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This Is What the Future of the Labor Movement Looks Like

March 20, 2015

The future of the labor movement is in Chicago this week as more than 1,000 young activists from across the country gather for the AFL-CIO NextUp Summit to move forward their goal of building young worker power for economic and social justice.

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Categories: Labor

12 Ways the New Congressional Budget Proposals Impact Your Wallet

March 20, 2015

Both Houses of Congress this week issued their budget proposals for fiscal year 2016. Who are they going to help and who are they going to hurt? Find out below and click the pictures to share them on your Facebook profile

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Pay, Budget, Retirement, Labor

This Is What the Future of the Labor Movement Look

March 20, 2015

More than 70 AFGE young members and staff attended the AFL-CIO NextUp Summit to move forward their goal of building young worker power for economic and social justice.

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Government Tapping into Federal Employee Pensions

March 20, 2015

As the government approaches debt ceiling of $18.1 trillion on Monday, federal employees’ pensions once again are helping to forestall a government funding crisis. The Treasury Department will suspend investments into the trust fund that holds the assets of the federal employees' retirement systems.

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AFGE Denounces House, Senate Budget Proposals

March 20, 2015

Both the Senate and House budgets for fiscal 2016 would require federal employees to contribute substantially more of their wages toward their retirement without getting any additional benefits in return. This would result in a 6% cut in salary for most current employees.

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Government Tapping into Federal Employee Pensions

March 20, 2015

Categories: Retirement

The March/April Government Standard is Here!

March 18, 2015

The March/April edition of the Government Standard has arrived!

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Categories: AFGE National Departments

House, Senate Leaders Propose Cutting Your Pay

March 18, 2015

Congressional leaders in the House and Senate don’t think you’ve sacrificed enough. In fact, they think you could do with a 5.5% pay cut.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Pay, Budget

DEFCON Sets Meeting with Senate Armed Services Committee Staff

March 18, 2015

DEFCON is scheduled to meet with majority and minority staff from the Senate Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee.

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Categories: DoD

House Budget Plan Retreads Failed Proposals of the Past

March 17, 2015

Proposals to cut federal employee compensation, jobs hurts all Americans

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Pay, Budget

AFGE Staffers Recognized for Community Service Outreach

March 17, 2015

The annual Evening with Labor awards dinner hosted by the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO brought together activists from around the area to celebrate community activism and reflect on the issues facing the labor movement.

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Categories: Labor

More Budget Cuts?

March 16, 2015

The fiscal 2016 House budget plan issued today by Rep. Tom Price attacks millions of working-class Americans by proposing major cuts to their compensation and jobs, American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. said.

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Categories: News & Publications

Outsourcing Government

March 13, 2015

Our government and its workforce are there to create safe, thriving communities that benefit everyone. Protecting public safety, protecting food safety, protecting the environment, building mass transportation, providing education, and administering the justice system are some of the necessary functions that can only be adequately provided by a democratically elected government acting in the public interest...

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AFGE Invited to March with President Obama, President Bush in Selma

March 13, 2015

You guessed it. AFGE was honored to be the only union invited to join a group of civil right leaders and activists led by President Barack Obama to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge last weekend to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the civil rights march.

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Categories: Labor, Civil Rights

This Proposal Will Cut Commissary Worker’ Pay, Pensions

March 13, 2015

The Defense Department is planning to cut pay and pensions of commissary workers, as recommended by the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission.

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Categories: DoD, Pay, Retirement