TSO Fired for Being Pregnant Wins Reinstatement
April 07, 2015
This should have been the happiest time in Amanda Kincannon’s life.
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TSA Officers: Protect Us so We Can Protect You
April 03, 2015
TSA officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Wednesday staged a protest demanding new security measures to protect passengers and employees in airport security screening areas.
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TSA
AFGE Mourns Passing of former NST Allen Kaplan
April 03, 2015
AFGE mourns the passing of Allen Kaplan who served as AFGE National Secretary Treasurer from 1986 to 1991.
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AFGE National Departments
VA Caught Red-Handed Wasting Tax Dollars on IT Contract That Could Be Done Cheaper In-house
April 03, 2015
AFGE Local 1745 in Texas demanded that the Department of Veterans Affairs immediately end an illegal contract of information technology work in the Project Management Accountability System Business Office after it became clear from a VA inspector general report that the agency violated both sourcing law and policy and intentionally reduced the number of civilian workers in order to contract out the work.
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VA, Outsourcing
TSA Officers: Protect Us so We Can Protect You
April 03, 2015
TSA officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Wednesday staged a protest demanding new security measures to protect passengers and employees in airport security screening areas.
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Defense Grocery Stores Fired an Expensive Bakery Contractor But Is Looking for a New Expensive Contractor
April 03, 2015
The Defense Department is looking for ways to cut cost, but it appears that the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is not.
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AFGE Members Blew Whistle at Tomah VA to Protect Patients from Wrongfully Prescribed Drugs
April 03, 2015
The Tomah VA hospital in Wisconsin has been in the news lately for allegedly prescribing high doses of drugs to veterans. But did you know that it was AFGE members who blew the whistle on these practices that may have led to 33 dead veterans?
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AFGE Denounces Indiana’s Freedom to Discriminate Law
April 03, 2015
Indiana Governor Mike Pence last week signed into law a bill that allows people and businesses to circumvent state laws on the grounds that they contradict a person’s religious beliefs.
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Workers' Rights, Labor
Air Safety is About Protecting People, Not Profits
April 02, 2015
After over 18 months of tireless efforts to push back against unnecessary security privatization, AFGE Local 556 members at Orlando Airport have finally seen the fruits of their labor.
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Air Safety is About Protecting People, Not Profits
April 02, 2015
AFGE Local 556 members at Orlando Airport have seen the fruits of their labor as the TSA Committee of the Greater Orlando Airport Authority (GOAA) maintained federal security screeners at checkpoints rather than hiring private, for-profit contractors.
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TSA
My Day With Cesar Chavez
March 31, 2015
Seven days before his death, Cesar Chavez and his son-in-law stepped off a plane in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Member Profile, Labor
This Is What AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Said about Young People
March 27, 2015
"Your activism is compelling, and, in fact, quite inspiring."
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Labor
They Were Very Young When They Changed the World
March 27, 2015
Did you know that several leaders of the labor and civil rights movements helped change the course of their communities and our collective history when they were only in their twenties and thirties?
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Labor
AFGE Young Workers Made a Splash at AFL-CIO Young Worker Summit
March 27, 2015
They were everywhere. Teaching workshops. Taking to the streets. Up on stage. Besides being one of the largest delegations to the AFL-CIO Young Worker Summit in Chicago last week, AFGE members and staff were active participants and key contributors to the AFL-CIO’s largest gathering of young workers in the federation’s history.
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What TSA Needs Is a New Law Enforcement Unit
March 27, 2015
A man armed with homemade explosives, a machete, and a bottle of poison walked into the New Orleans airport last Friday and started attacking Transportation Security Officers.
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