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2015 - A Year In Pictures
December 25, 2015
In 2015, AFGE took the vision Big Enough to Win and put it into action. After 24 consecutive years of growth, members broke new ground by surpassing 300,000 members for the first time.
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A Banner Year for AFGE
December 23, 2015
We welcomed our 300,000th member to the AFGE family. We stopped a shutdown and put off the sequester for 2 years. And together, we finally got our workers a locality increase raise after years of a locality pay freeze.
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AFGE National President
1.3% Pay Increase Locked In as Congress Approves 2016 Budget
December 18, 2015
The House and Senate this week approved a funding package that keeps the federal government funded through September, 2016.
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Big Wins for BOP Officer Safety
December 18, 2015
Because of your hard work, the Senate just voted YES to provide pepper spray to correctional workers.
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BOP
What Will Your Agency Get in 2016?
December 18, 2015
The funding package passed both the House and the Senate and President Obama is expected to sign it into law. How much will your agency get in 2016 compared to 2015?
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Budget
WINning the Airwaves for Labor
December 18, 2015
In 2002, radio wasn't telling labor's story. Frank Empsak decided to change that by starting Workers' Independent Radio.
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Guess Who Won Defense Secretary’s Depot Award?
December 18, 2015
AFGE Local 2317 depot employees earned their bragging rights
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DoD
AFGE Leaders Meet with Senior DoD Leaders
December 18, 2015
AFGE leaders held a series of private meetings with senior military and civilian leaders at the 2015 DoD Maintenance Symposium.
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DoD
Privatize Your Job? Not on AFGE’s Watch
December 18, 2015
AFGE went to bat against big corporations who wanted to privatize your jobs, and after months of hard work we emerged victorious.
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Privatization
Are Shutdown Furloughs Around the Corner?
December 11, 2015
To avoid a government shutdown, the House and Senate last week passed a short-term bill to fund the government until Dec. 16 as lawmakers continue to work to come to an agreement on a long-term $1.1 trillion funding package.
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AFGE Local Calls for Investigation after Hundreds Sick, Died at Hazardous Worksite
December 11, 2015
Hundreds of people have either got terminally ill or died after working at the former nuclear weapons facility – the only facility in the United States that housed both nuclear manufacturing and federal agencies in the same building.
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Will This Lawmaker Save Defense Workers’ Jobs?
December 11, 2015
AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. Dec. 3 met with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to discuss three pressing issues that affect the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce.
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DoD
Defense Department Denies Trying to Outsource Email System
December 11, 2015
After being caught red-handed trying to illegally outsource its email system, the Defense Information Systems Agency is denying having ever done such a thing, saying it’s just “seeking only information”.
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DoD
Registration Open for 2016 Legislative Conference
December 11, 2015
The 2016 Legislative Conference is fast approaching. Stay tuned for more details about the conference in the coming weeks.
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