Alma Lee, president of AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council, was honored by AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments this year with the first-ever Woman of Labor Award.
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Kiristyn Miles is AFGE's 2020 scholarship winner.
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A group of Democratic senators has introduced legislation that would rescind President Trump’s executive order aimed at allowing the administration to hire and fire federal workers for political reasons.
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The majority of AFGE’s endorsed candidates won at the ballot box this November.
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OPM has issued its fiscal 2019 official time report, congratulating itself for preventing federal employees from addressing workplace problems such as discrimination, retaliation, and unsafe working conditions.
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Employees who worked during the 2018-2019 government shutdown must join the lawsuit by December 7, 2020 to be eligible for damages.
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AFGE affirmed our support for electing pro-labor candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate representing Georgia.
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AFGE is denouncing a Senate proposal to freeze wages for all federal workers next year.
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AFGE is asking President-Elect Joe Biden to rescind Trump’s anti-worker executive orders.
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AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council is pushing back against Trump appointees on the Federal Service Impasses Panel who ruled to impose anti-worker contract proposals.
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Congratulations to Janeese Lewis George for winning the D.C. Council Ward 4 race with an overwhelming margin – 91% of the votes!
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AFGE is proud to congratulate President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their electoral victory in the 2020 election.
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The Trump administration has been using the Federal Labor Relations Authority to bust unions.
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The Centers for Disease Control has changed its definition of a “close contact” of an infected person, expanding the pools of those considered at risk of contracting the coronavirus.
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In the final days before the most important election of our lives, AFGE members across the country joined with pro-worker allies to get out the vote to defend our labor movement and democracy.
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