AFGE’s Council of Prison Locals has a new chief in charge – although she’s hardly new to the nearly 30,000 correctional officers and staff represented by the union.
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In Ohio's August special election voters resoundingly defeated Issue 1 aimed at making it more difficult for citizens to amend the state’s constitution.
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Situated on the banks of the Potomac River, more than 450 AFGE leaders and activists gathered at the Gaylord National Harbor for AFGE’s 4th Annual Sister’s Keeper Summit and the Human Rights Training Conference.
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The third episode of AFGE’s new series, The Activist, highlighting our union members who have stepped up to help make a difference in the lives of their colleagues and our government.
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After six years of negotiations, AFGE’s National VA Council and the Department of Veterans Affairs signed a collective bargaining agreement that defends critical protections for VA workers while modernizing the hiring process.
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AFGE Local 1239 has signed a collective bargaining agreement covering nurses who transferred to the newly created Defense Health Agency (DHA).
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The second episode of AFGE’s new series, The Activist, highlighting our union members who have stepped up to help make a difference in the lives of their colleagues and our government.
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OSHA has issued a heat hazard alert and announced more enforcement as a reminder to employers that they have the duty to protect workers.
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AFGE has surpassed our organizing goal for the year, ending July with a net gain of 1,500.
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AFGE and the VA have reached a settlement in which nearly 5,000 VA employees were wrongfully disciplined and terminated under the controversial firing law enacted in June 2017.
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The first episode of AFGE’s new series, The Activist, highlighting our union members who have stepped up to help make a difference in the lives of their colleagues and our government.
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AFGE continues to welcome new leaders and activists to our family, and this year is no different.
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Thanks to AFGE’s relentless fight, TSA workers this month received their first paycheck with an increase of up to 31%.
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AFGE supports a bill that would give a tax benefit to workers by allowing them to deduct union dues on their federal income taxes.
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The House’s plan to cut OSHA by $95 million would put workers’ safety at risk as funding for training and enforcement of labor laws would be dramatically reduced.
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