all DHS workers are paid.
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A third-party arbitrator has ordered the Social Security Administration to restore telework for the 38,000 bargaining unit employees represented by AFGE.
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In a major victory for federal workers, a federal district judge has ruled that President Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media had no legal authority to terminate hundreds of employees as part of an effort to dismantle the agency’s Voice of America.
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One year after the Trump administration slashed the Department of Education’s tiny workforce in half, AFGE Local 252 is still fighting for its members and urging Congress to support the department’s critical programs and services.
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AFGE Applauds Judge’s Decision Ordering VA Secretary Collins to restore AFGE National VA Council contract covering more than 320,000 employees.
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AFGE and a coalition of labor unions led by watchdog organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility are challenging a Trump administration policy that would make it easier for political appointees to fire federal workers without cause.
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AFGE will be submitting formal comments challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to make it easier to fire mass numbers of federal workers for political reasons.
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