A bill introduced by Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia would prevent federal employees from falling further behind with a 3% pay adjustment in 2019.
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AFGE is calling on Congress to launch an investigation into the two main contractors running the Department of Veterans Affairs’ controversial Choice program after the VA watchdog found that they have defrauded taxpayers by nearly $90 million.
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Border Patrol agents are quitting at almost double the attrition rate for law enforcement governmentwide and the agency is down nearly 2,000 officers from the staffing minimums set by Congress.
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Fifty-six years ago this week, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order recognizing federal employee unions and institutionalizing labor-management relations.
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AFGE is echoing a call by 95 members of Congress to oppose further cuts to federal employee pay and benefits as part of any budget negotiations.
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With Congress returning from recess and AFGE locals’ organizing campaigns in full swing, here are some of the critical issues we’ll be watching this year.
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Federal employees take their oath of office and their agency’s mission seriously. They have for generations faithfully executed their duties to serve public interest, and we don’t expect that to change in 2018 despite new challenges. Here are a few examples of government employees doing what they have been hired to do despite the odds.
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2017 was one of the toughest years to be a federal employee: a constant threat of a government shutdown, crippling budget cuts, attacks on pensions and a voice at work. But AFGE members once again took on the challenges and made the impossible possible.
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Over the past several years, the country has constantly been on a brink of a government shutdown - and not because we don’t have the money to fund it. Some in Congress can’t decide whether to fund programs that benefit most Americans, or whether to give massive tax cuts to the wealthy and big corporations. It is disheartening that we are once again at the brink of a government shutdown right before Christmas.
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A dozen AFGE members representing Defense Department depot and arsenal workers highlighted the importance of the organic industrial base in a series of meetings with senior Pentagon officials during the 2017 DoD Maintenance Symposium, held Dec. 4-7 in Salt Lake City.
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You are invited to join us at the 2018 Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference on February 11-14, 2018. Registration is now open.
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Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open until Dec. 22.
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The holidays are just around the corner. As we sit down to plan our festivities and gifts for our loved ones, let’s take a moment to recognize the people who made the presents we lovingly wrap and place under the Christmas tree. The truth is, many products on sale in the U.S. are made by workers overseas under sweatshop conditions. AFGE is calling on these companies to help end poor working conditions by taking the Transparency Pledge to disclose their supply chains.
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Human rights and union rights go hand in hand. That’s why Human Rights Day, which falls on Dec. 10 every year, is so important to union members.
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The last time Congress shut down the government for 16 days in 2013, it cost the economy $24 billion and 120,000 jobs in the private sector. There were also a few misconceptions out there about the shutdown and government employees. Before people start coming up with alternative facts again this time around, we want to set a few things straight.
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