Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida’s attempt to exploit the VA crisis and Walmartize the VA and the entire federal government failed when his colleagues blocked an up-or-down vote on his extreme legislation.
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Obama vetoed and sent back to Congress the 2016 Defense Authorization Act which authorizes spending on defense programs.
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Deciding whether or not to pay the debts incurred to fund the previously approved spending is nuts.
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Federal agencies have more than enough flexibility within the current pay system to raise wages as needed to meet market demands. It’s Congresses and administrations that refuse to exercise that authority.
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If you and your co-workers work in the same building or on the same military base, your pay should be based on the same locality rate, right? Turns out, that’s not always the case for many hourly workers at several locations.
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AFGE’s first labor-management contract TSA was ratified in November 2012. Then this happened.
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We all know AFGE is a union on the rise – we’re only inches away from adding our 300,000th member to our ranks.
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Here are 7 things it can do right now to generate savings.
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If you and your co-workers work in the same building or on the same military base, your pay should be based on the same locality rate, right? Turns out, that’s not always the case for many hourly workers at several locations.
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In October, we celebrate the 70th Annual Disability Employment Awareness Month and look at how unions play and important role in educating activists of the rights of workers with disabilities.
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The deeper one person got into her VA career, the more apparent it became that those who speak up about problems with patient care were being ostracized, criticized and by certain managers. There was a dark side to the workplace she loved—a culture steeped in intimidation, retaliation and reprisal—and she knew that someone needed to do something about it. Read her story:
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On a cold day in February of 2013, veterans nurse Kathi Dahl sat before a Congressional committee in Washington, D.C. to sound the alarm. At a time when on one else wanted to talk about management's failure to announce and remediate an outbreak, Kathi stepped forward to demand action.
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When Gulf War veteran Eric Young was medically discharged from the Army as a 60% service-connected veteran, he knew he could trust the doctors and medical staff at Veterans Affairs to get him back on his feet. That's why Young was so concerned when he saw more and more veterans returning from conflicts overseas, and less health care workers to pick up the load.
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You've heard that sequestration could lead to major pay cuts and more furloughs for federal employees, but what is sequestration, exactly? We explain.
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With a possible government shutdown in a little over 50 days, AFGE is joining a coalition of 52 good government organizations in urging senators to close an outrageous tax loophole that allows hedge funds, private equity firms, and venture capitalists to avoid billions of dollars in taxes each year.
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