12 Facts about Federal Workers
March 12, 2014
12 Facts about Federal Workers
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AFGE Develops Guidance for Locals on a Transgender Inclusive Workplace
March 10, 2014
AFGE has developed a Transgender Inclusive Workplace Model Policy that locals can use to ensure that their worksite is inclusive and safe for transgender employees.
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Civil Rights
Largest Federal Union Applauds Obama Budget for Re
March 03, 2014
AFGE president says focus on job creation, wage equality puts America on better path to economic recovery.
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EPA Feels Sequester Squeeze
February 27, 2014
This is just the latest indication of the shrinking federal workforce.
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NP Cox Visits Louisiana Prison, Shines Spotlight o
February 24, 2014
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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Obama to Give Feds 1% Raise in 2015
February 23, 2014
According to an article in the Washington Post, federal employees will receive a 1% pay raise next year.
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Poll: Voters in Battleground States Want a Wage Hike
February 20, 2014
According to a new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates, more than 70% of voters in Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin say raising wages would be good for their states despite claims that raising wages would increase prices or cost jobs.
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Obama Reportedly Drops Chained CPI from 2015 Budget
February 20, 2014
The White House has reportedly dropped from its 2015 budget proposal the use of chained consumer price index to calculate cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for Social Security and other federal programs, according to news reports.
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AFGE National President Calls on Congress to Repea
February 20, 2014
AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. this week called on lawmakers to repeal pension increases put in place for new federal employees, following on the successful rollback of pension cuts for military retirees.
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Pay
Meet America's Highest Paid 'Government Workers'
February 20, 2014
Meet America's Highest Paid 'Government Workers'
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AFGE President Cox Reelected Chair of AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council
February 20, 2014
AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. has been reelected chair of the AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council. Cox was reelected by acclamation Feb. 17 during a meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
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Hundreds of AFGE Members Take the Hill for 'Shared
February 18, 2014
Hundreds of AFGE Members Take the Hill for 'Shared Prosperity, Not Austerity' Rally
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The Secret to Promoting your Local
February 18, 2014
The Secret to Promoting your Local
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AFGE President Cox Blasts Homeland Security Leader
January 31, 2014
President Cox writes on behalf of the 78,000 DHS employees whose overtime was suspended unilaterally.
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State Bills Targeting Wasteful Outsourcing Set Goo
January 30, 2014
Legislators in three states – Nebraska, Vermont and West Virginia – are working to reign in the reckless outsourcing of public services to for-profit corporations and other private entities. The Obama administration needs to follow their lead and remove barriers that keep federal agencies from insourcing work.
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Outsourcing , Privatization
