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FLRA: EEOC Violates Federal Labor Law over Forced Office Reentry

August 08, 2022

The Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued a complaint against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for violating federal labor law by failing to complete bargaining with AFGE before changing working conditions for EEOC employees represented by the union.

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Categories: The Insider

New Temporary Rules Help Student Loan Borrowers Get Their Loans Forgiven

August 08, 2022

If you have a federal student loan, you may be able to benefit from temporary changes made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

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Categories: The Insider

BOP Ordered to Award AFGE Local President $300,000 in Discrimination Case

August 01, 2022

An independent arbitrator has found management at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Center Yazoo City in Mississippi guilty of violating the civil rights of AFGE’s local president at the facility.

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Categories: BOP, The Insider

AFGE at 90: How AFGE Members Have Beaten the Odds for Nearly a Century

August 01, 2022

This is the first segment of AFGE’s 4-part series: AFGE at 90: How AFGE members have beaten the odds for nearly a century.

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Categories: The Insider

VA’s Demand That AFGE Terminate All Existing Local Agreements Prompts Union to File 2nd National Grievance

August 01, 2022

The VA has demanded that the AFGE National VA Council terminate all existing local supplemental agreements, which constitutes a waiver of the union’s bargaining rights. This prompted NVAC to file a second national grievance.

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Categories: VA, The Insider

Winners of Fredna S. White Memorial Scholarships, AFGE FEEA Scholarships Announced

August 01, 2022

Congratulations to the winners of the FEEA scholarship program and the Fredna S. White Memorial Scholarship program!

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Categories: The Insider, Women's & Fair Practices

Remote IT Workers at USDA Voted to Join AFGE

July 25, 2022

AFGE has big win at USDA!

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Categories: USDA, The Insider

House Passes AFGE-Backed Bill Allowing First Responders, Law Enforcement Officers Injured on the Job to Keep Full Retirement Benefits

July 25, 2022

The House earlier this month passed an AFGE-backed bill that would allow law enforcement personnel and first responders to keep their full retirement benefits if they’re injured on the job and return to the federal workforce in another capacity.

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Categories: The Insider

AFGE Partners with Historically Black College Morehouse to Launch PORT/Labor Studies Program Next Year

July 25, 2022

AFGE and Morehouse College are in the process of designing an education program that will be part of the union’s P.O.R.T. Leadership Academy

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Categories: Training, The Insider

Meet the Departments: AFGE Education

July 25, 2022

Learn more about the programs led by AFGE's Education team.

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Categories: Training, The Insider

House Passes Defense Bill with Several AFGE Priorities – Pay Raise, Title 5 for TSA, Elimination of VA’s AIR Commission

July 18, 2022

The House of Representatives July 14 passed its version of the fiscal 2023 NDAA that includes many AFGE priorities seeking better pay, benefits, and working conditions for government workers.

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Categories: DoD, The Insider

Navy Starts Implementing New Parental Bereavement Leave

July 18, 2022

The Navy recently sent out guidance implementing new parental bereavement leave, which is part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act President Biden signed into law last December.

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Categories: DoD, The Insider

AFGE Wins Better Working Conditions for 1,400 Joint Base Andrews, Joint Base Anacostia Employees

July 18, 2022

After several years of negotiating, AFGE Local 1092 and Joint Base Andrews have finally signed an agreement that provides important benefits and improvements to employees’ working conditions.

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Categories: DoD, The Insider