Victory: AFGE District 4 and correctional officers in West Virginia halt out-of-state BOP inmate transfers to the area.
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AFGE is calling on the Bureau of Prisons to stop transferring inmates between BOP facilities to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
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House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, Sen. Sherrod Brown, and Rep. Elaine Luria joined a tele-town hall hosted by the AFGE National VA Council the night of April 29, vowing to address important issues such as hazard duty pay, personal protective equipment (PPE), and telework as the country’s battling the coronavirus outbreak.
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As the coronavirus outbreak raged on with cases in the U.S. nearing one million, employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Baltimore were worried about their own health and safety.
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President Trump’s executive order requiring meat processing plants to remain open despite numerous COVID-19 outbreaks in the factories could result in more people contracting the virus and possibly deaths.
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Randy Hall was having dinner with his family on April 3 when he realized he couldn’t smell the food. That worried him – the loss of sense of smell is a telltale sign of COVID-19.
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AFGE issues six preconditions that must be met before any reopening can occur.
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Bureau of Prisons reverses course on granting employees paid emergency leave thanks to pressure from AFGE's Council of Prison Locals.
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Helpful tips on how to manage anxiety related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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AFGE local joins effort to make masks for Navy personnel.
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AFGE and federal employees demand safer working conditions as more federal employees die from the coronavirus.
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Congress must act to ensure health and safety of federal workers who are working on the frontlines to protect and serve the American people during the pandemic.
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Each day front-line federal employees willingly risk their health and their families’ health to provide critical services to the American people.
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“I don’t want to be sick. I want to be out there doing all that I can to help my patients."
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The new coronavirus, known as COVID-19, is a global pandemic that has infected at least 165,000 people and killed more than 3,100 in the United States alone. Medical experts predict that the pandemic could last months, but there are a few things we can do to keep ourselves safe and stop the virus from spreading further.
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