If H.R. 1994 and S. 1082 are passed, every VA worker, including over 100,000 veterans, will be at-will employees without meaningful rights to appeal terminations and other adverse actions resulting from retaliation, discrimination, or anti-veteran hostility.
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AFGE lauds legislation introduced by Rep. Mark Takano of California that finally addresses accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in substantive and comprehensive ways. H.R. 2999, the Fair VA Accountability Act, takes meaningful steps to reduce mismanagement, protect whistleblowers from management retaliation, and hold individuals accountable without trampling on workplace and Constitutional rights.
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Thanks to AFGE Local 3354, many GS Program Technicians (PTs) employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will soon eligible to apply for a Key Program Technician position within the Agency affording them upgrade potential from a GS-7 to GS-8. The upcoming Key PT advertisements for GS technicians partly stemmed from meetings between the local and USDA leaders in Washington, D.C. last year.
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The government is supposed to help create jobs and thriving communities, but what the Army is planning to do is the exact opposite. The Army is telling 40,000 troops and 17,000 civilian employees that “I don’t want you for the U.S. Army.” The cuts are planned for 2016 and 2017.
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Checks are being mailed out to 4,400 State Department employees who won a $39.9 million settlement over an overtime grievance filed by AFGE Local 1534.
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AFGE issued this statement in response to the disclosure that an additional 21.5 million people had their personal data stolen as a result of intrusions into the Office of Personnel Management’s computer systems.
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) next month will rule on whether the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) contract with the office supply chain Staples violates the American Postal Workers Union’s (APWU) collective bargaining agreement.
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The House this week passed an AFGE-backed bill that would make it easier for temporary seasonal workers at land management agencies to transition to permanent jobs under merit promotions.
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AFGE fully supports Senate legislation introduced Thursday that would provide individuals affected by the recent cyber attacks on Office of Personnel Management data systems with free lifetime credit monitoring.
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When our troops come home, the VA health system keeps our nation’s promise to care for those who have borne the battle. These brave men and women served their country, and providing quality, veteran-focused VA health care and benefits is the least our nation can do to serve them in return. According to a shocking new report issued this week, however, not everyone sees it that way.
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AFGE issued this statement in response to reports that 25 million people had their personal data stolen as a result of intrusions into the Office of Personnel Management’s computer systems.
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“The resignation of OPM Director Katherine Archuleta is not a solution to the damage that has been done to more than 20 million Americans as a result of the massive cybersecurity breaches into OPM’s data systems."
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Long-term threats to employees’ personal finances, credit, physical safety cannot be underestimated, AFGE says
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AFGE placed a full-page ad in Politico this week, calling on the Office of Personnel Management to detail the scope of the massive data breach and provide more assistance to those affected.
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With the help of AFGE members, Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL) and 66 total cosigners of a letter to Social Security Administration Acting Administrator Carolyn Colvin demanding transparency regarding plans for the future of community-based services.
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