Setting the tone for 2015, the country’s largest federation of unions, the AFL-CIO, this week announced a Raising Wages Call to Action in which politicians and candidates will be judged based on their actions on raising wages.
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Important programs are being starved of vital funding because of inadequate revenues, congressional gridlock and sequestration. But contractors hope to use the “acquisition reform” moniker to minimize the importance of cost-efficiency in the federal acquisition process.
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Over 10 years ago, when AFGE first started working with TSA Officers seeking to form a union, we heard one issue loud and clear at many of the large and urban airports: FREE PARKING.
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An AFGE member who was wrongfully suspended for eight days will receive back pay thanks to AFGE’s Legal Rights Program.
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The public, AFGE members, and Social Security Administration (SSA) employees received good news in the $1.1 trillion ‘CRomnibus’ package that keeps the government running through September 2015.
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This Thursday, President Obama signed a bill to rename the Lompoc post office in honor of a correctional officer killed in the line of duty.
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The public, AFGE members, and Social Security Administration (SSA) employees received good news in the $1.1 trillion ‘CRomnibus’ package that keeps the government running through September 2015.
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AFGE District 2 held an organizing drive to recruit new members at a number of New York City Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities this week.
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AFGE is pleased that a catastrophic government shutdown will likely be avoided with the passage of this crucial funding measure. We urge the Senate to waste no time in passing its version so the cloud of a potential government shutdown is lifted for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, had its executive meeting in Seattle this week, and Tichakorn Hill, a representative from the AFGE national office, proudly represents AFGE as a board member.
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AFGE recently participated in a meeting with three members of Congress, other unions representing Defense civilian workers, and DoD leadership.
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The Senate this week voted to adopt a House-passed bill that will automatically enroll new hires in the Lifecycle Fund, a federal employees’ retirement savings fund that’s geared toward younger employees and yields higher returns but also higher risk.
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The AFGE General Counsel’s Office won a major legal victory this week that reaffirms the adverse action appeal rights of non-probationary federal employees who are removed by their employing agency at the direction of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
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