A third-party arbitrator has ruled that leadership at the Department of Housing and Urban Development violated AFGE’s contract when it cancelled telework for nearly all bargaining unit employees last year.
Read More
Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are pressing the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for details on how the agency is addressing ongoing staffing shortages at correctional facilities across the country.
Read More
Marking one year since the Trump administration dismantled USAID, many former employees gathered with allies outside the agency headquarters in Washington.
Read More
AFGE’s contract covering 47,000 employees at the Transportation Security Administration remains in effect – despite a partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security.
Read More
AFGE is condemning congressional passage of a resolution overturning changes to the District of Columbia’s tax code that will slash projected revenue for the District while reversing changes to the D.C. tax code intended to support families and low-income residents.
Read More
On Tuesday, Feb. 17, the world lost a profound leader, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
Read More
AFGE Local 31 President Darryl Bell from the Cleveland VA Medical Center and AFGE Legislative and Political Organizer Steve Campisi recently were honored by Rep. Shontell Brown, D-Ohio, for their work serving federal employees.
Read More
Evaluating all of the scholarship applications that come in each year takes an enormous amount of effort – and FEEA needs volunteers like you to help pull it off.
Read More
Attendees advocated for our top priorities during congressional meetings, networked with each other and other labor activists, and returned home armed with new tools and a renewed focus to keep fighting for our members.
Read More
Ahead of the annual AFGE Legislative Conference, more than 1,000 workers and students braved frigid temperatures Feb. 7 to participate in the first-ever Young Worker March on Washington.
Read More
Legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would provide federal employees with a 4.1% pay raise next year.
Read More
Under a proposed rule published Feb. 10 in the Federal Register, the administration is proposing to transfer responsibility for reviewing federal employee appeals of proposed reductions-in-force from MSPB to the Office of Personnel Management.
Read More
The coalition of unions, nonprofit groups, and local governments that filed a supplemental complaint last month challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful and drastic reduction of staff at FEMA filed a temporary restraining order Feb. 10 asking the court for emergency relief to stop the agency from restarting its plan to disseminate FEMA’s workforce.
Read More
This year marks the 100th year anniversary of Black History Month – a time dedicated to honoring the contributions, achievements, and influence of Black people in America.
Read More
AFGE will be leading a coalition of unions and other parties in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s latest effort to undermine the civil service.
Read More
