Hourly and salaried workers working in the same locations would receive the same local pay rates if new legislation that AFGE supports became law.
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Thanks to AFGE’s persistence, federal employees who are new parents are one step closer to receiving an important work/life benefit they have been waiting for years: 12 weeks of paid leave to take care of a new child.
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AFGE National VA Council is set to file a national grievance against the Department of Veterans Affairs after the agency refused to negotiate President Trump’s anti-worker executive orders with the union.
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From hiring freezes to government shutdowns, there is no shortage of bad policies coming from the Trump White House. Now the administration is rolling out some major anti-worker changes to personnel policies as part of its public service deconstruction plan.
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The Women’s and Fair Practices Departments has announced that next year’s Diversity Week will take place at the National Harbor in Maryland from July 31 to Aug. 8.
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AFGE is prepared to challenge any agency that implements Trump’s executive orders without first bargaining with the union.
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Forty-three U.S. senators are calling on Senate leadership and appropriators to protect federal employees’ workplace rights as they work to finalize the 2020 financial services and general government funding bill.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs and AFGE are scheduled to meet Dec. 3. It’s not clear, however, what issues are going to be discussed as the VA has not responded to the union as of Dec.1.
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A pork company got caught producing pork without federal inspection, resulting in a massive recall of 515,000 pounds of pork.
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The EEOC’s plan to restrict the use of official time for discrimination complaints follows a larger assault by the Trump administration on federal employees’ workplace rights and the rights to union representation.
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AFGE activist tells members of Congress that the Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy and other practices undermine the functioning of the U.S. asylum system.
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Fishing with Vets gives back to the veterans' community and thanks them for their service.
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As a museum specialist for more than 18 years, Carl Bobrow has been involved in several of the museum’s popular exhibitions, including spacesuit, aircraft, art, and poster collections.
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Congressional leaders have agreed to pass a short-term funding bill to keep the government running until Dec. 20 to avoid a government shutdown.
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In an open letter to SSA Commissioner Andrew Saul published in the Baltimore Sun, AFGE Council 220 called on the agency to reopen the labor-management contract and treat workers with respect.
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