The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit largely sided with our union when it ruled that federal employees have standing to sue the government over its failure to protect employees’ personal data which led to one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history.
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Thanks to the thousands of calls AFGE members made to Congress, the House of Representatives on June 26 approved a 3.1% raise for federal employees next year, rejecting President Trump’s proposed pay freeze.
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) employees called out their acting director for being evasive and flip-flopping on the administration’s plan to dismantle OPM and merge it with the General Services Administration (GSA).
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Members of AFGE, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), other unions, and allies are taking to the streets June 25 to protest the Trump administration’s threat to furlough or lay off up to 150 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) employees if Congress won’t let it dismantle OPM.
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The Trump administration’s dangerous plan to politicize the civil service and dismantle a central personnel agency received no support May 21 as lawmakers, watchdogs, and our union mounted stiff resistance against the plan.
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AFGE is urging the Senate to reject the Trump administration’s nomination of Dale Cabaniss to be director of the Office of Personnel Management, citing her past failures as head of another government agency, the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
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In his continued quest to dismantle the apolitical civil service that keeps our country running, President Trump recently signed an executive order to authorize the transfer of the governmentwide suitability, credentialing and security clearance portfolio from the Office of Personnel Management to the Defense Department.
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Our union strongly opposes President Trump’s plan to have the General Services Administration (GSA) acquire the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and move personnel policy to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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In yet another rebuke of the administration's anti-democratic, anti-worker executive orders, the Department of Veterans Affairs recently rescinded the order denying employees their representational rights at work.
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After giving the wealthiest Americans and corporations massive tax cuts that they immediately used to enrich themselves, the Trump administration turned its attention to federal employees, not to give them a tax cut but to cut their pay and retirement.
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2016 was a year of challenges and triumphs. Revisit photos of the moments that made 2016 memorable.
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About 600,000 current and former federal workers whose personal information was exposed in the data breach of personnel records maintained by the Office of Personnel Management must re-enroll to continue receiving credit monitoring and identity protection services.
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Federal employees should be granted excused absences to vote on Election Day if polls are not open at least three hours before or after an employee’s regular work shift, the Office of Personnel Management has said in a new memo.
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AFGE members affected by the once-in-a millennia storm are trying to put their lives back together, but it's not easy. That's why these union members decided to help.
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Current and former federal employees and job applicants whose personal information was stolen during the data breaches into OPM’s computer systems are receiving enhanced protections under legislation advocated by AFGE and passed by Congress.
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