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AFGE Mourns Loss of Two Iconic Labor Leaders

October 11, 2018

The American Federation of Government Employees mourns the loss of two of our union’s beloved former national officers: Augusta Y. Thomas, national vice president for women and fair practices emeritus, and Ken Blaylock, national president emeritus.

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Categories: The Insider

Lawmakers Reject Efforts to Privatize Air Traffic Control System

October 09, 2018

The bipartisan bill funds the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for five years and rejects proposals to privatize the agency’s Air Traffic Control function. The legislation also reauthorizes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for three years and creates, for the first time, an AFGE and TSA management committee to examine the TSA personnel system— including appeal rights to the Merit Systems Protection Board and grievance procedures.

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Categories: TSA, Privatization, The Insider

You Asked, We Answered: Health and Safety FAQs

October 09, 2018

As a government employee and union member, there is a lot to learn. Our union has received numerous questions from members and activists on various topics – but two questions kept coming up. Lucky for our members, our Health and Safety Specialist Milly Rodriguez is on hand to answer them.

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Categories: Workers' Rights, Labor, The Insider

Not an AFGE Member? You’re Missing Out

October 09, 2018

Union members are happier than workers who don’t belong to a union. As many AFGE members who used to work at a place where there is no union representation can tell you, it is so much better to have a union.

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Categories: Pay, Member Benefits, The Insider, Organizing

Planning Your E-Newsletter

October 02, 2018

Advanced planning of your newsletter is the key to a consistent and timely source of information for your members. In this article, we’ll provide a checklist of action items to keep your e-newsletter on track.

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Categories: Blog

Re: Your Boring Subject Line

October 02, 2018

Getting people to open your email is half the battle.

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Categories: Blog

Administration Appeals Court Order on Union-Busting Executive Orders

October 01, 2018

We may have won our executive order lawsuit, but the fight isn't over. The administration is appealing the judge's decision, and is actively working to put the union-busting, democracy-busting executive orders back in place.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Official Time, Workers' Rights, Labor, The Insider, White House, Executive Orders

1.9% Raise Highly Likely as Funding Bill Signed into Law

October 01, 2018

Thanks to hard work and efforts of members like you, Congress passed and the President signed into law a funding package that prevented a government shutdown on Oct. 1 and budgeted for a 1.9% pay raise for federal employees in 2019. Congress, however, needs to pass another funding bill to provide final authorization for the pay adjustment.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Pay, Budget, The Insider, Contracts

Members of Congress Pressure Department of Education to End Union Busting

October 01, 2018

After a similar letter from the House of Representatives, three U.S. senators are calling on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to stop denying workplace rights and protections to nearly 4,000 Department of Education employees who are represented by our union.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Workers' Rights, Labor, The Insider

Every Government Worker Should Know These Hatch Act Facts

October 01, 2018

The original 1939 Hatch Act, which originally prohibited nearly all partisan political activities by federal employees – but the 1993 updates to the law allow federal employees to engage in partisan political activities during off-duty hours so that they can exercise their democratic rights as American citizens.

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Categories: The Insider

Administration’s Anti-Union Policies at CDC Jeopardize Public Health

September 24, 2018

In what has become an alarming, growing trend, members of the administration are attempting to bust unions through bad faith negotiations – with Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers becoming the latest targets.

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Categories: HHS, Official Time, Workers' Rights, Labor, The Insider, White House, Contracts, Organizing , Grievance Procedures

Retiree Activists Are on the Move! Get Involved Today!

September 24, 2018

Young people are not the only ones who are joining unions. More and more federal retirees have decided to stay in the fight and keep their union membership into retirement. They know their union is the most effective tool to fight back politicians’ attacks on their retirement and health benefits.

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Categories: Workers' Rights, Member Benefits, Big Enough to Win, Labor, Training, The Insider, Retirees

Doctor, Union Member, Y.O.U.N.G. Coordinator

September 24, 2018

Young people join unions for different reasons. For Janet Constance, it was because she had a bad boss. Janet had been working as a psychologist at the VA hospital in Kansas City, MO, for six years when a new manager took over.

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Categories: VA, Workers' Rights, Big Enough to Win, Member Profile, Veterans, Labor, The Insider

Alice Hamilton Changed the World. Do You Know Her Story?

September 21, 2018

Our workplace is a lot safer today than it was 100 years ago, thanks to the health and safety advocates who fought for protections for all workers. There is one person in particular, however, who took it upon herself to study job-related diseases and deaths among industrial workers at a time when no one else was paying any attention.

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Categories: The Insider

AFGE Disaster Relief

September 20, 2018

The residents in the Carolinas need our help as they deal with the devastating effects of Hurrican Florence. Please consider making a donation to the AFGE Relief Fund.

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