Staffing Shortages Cripple Fayetteville VAMC Emergency Room
November 03, 2014
Stop cheating our veterans!
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LAX Shooting, One Year On
October 31, 2014
We are sickened by the mindlessness and ferocity of this attack on TSA officers. TSOs go to work every day to keep our nation safe from violent individuals who look to inflict harm on the flying public.
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The Real Issue on Election Day
October 31, 2014
What this election is really about is one question: Do we want a government that sits on its hands in times of great challenges, or one that rolls up its sleeves and tackles the problems head on?
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AFGE Seeks Expert Opinions from Acquisition Personnel on Scofflaw Contractors
October 31, 2014
There are concerns that the federal government contracts with bad contractors which violate international core labor standards (e.g., freedom of association, right to bargain collectively as well as prohibitions against severe forms of human trafficking and child labor) as well as various civil and political rights.
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Deaths on the Job in Federal Workforce Increased
October 31, 2014
Fatal work injuries among government employees went up 5% from 453 in 2012 to 476 last year. But the job fatality rate in the federal workforce shot up 19% to 124 during the same period, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs related to national security accounted for most of the fatalities – 75 deaths while the Postal Service accounted for 19.
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Workers' Rights, Labor
Employees Protest Closing of ER at North Carolina VA Hospital
October 31, 2014
As the Department of Veterans Affairs is still reeling from the secret waitlist and Legionnaire scandals, the recent closing of the emergency room due to a shortage of doctors at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center in North Carolina puts a damper on its efforts to improve the department’s image and sends a wrong message to our nation’s heroes.
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President Cox: Army Needs to Lift Civilian Cap, Not Seek Exceptions to It
October 31, 2014
The Defense Department has put an arbitrary cap on the civilian workforce, violating a federal law. The Army has been going along with it, laying off thousands of employees and replacing them with military personnel and contractors.
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Feds Not Taking Full Advantage of Government’s Retirement Matching Contributions
October 31, 2014
Many federal employees are not taking full advantage of the federal government’s matching contribution to their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts, said Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, which manages four of the TSP’s five individual funds.
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Retirement
Ryan, Issa Move Forward with Plans to Gut Federal Employees’ Retirement
October 31, 2014
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Rep. Darrell Issa of California are asking the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare a report discussing long-term savings from their proposed cuts to federal employees’ retirement benefits.
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October 28, 2014
When you cast your ballot next Tuesday, you will vote for more than just the candidates on the ballot - you'll decide your future as a government worker.
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Vote for Your Future
October 28, 2014
When you cast your ballot for the Nov. 4 election, you will be voting for more than just the candidates running for office. You’ll be deciding your future as a government worker.
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Coast Guard Gives up Outsourcing Plan
October 24, 2014
The Coast Guard abandoned its plan to hand over control of its user fee collection operation to a private business.
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Federal Employees’ Job Satisfaction Drops 4th Year in a Row
October 24, 2014
“Employees are the most important resource in the federal government and an engaged and satisfied workforce is central to achieving agency goals,” writes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) at the beginning of its 2014 report on the results of a new government wide employee satisfaction survey.
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Labor
Coast Guard Gives up Outsourcing Plan, Thanks to AFGE
October 24, 2014
The Coast Guard has abandoned its plan to hand over control of its user fee collection operation at the National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) in Falling Waters, West Virginia, to a private business. This would not have happened without AFGE’s intervention at both local and national levels.
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DHS, Privatization
Medical Assistants Recognition Week
October 23, 2014
This week AFGE celebrates Medical Assistants Recognition Week, honoring the thousands of federal and D.C. government employees who provide important duties critical to the delivery of medical services in health care facilities operated by government agencies.
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