House, Senate Leaders Propose Cutting Your Pay
March 18, 2015
Congressional leaders in the House and Senate don’t think you’ve sacrificed enough. In fact, they think you could do with a 5.5% pay cut.
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House Budget Plan Retreads Failed Proposals of the Past
March 17, 2015
Proposals to cut federal employee compensation, jobs hurts all Americans
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This Proposal Will Cut Commissary Worker’ Pay, Pensions
March 13, 2015
The Defense Department is planning to cut pay and pensions of commissary workers, as recommended by the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission.
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Panel, Pentagon Come after Military Families, Employees
March 06, 2015
The exchanges and commissaries are an earned benefit treasured by military families and an important contributor to their quality of life. The modest cost of providing military families with inexpensive but essential goods and services is almost invisible in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) overall budget.
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This Bill Will Rob You of Your Retirement
March 05, 2015
In a renewed attempt to scapegoat public service employees for the financial crisis Wall Street created, Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas this week introduced legislation that would amend the federal employee pension system to base their pension on the highest five years of salary, instead of the highest three years.
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3.8% Raise for Feds in 2016?
January 16, 2015
AFGE-backed bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to give federal employees a 3.8% pay raise in 2016. The House bill was introduced by Representative Gerry Connolly of Virginia, while the Senate bill was introduced by Sens. Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Ben Cardin of Maryland.
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AFL-CIO: Raising Wages Will Be Single Standard to Judge Politicians
January 08, 2015
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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Shutdown Avoided
December 12, 2014
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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Senate Passes New Retirement Savings Fund Bill
December 12, 2014
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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House Passes Bill to Double Transit Subsidy for Workers
December 05, 2014
The House this week passed legislation that would increase the transit subsidy from $130 to $250 per month for workers whose employers offer transit subsidies, including federal employees.
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Underpaid Workers at Minot AFB Win Pay Rate Increase
December 04, 2014
AFGE applauded the Office of Personnel Management for approving a union-backed plan to increase wages for employees at Minot Air Force Base to compensate for a spike in living costs.
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Walmart Adds $1 Billion to the Country’s Deficit Every Single Year
November 21, 2014
A new report shows that Walmart adds $1 billion annually to the country’s deficit through various tax breaks and is scheming to lower its U.S. corporate tax rate to 25%, which would deplete the country’s revenue by another $720 million a year.
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Voters Vote to Raise Minimum Wage in 4 States
November 07, 2014
Voters in Alaska, Nebraska, Arkansas, and South Dakota this week voted to raise the minimum wage above the current federal level of $7.25 an hour.
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VA Delays Grade Reductions
October 02, 2014
In keeping with VA Secretary Robert McDonald’s commitment to AFGE and its National VA Council to reverse harmful downgrades of medical center employees who interface with patients, the Department ordered top leadership to delay grade reductions for all 17 targeted positions covering nearly 21,000 lower wage employees.
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Speaking Out for Federal Workers
August 27, 2014
AFGE Local 2782 member Natasha Rozier in Suitland, Md. began speaking to local and national reporters about the impact the shutdown was having on federal employees like herself.
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