We did it! We bombarded Congress with calls and visits. We took to the streets for days on end. And we won!
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As Congress has until Feb. 15 to pass long-term government funding bills, it’s not too late for us to reach out to members of Congress to request a minimum 1.9% pay raise we deserve!
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AFGE and allies organized hundreds of furloughed employees for a protest at the Hart Senate Office Building Jan. 23 to speak out against the longest government shutdown and demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell immediately reopen the government.
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Our union proudly celebrates the AFL-CIO's recognition of the late Augusta Y. Thomas, AFGE National Vice President Emeritus for Women and Fair Practices, at the AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference Awards Gala on Sunday, January 20, 2019.
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The partial government shutdown entered its fifth week Jan. 21, four days before Trump and Congress reached a deal to reopen and fund the government through Feb. 15.
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Across the nation, AFGE members, federal employees, and allies took to the streets after 800,000 federal workers missed their first pay check due to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
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AFGE leaders are calling out Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie for disparaging a disabled combat veteran who shared his firsthand accounts of veterans who are suffering extreme financial hardships under the longest government shutdown in history.
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On Jan. 16, AFGE-supported legislation was signed into law that would provide back pay for federal employees forced to work without pay or locked out of their jobs without pay during the shutdown.
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The Financial Relief for Feds Act allows federal employees who are working without pay or locked out of work without pay, as well as contractors whose sole source of income is their federal contract, to make multiple withdrawals from their retirement accounts such as Thrift Savings Plans (TSP) and IRAs without the 10% penalty that usually applies.
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The partial government shutdown that began Dec. 22 is now the longest in U.S. history. Our union is calling on the Trump administration and Congress to reopen the government immediately. Here’s what happened as the shutdown drags on and entered its fourth week on Jan. 14.
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We’ve compiled some of the incredible ways this shutdown is harming our public servants and our nation.
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Some major banks and other groups are stepping up to help feds during the longest shutdown in U.S. history. We've listed some of the top resources here.
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As the government shutdown entered its third week, federal employees, union members, and the American people stood up across this nation to protest and call for an end to the shutdown.
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On the 19th day of the government shutdown, our union and federal employees went to Capitol Hill to talk to reporters about how the shutdown has hurt employees and their families.
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