It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Thomas Esparza, a former Marine, fearless union rep, beloved former president of AFGE Local 15 at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois, and regional representative for District 7.
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May and June are months of rejuvenation and growth – and as you’ll read in the latest edition of the Government Standard, AFGE is reaping the rewards of both right now.
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May 6-12 is National Nurses Week.
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The AFL-CIO’s latest report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers reveals alarming stats.
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AFGE Women’s and Fair Practices Departments are offering a new class that would help union members take care of ourselves and each other by identifying and responding to mental health challenges.
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In a victory for AFGE and employees of the VA Roseburg Healthcare System in Oregon, an arbitrator ordered the VA to restore all vacation and sick leave and reimburse all leave without pay for employees who took time off or were told to stay home due to COVID-19.
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The House leadership’s new “Limit, Save, Grow” bill that would raise the debt ceiling by drastically cutting federal agency funding to the fiscal 2022 levels will only limit government services, save nothing, and grow dissatisfaction among the American public.
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A bill has been introduced in the House and Senate to set minimum nurse staffing levels at hospitals, including federal facilities, to protect both patients and nurses.
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Workers Memorial Day falls on April 28, marking the day that the Occupational Safety and Health Act took effect more than 50 years ago.
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In surveys conducted by our union, federal employees have been consistent in saying that increased telework has helped their agencies in a variety of ways. Now, new guidance from OMB is recognizing the positive benefits of telework as part of an effort to establish a new normal after the national emergencies and public health emergencies around COVID-19 officially come to an end.
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Burned out. Overworked. Underpaid. Demoralized. Around 1,000 workers at the Social Security Administration (SSA) are leaving the agency each month looking for a better place to work.
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Management and employees at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois have not reached an agreement on their new contract, but management is planning to impose its own terms on the workers starting April 23. Employees, which negotiated in good faith with management for over a year only to be ignored. are not having any of it.
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AFGE’s Women and Fair Practices Departments are holding the 2023 Sister’s Keeper Summit and Human Rights Training Conference on July 28-Aug. 4 in Maryland, and we are excited to announce that one of the courses being offered at the conference is Conflict Resolution, a topic many members have inquired about.
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AFGE’s National VA Council and the Department of Veterans Affairs have reached a tentative agreement that defends critical protections for VA workers while modernizing the hiring process.
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A recent federal employee survey shows telework has improved productivity, in line with what the Office of Personnel Management director told Congress in a congressional hearing last month.
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