DEFCON’s Plan to Recruit 5K New Members This Year
May 24, 2021
DEFCON sets goal to recruit 5,000 new members by the end of the calendar year.
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AFGE Urges Defense Leaders to Better Use Existing Personnel Tools to Address Skills Gaps
May 17, 2021
AFGE identifies DoD’s overreliance on term and temporary employees to perform jobs instead of investing in a stable cadre of career employees
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Biden Answers AFGE’s Call to Revoke Trump’s Anti-Worker Memo for DoD Employees
March 01, 2021
Biden revokes anti-union DoD memo.
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AFGE Begins New Year with Expanded Benefits for Feds in Newly Enacted Law
January 11, 2021
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has become law following a broad bipartisan override of the president’s veto of the measure.
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What’s in the Final FY2021 NDAA? Annual Leave Carryover, Paid Parental Leave Extension, and More
December 14, 2020
The House and Senate last week passed the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by large bipartisan margins with several provisions supported by AFGE.
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Nominations for AFGE Firefighter of the Year Due Nov. 1
October 05, 2020
AFGE launches Firefighter of the Year nominations.
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AFGE Scores Wins as House, Senate Pass Defense Authorization Bills
July 27, 2020
AFGE scored several major wins in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Preserving Bargaining Rights and Other AFGE Wins in Defense Authorization Bill
July 06, 2020
Thanks to our hard work and persistence, AFGE scored several major wins in the House version of the fiscal 2021 NDAA.
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DoD Workers’ Livelihood at Stake in FY 2021 Defense Authorization Bill
June 08, 2020
The livelihood of federal employees who work for the Defense Department is at stake as Congress drafts fiscal 2021 NDAA.
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AFGE Welcomes Two Army Reserve Units to the AFGE Family
April 20, 2020
Two Army Reserve units join AFGE.
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Navy, AFGE Local Join Forces to Produce Cloth Masks in Response to Face Mask Shortages
April 20, 2020
AFGE local joins effort to make masks for Navy personnel.
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AFGE Asks Military Grocery Stores to Protect Workers as Coronavirus Spreads
March 16, 2020
AFGE asks Defense Commissary Agency to protect commissary workers and customers.
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Entire Senate Democratic Caucus Pressures Defense Secretary Not to End Unionization
March 09, 2020
Senate Democratic Caucus cautions Defense Secretary Mark Esper that stripping union rights from DoD workers could jeopardize our national security.
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AFGE Urges Congress to Prevent Trump from Ending Unionization at DoD
February 18, 2020
AFGE urges members of Congress to protect the rights of Department of Defense workers to join a union.
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Bill Introduced to Restore Due Process Rights for Feds Serving in Non-Critical Sensitive Positions
January 21, 2020
The Department of Defense has free rein to fire 200,000 employees for any or no reason.
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