An AFGE-supported bill to protect our members against the financial impact of future shutdowns passed the House of Representatives Sept. 19.
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On Sept. 25, Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, led a vote instructing the Senate to include federal employee paid family leave in the final FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
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AFGE members can now register for webinar training free of charge until the end of 2019!
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We are fed up with the attacks on our rights, our contracts, and our voice at work! We are rising up for dignity, for fairness, for respect, and for a real voice at work!
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is once again putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.
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Despite its vital mission and massive responsibility, the VA has been struggling to fill nearly 50,000 vacancies nationwide.
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The Office of Personnel Management took another step toward dismantling due process rights for federal employees.
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AFGE Council 100 officers are headed back to the negotiation table to fight for better working conditions or TSO’s.
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The attack on union dues is real.
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A tweet from President Trump set in motion a chain of events that led to some employees at the NOAA being threatened because they wouldn’t alter their forecasts to fit the political winds.
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More than 4.7 million U.S. employees now work from home at least half the time, an increase of 159% since 2005.
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AFGE and other unions representing employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs completed the final step in our lawsuits against the VA for removing hundreds of employees from official time.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland sends letter to House leadership signed by 218 lawmakers, calling on Congress to take immediate action to prevent the White House from undermining the collective bargaining rights of federal employees.
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Federal employees will receive a 2.6% across-the-board pay raise in January but were denied any locality pay adjustment under an alternative pay plan President Trump.
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Soon after Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie proposed gutting the labor contract covering 260,000 employees we represent across the VA, Local 1862 sprang into action.
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