Our Membership and Organization Department has just launched brand-new training on how to talk to your coworkers about empowering each other and strengthening your collective voice in the workplace.
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In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, WFP is hosting our 2nd Annual Disability Employment Program during the week of October 17-21, 2022.
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The sorry state of America’s federal prisons was in full display at a Sept. 29 congressional hearing where AFGE Council of Prison Locals President Shane Fausey testified.
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Staff needed to move patients to other hospitals and get the grounds ready for the storm that was projected to be the region’s strongest on record.
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This op-ed by AFGE President Everett Kelley was published in The Hill on Sept. 28, 2022.
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AFGE applauds the 16 senators who are urging President Biden to fill leadership posts at the SSA that have been vacant for more than a year.
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AFGE mourns the passing of Donald Jordan, a 94-year-old retiree who had been an AFGE member for 49 years and 8 months.
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In recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 2-8, 2022), the Women’s and Fair Practices Departments are hosting a series of programs aimed at reducing the stigma and discrimination around mental illness and giving AFGE members the tools and support needed to protect their mental health.
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D.C. government employees are about to receive better paid leave benefits if this AFGE-backed bill that has just been approved by the D.C. Council becomes law.
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AFGE urges the House and the Senate to pass legislation that would ensure protections of federal workers during future pandemics.
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AFGE strongly opposes GPO and WEP and is urging Congress to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2021.
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The House of Representatives on Sept. 15 voted 225-204 to prevent future presidents from unilaterally making federal workers at-will employees by taking away their civil service protections.
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The Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) is planning a Reduction in Force (RIF) in November that could initially affect 20-30 employees.
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The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is targeting an AFGE local at the National Park Service (NPS) with the goal of decertifying the union, thereby taking away workers’ rights and protections.
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September 22-28 is Federal Nurses Week!
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