Federal workers are still underpaid compared with their counterparts in the private sector doing the same jobs. Last year, they made 22.47% less.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been dragging its feet and failed to reach a single agreement with AFGE after 14 weeks of contract negotiations.
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Throughout labor history, nothing has been given to us freely without us having to demand and, often, fight for it. That’s why having a union is so important. Our voice as an individual is not as loud as our collective voice. Together, we can achieve the unachievable.
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AFGE calls on VA leadership and Congress to fully fund staff and expand VA resources after shocking revelations from a new survey of approximately 2,300 VA employees and veterans.
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AFGE Local 3599, the largest AFGE EEOC local representing approximately 300 bargaining unit employees in 14 offices, successfully fought to prevent the moves from being required while the office was closed.
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APOWER has been busy organizing Asian American Pacific Islander workers in the federal and D.C. governments.
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The Alabama AFL-CIO has honored AFGE National President Everett Kelley with its prestigious Labor Person of the Year Award.
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This is the final segment of AFGE’s 4-part series: AFGE at 90: How AFGE members have beaten the odds for nearly a century
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Learn more about the programs led by AFGE's Women's and Fair Practices Departments.
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AFGE is urging the Biden administration to adopt the Federal Salary Council’s pro-labor recommendations that would increase pay for tens of thousands of federal employees who last year made 22.47% less than their private sector counterparts.
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AFGE applauds President Joe Biden and Congress for expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and for providing funding and training for workers needed to process these new claims.
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This is the third segment of AFGE’s 4-part series: AFGE at 90: How AFGE members have beaten the odds for nearly a century
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In a major victory for AFGE, fellow unions, and federal workers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last week overturned an anti-union policy statement issued by the Trump-era Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) in 2020.
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This is the second segment of AFGE’s 4-part series: AFGE at 90: How AFGE members have beaten the odds for nearly a century.
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The Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued a complaint against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for violating federal labor law by failing to complete bargaining with AFGE before changing working conditions for EEOC employees represented by the union.
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