The House and Senate Budget Committees completed their conference of the FY 2016 non-binding budget blueprint at the end of April. Although the language is somewhat vague, the conference report appears to assume the following about federal employees. For some, this could be up to a 12% pay cut.
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It took the House Armed Services Committee all day and all night on Wednesday to go over nearly 300 proposals in its 2016 Defense Authorization bill, but they finally approved it at around 4:30 a.m.
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As the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees will soon vote to allow the administration to fast track a bad international trade deal being negotiated behind closed doors, AFGE activists on Monday joined hundreds of activists from other organizations to make it clear that we will not let this happen without a fight.
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Watching the discussion around the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) gives President Cox a nasty sense of déjà vu.
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AFGE National Secretary Treasurer Eugene Hudson Jr. on Wednesday spoke at the inaugural Black Men & Boys Day on Capitol Hill advocacy training aimed at encouraging black men and boys to engage in legislative advocacy on issues that impact their communities.
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Corporations are asking what the country can do for them. They now spend $2.6 billion a year lobbying members of Congress to write and change laws and regulations to benefit their businesses and increase their profits.
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As the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees are set to vote to allow the administration to fast track a bad international trade deal being negotiated behind closed doors, AFGE activists on Monday joined hundreds of activists from other organizations to make it clear that we will not let this happen without a fight.
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Just weeks after voting to cut your pay by 12%, Congress has already figured out what they want to do with your money: repeal the estate tax.
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AFGE joined more than a thousand other labor and environmental activists Wednesday in a rally to stop the Fast Tracking of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
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Members of Congress will return to Washington, D.C. next week to start working on various funding bills after a two-week recess.
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The House of Representatives this week voted to approve a funding bill that would make it harder for you to work and retire with dignity.
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House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen and his colleagues are fed up with Robin Hood in reverse.
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Both the Senate and House budgets for fiscal 2016 would require federal employees to contribute substantially more of their wages toward their retirement without getting any additional benefits in return.
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Both Houses of Congress this week issued their budget proposals for fiscal year 2016. Who are they going to help and who are they going to hurt? Find out below and click the pictures to share them on your Facebook profile
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Congressional leaders in the House and Senate don’t think you’ve sacrificed enough. In fact, they think you could do with a 5.5% pay cut.
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