Dr. Everett B. Kelley vowed to continue leading the fight against attacks on AFGE members and the work they do as he was sworn in as AFGE national president on March 1.
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We stood shoulder to shoulder when we were threatened by cuts to our pay and retirement, by efforts to privatize our agencies, and even by natural disasters. Together, we have accomplished so much.
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Veterans are the group of people that are most harmed by the President Trump’s executive order implementing hiring freeze for much of the government.
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On Friday, the U.S. Senate barreled dangerously close to shutting down the government. Unlike previous shutdowns, which occurred due to the personal agendas of individual lawmakers, this shutdown threat was about whether Congress would fulfill its commitment to mine workers.
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President Obama’s recent decision to provide federal workers with a 2.1% pay raise in January recognizes the sacrifice of federal workers while maintaining tradition of pay parity between military and civilians.
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AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. reflects on why Labor Day isn't just a holiday –it's a call to action.
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A July 4th message from AFGE President J. David Cox Sr.
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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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Watch National President J. David Cox's holiday message.
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AFGE National President J. David Cox, Sr., released the following statement regarding the loss of longtime AFGE activist Linda Mason
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Just days before Valentine’s Day, hundreds of federal employees descended upon Washington, D.C. demanding the respect and fair compensation they deserve. They marched to Capitol Hill for a Government Works for America rally and stormed the marble halls of Congress to make their voice heard.
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As he toured a federal prison in Louisiana on Monday, AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. called on Congress to start addressing prison overcrowding and understaffing instead of just talking about them.
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President Cox writes on behalf of the 78,000 DHS employees whose overtime was suspended unilaterally.
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