Soon after Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie proposed gutting the labor contract covering 260,000 employees we represent across the VA, Local 1862 sprang into action.
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Thousands of federal employees mobilized to respond to Hurricane Dorian as it crawled up the Atlantic coast last week.
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AFGE asks the U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider its July ruling that clears the way for the Trump administration to enforce three union-busting executive orders.
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There’s a way to take back the power to decide what you want to do with your paycheck and protect your workplace rights.
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AFGE has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP) alleging that it exceeded its authority when it issued a decision imposing several anti-worker provisions in a collective bargaining agreement between AFGE and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
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The Women’s and Fair Practices Departments’ 2019 Diversity Week of events was a huge success with record attendance of over 800 attendees.
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AFGE Local 420 at the United States Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia had zero E-Dues members on Aug. 13. Upon switching to AFGE E-Dues, the local signed up a whopping 70 E-Dues members in 24 hours. The number went UP to 100 just 12 hours later – an amazing feat by any standard.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has imposed a hiring freeze on its already understaffed workforce, including the auditors who identify and correct the agency’s errors and make sure it pays the right people the right amount.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has slashed the amount of separation payments it promised to make to employees who are being forced to quit their jobs as the department relocates two agencies.
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AFGE and AFGE Local 2578 sued the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to protect the First Amendment rights of federal employees.
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AFGE condemns the act of violence against federal employees and federal facilities following reports of two shooting incidents at an ICE office in San Antonio, Texas, and a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
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AFGE Local 1793 in Philadelphia is a high-performing local in many ways. The local, which represents employees at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center and several out-patient clinics, has a high percentage of members – out of the 1,600 employees in the bargaining unit, 1,300 are AFGE members.
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Nearly 200 AFGE locals and counting have declared their independence from government-controlled dues collection and joined the AFGE E-dues system.
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AFGE has reached agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on provisions designed to mitigate some of the impact of the forced relocation of employees at two USDA agencies from Washington to the Kansas City region.
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A group of senators demanded that the Department of Veterans Affairs abandon its dishonest acts during contract negotiations with AFGE and return to the bargaining table.
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