AFGE locals across the country are ramping up their organizing campaigns, resulting in a record-breaking increase in September’s monthly membership adds of 5,120, the highest since January.
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AFGE has charged the National Park Service with violating federal labor law by knowingly permitting an agency manager to file a petition seeking to decertify the AFGE local representing NPS employees at the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Our Membership and Organization Department has just launched brand-new training on how to talk to your coworkers about empowering each other and strengthening your collective voice in the workplace.
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In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, WFP is hosting our 2nd Annual Disability Employment Program during the week of October 17-21, 2022.
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The sorry state of America’s federal prisons was in full display at a Sept. 29 congressional hearing where AFGE Council of Prison Locals President Shane Fausey testified.
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Staff needed to move patients to other hospitals and get the grounds ready for the storm that was projected to be the region’s strongest on record.
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This op-ed by AFGE President Everett Kelley was published in The Hill on Sept. 28, 2022.
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AFGE applauds the 16 senators who are urging President Biden to fill leadership posts at the SSA that have been vacant for more than a year.
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AFGE mourns the passing of Donald Jordan, a 94-year-old retiree who had been an AFGE member for 49 years and 8 months.
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In recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 2-8, 2022), the Women’s and Fair Practices Departments are hosting a series of programs aimed at reducing the stigma and discrimination around mental illness and giving AFGE members the tools and support needed to protect their mental health.
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D.C. government employees are about to receive better paid leave benefits if this AFGE-backed bill that has just been approved by the D.C. Council becomes law.
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AFGE urges the House and the Senate to pass legislation that would ensure protections of federal workers during future pandemics.
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AFGE strongly opposes GPO and WEP and is urging Congress to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2021.
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The House of Representatives on Sept. 15 voted 225-204 to prevent future presidents from unilaterally making federal workers at-will employees by taking away their civil service protections.
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The Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) is planning a Reduction in Force (RIF) in November that could initially affect 20-30 employees.
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