AFGE closed the month of June with the highest membership record of 296,199 members, closing in on our immediate goal of 300,000! The union welcomed 1,717 more members into the AFGE family last month.
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AFGE Local 2028 President Kathi Dahl had been working as a registered nurse at the VA hospital in Pittsburgh for more than 20 years when she heard that her coworker’s husband needed a kidney transplant and had been put on a waiting list.
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AFGE is declaring victory after President Barack Obama signed into law legislation that eliminates a financial penalty facing retired federal law enforcement officers, federal firefighters, and air traffic controllers.
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Joseph Cabrera Sablan was already serving a life sentence when he killed Correctional Officer Jose Rivera at the United States Penitentiary in Atwater, Calif., seven years ago. He admitted to stabbing Jose 27 times with a homemade shank when the unarmed 22-year-old officer was returning inmates to their cells for a headcount.Joseph Cabrera Sablan was already serving a life sentence when he killed Correctional Officer Jose Rivera at the United States Penitentiary in Atwater, Calif., seven years ago. He admitted to stabbing Jose 27 times with a homemade shank when the unarmed 22-year-old officer was returning inmates to their cells for a headcount.
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AFGE on Monday filed a class action lawsuit against Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta and Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour alleging that they failed to heed warnings, obey security policies, and are liable for one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history.
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We are appalled at the spate of fires at predominately black churches across the South that has occurred in the weeks following the tragic shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the parishioners at the affected churches.
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Curious about the new locality pay areas? Wondering about the data breach? Want to keep up with our Big Enough to Win Campaign? We got you covered and more. The July/August issue of the Government Standard is chock full of information important to federal employees like you.
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The Obama administration is issuing new regulations that will provide overtime pay to workers who have been forced to work overtime but have not been paid for it.
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On June 29, AFGE filed a class action lawsuit against Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta and Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour alleging that they failed to heed warnings, obey security policies, leading to one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history.
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Joseph Cabrera Sablan was already serving a life sentence when he killed Correctional Officer José Rivera at the United States Penitentiary in Atwater, Calif., seven years ago this month. He admitted to stabbing Jose 27 times with a homemade shank when the unarmed 22-year-old officer was returning inmates to their cells for a headcount.
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Because of AFGE Local 1020’s relentless fight, the Department of Veterans Affairs Marion National Cemetery in Indiana decided not to contract out some cemetery work for good.
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Check out AFGE’s new op-ed in the Hill discussing the importance of due process in the federal government.
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The House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on Thursday approved with a minor revision a bill that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire all employees, including non-management, at will.
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Thanks to years of hard work by AFGE activists, the Senate and the House this week passed a bill that would eliminate a 10% early withdrawal penalty for federal law enforcement officers when they retire after age 50. The bill, which applies to those retiring after Dec. 31, 2015, will now go to President Obama for his signature.
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Sixty senators – the bare minimum needed – voted to give the administration authority to negotiate the horrendous Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement with 11 other nations without congressional amendments. Thirty eight senators voted against it. The so-called Fast Track bill passed the House last week.
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