Union Dues in the Crosshairs
September 16, 2019
The attack on union dues is real.
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The attack on union dues is real.
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A tweet from President Trump set in motion a chain of events that led to some employees at the NOAA being threatened because they wouldn’t alter their forecasts to fit the political winds.
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More than 4.7 million U.S. employees now work from home at least half the time, an increase of 159% since 2005.
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AFGE and other unions representing employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs completed the final step in our lawsuits against the VA for removing hundreds of employees from official time.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland sends letter to House leadership signed by 218 lawmakers, calling on Congress to take immediate action to prevent the White House from undermining the collective bargaining rights of federal employees.
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Federal employees will receive a 2.6% across-the-board pay raise in January but were denied any locality pay adjustment under an alternative pay plan President Trump.
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Soon after Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie proposed gutting the labor contract covering 260,000 employees we represent across the VA, Local 1862 sprang into action.
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Thousands of federal employees mobilized to respond to Hurricane Dorian as it crawled up the Atlantic coast last week.
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AFGE asks the U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider its July ruling that clears the way for the Trump administration to enforce three union-busting executive orders.
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There’s a way to take back the power to decide what you want to do with your paycheck and protect your workplace rights.
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AFGE has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP) alleging that it exceeded its authority when it issued a decision imposing several anti-worker provisions in a collective bargaining agreement between AFGE and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
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The Women’s and Fair Practices Departments’ 2019 Diversity Week of events was a huge success with record attendance of over 800 attendees.
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AFGE Local 420 at the United States Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia had zero E-Dues members on Aug. 13. Upon switching to AFGE E-Dues, the local signed up a whopping 70 E-Dues members in 24 hours. The number went UP to 100 just 12 hours later – an amazing feat by any standard.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has imposed a hiring freeze on its already understaffed workforce, including the auditors who identify and correct the agency’s errors and make sure it pays the right people the right amount.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has slashed the amount of separation payments it promised to make to employees who are being forced to quit their jobs as the department relocates two agencies.
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