An AFGE-backed bill has been introduced in the House to protect federal retirees’ retirement income by standardizing the cost-of-living adjustment.
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AFGE endorsed a bill introduced by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., that would promote food safety by hiring additional food safety inspectors and preventing dangerously high line speeds in food inspection.
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AFGE members are continuing to put pressure on their lawmakers to support legislation that would end the local pay disparities between hourly and salaried workers.
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The August recess is a critical time for lawmakers to have face time with their constituents.
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We did it! We bombarded Congress with calls and visits. We took to the streets for days on end. And we won!
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We may have won our executive order lawsuit, but the fight isn't over. The administration is appealing the judge's decision, and is actively working to put the union-busting, democracy-busting executive orders back in place.
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Thanks to hard work and efforts of members like you, Congress passed and the President signed into law a funding package that prevented a government shutdown on Oct. 1 and budgeted for a 1.9% pay raise for federal employees in 2019. Congress, however, needs to pass another funding bill to provide final authorization for the pay adjustment.
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After a similar letter from the House of Representatives, three U.S. senators are calling on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to stop denying workplace rights and protections to nearly 4,000 Department of Education employees who are represented by our union.
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Congress has reached an agreement to fund the government until December 7. But they still need to pass a separate bill to raise federal employees' pay by 1.9%.
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In a series of letters sent to the administration and congressional leadership, nearly 200 lawmakers joined to fight the proposed pay freeze for federal employees next year.
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Without due process, we cannot have a democratic system. Only in a dictatorship where citizens are not protected by a system of due process and could be wrongfully punished. Unfortunately, some politicians are taking our country in that direction.
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As the administration works to purge our union from the workplace, 132 members of Congress join us in calling for a stop to the union-busting Executive Orders.
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A bipartisan group of current and former lawmakers have filed an amicus brief in support of lawsuits filed by AFGE and other federal unions challenging President Trump’s anti-worker executive orders.
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Following letters sent to the White House last week from 21 Republicans and 23 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 45 Democratic members of the U.S. Senate issued their own letter to President Trump urging him to rescind three executive orders he issued last month targeting federal workers.
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In a stunning show of support for federal employees and their access to rights in the workplace, 21 House Republicans and 23 Democrats delivered their letters to President Trump, asking him to rescind his recent executive orders as they are undermining the laws.
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