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USDA, AFGE Reach Agreement on Provisions to Ease Forced Relocations from D.C. to Kansas City

August 12, 2019

AFGE has reached agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on provisions designed to mitigate some of the impact of the forced relocation of employees at two USDA agencies from Washington to the Kansas City region.

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Categories: USDA, The Insider

34 Senators: VA Engaged in Dishonest, Bad Faith Negotiations with AFGE

August 12, 2019

A group of senators demanded that the Department of Veterans Affairs abandon its dishonest acts during contract negotiations with AFGE and return to the bargaining table.

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USDA Bungles Relocation Negotiations

August 05, 2019

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created chaos, confusion, and frustration among employees as its officials, including Secretary Sonny Perdue, made contradicting statements and walked back on their proposals in an attempt to rush scientists and researchers out of Washington, D.C. by the end of September.

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Protect SSA Employees and Protect Your Social Security Benefits

August 05, 2019

Eighty-four years ago, on Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act as a safeguard "against the hazards and vicissitudes of life." This historic law created what would become the life line for many Americans and one of the most popular social insurance programs in the country.

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Categories: SSA, The Insider

Republican Lawmaker Introduces Bill to End Official Time

August 05, 2019

Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., has introduced a bill that would outlaw the use of official time by federal employees who volunteer to be union representatives to help improve agency operations and make federal agencies a better place to work.

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Your Elected Officials Are Coming Home in August

July 29, 2019

The August recess is a critical time for lawmakers to have face time with their constituents.

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Categories: Congress, The Insider

DoD Agrees to Consult with AFGE Over Employee Transfers

July 29, 2019

AFGE has amicably settled two unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed against the Department of Defense for failing to properly consult with the union over proposed employee transfers.

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Categories: DoD, The Insider

AFGE Executive Board Condemns President’s Racist Tweets

July 29, 2019

AFGE’s National Executive Council passed a resolution condemning President Trump’s racist tweets against members of Congress and calling on the president to disavow the attacks.

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Categories: Civil Rights, U.S. President, The Insider

3 AFGE Family Members Awarded 2019 Union Plus Scholarships

July 29, 2019

Union Plus recently awarded $170,000 in scholarships to 108 students representing 34 unions, including three winners who represent AFGE.

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AFGE Leads Push to Expand Locality Pay

July 22, 2019

Federal employees in Des Moines, Iowa, and Imperial County, Calif., will begin receiving larger locality payments next year.

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Categories: Pay, The Insider

AFGE Vows to Fight Appeals Court Ruling That Greenlights Union-Busting Executive Orders

July 22, 2019

Our union is calling on members of Congress to protect federal employees’ workplace rights and freedom to join a union after the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision greenlighting President Trump’s union-busting executive orders.

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Categories: The Insider, Executive Orders

How the President Is Using FLRA to Attack Federal Employees and Purge Unions

July 22, 2019

Under the anti-worker Trump administration, the FLRA’s mission has been skewed to reflect the administration’s political agenda of decimating the federal workforce and purging your union.

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USDA Firing Half of Scientists at 2 Research Agencies

July 22, 2019

The Trump administration is sending out removal letters to 250 scientists and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) who have declined short-notice relocation from Washington, D.C. to a not-yet-to-be determined area in the Kansas City region.

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Categories: USDA, The Insider

AFGE Vows to Fight Appeals Court Ruling that Greenlights Union-Busting Executive Orders

July 17, 2019

In light of the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia did not have jurisdiction to rule on the matter of the legal challenge by AFGE and other federal unions to President Trump’s May 2018 union-busting executive orders, AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. released a statement.

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