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Retired Army Colonel Gives a Shout out to Frontline Workers at Pittsburgh VA

May 29, 2015

Somebody noticed what we at AFGE noticed. There are serious problems at the senior levels at the Pittsburgh VA hospital, but frontline workers come to work every day with the goal of providing the best service to our veterans.

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Categories: VA

The Reason Politicians Support Trans-Pacific Partnership

May 29, 2015

Yes, it is what you think. The rich are influential and vocal, and most of them benefit from free trade. So politicians are kowtowing to them even though free trade deals like NAFTA have killed one million jobs and substantially increased the income gap between the rich and everyone else.

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Categories: Workers' Rights, Outsourcing

More Cuts to DoD Civilian Workforce Likely If This Measure Survives the Senate

May 29, 2015

The Senate Armed Services Committee this week voted to keep in place a cut in funding to the Department of Defense Headquarters.

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Categories: DoD, Senate, Outsourcing

All Whistleblowers Need Equal Protections

May 29, 2015

AFGE urges Congress to address gaps in federal whistleblower laws that have failed to protect some VA whistleblowers, including those who were new hires or working under a different set of personnel rules for health care employees.

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Categories: Workers' Rights

Got Questions about the New Locality Pay in 13 Cities? Check out AFGE's FAQs.

May 29, 2015

AFGE has recently secured a locality pay increase for federal employees in 13 cities.

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Categories: Pay

Lawmakers on Workforce Protections Committee Argue against Protecting Workforce

May 22, 2015

Several lawmakers led by Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, were arguing for reduced benefits for federal employees injured on the job.

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Categories: Workers' Rights

AFGE Told Lawmakers Point Blank that Pay and Retirement Cuts Need to End

May 22, 2015

What should a 21st century civil service look like? Not what’s happening to the federal workforce right now: pay cuts, furloughs, shutdowns, testified AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. before a Senate subcommittee on regulatory affairs and federal management on 21st Century Ideas for the 20th Century Federal Civil Service.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Retirement

May is Asian American Heritage Month

May 22, 2015

This month is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. AFGE joins the AFL-CIO in honoring past and present Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) activists and organizers.

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Categories: Education

AFGE – 1, Grain Industry – 0

May 22, 2015

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote a measure to reauthorize the U.S. Grain Standards Act, rejecting the grain industry’s attempt to take over control of the United States’ grain inspection.

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Categories: Senate

This Bill Would Lower Your Prescription Drugs Costs

May 22, 2015

AFGE strongly supports legislation introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts that would increase federal oversight of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and ensure enrollees don’t pay more than the average wholesale cost for prescription drugs.

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Categories: Workers' Rights

AFGE Leads the Fight for $15 in Federal Government

May 22, 2015

The fight for $15 is raging on around the country, and AFGE is taking the issue to the federal government.

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Categories: Pay

FPS Local Becomes AFGE’s 1st Big Enough to Win Local

May 22, 2015

We are so excited to report that Local 918’s executive board voted May 12 to adopt a resolution to become a Big Enough to Win local!

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AFGE Secures Locality Pay Increase for 13 New Cities

May 22, 2015

Thousands of federal employees in 13 metropolitan areas should begin to receive salaries based on labor market conditions in their own cities starting January. This expansion of localities is the culmination of years of efforts by AFGE and the Federal Salary Council to make federal salaries more sensitive to local market criteria.

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Categories: Pay, Workers' Rights

Singing Labor's Song - Music & the Labor Movement

May 20, 2015

Since its inception, music has been a community builder and rallying point for people to come together through a shared idea. In public squares, religious spaces and at small gatherings, music is a force used by millions around the world to find a common language to tell their stories - and the labor movement is no exception.

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Categories: Videos, Workers' Rights

AFGE Keeps Memory of Our Fallen Heroes Alive

May 15, 2015

This week is National Police Week, an annual event that brings together families of the fallen law enforcement officers around the country to Washington, D.C.

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Categories: DOJ, Workers' Rights, BOP