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August 15, 2022
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AFGE Pushing for Locality Pay for Thousands of Federal Workers in These Areas
August 15, 2022
AFGE is urging the Biden administration to adopt the Federal Salary Council’s pro-labor recommendations that would increase pay for tens of thousands of federal employees who last year made 22.47% less than their private sector counterparts.
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Pay, The Insider
AFGE Celebrates Signing of Bill Expanding Benefits to Vets Exposed to Burn Pits
August 15, 2022
AFGE applauds President Joe Biden and Congress for expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and for providing funding and training for workers needed to process these new claims.
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AFGE at 90: To Fight or Not to Fight, That Is Not the Question
August 15, 2022
This is the third segment of AFGE’s 4-part series: AFGE at 90: How AFGE members have beaten the odds for nearly a century
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In Big Legal Win For AFGE, Court Strikes Down Trump-Era FLRA Policy Allowing Agency Heads to Unilaterally Rewrite Union Contracts
August 08, 2022
In a major victory for AFGE, fellow unions, and federal workers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last week overturned an anti-union policy statement issued by the Trump-era Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) in 2020.
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AFGE at 90: 9 Decades of Fighting and Winning for Government Workers
August 08, 2022
This is the second segment of AFGE’s 4-part series: AFGE at 90: How AFGE members have beaten the odds for nearly a century.
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FLRA: EEOC Violates Federal Labor Law over Forced Office Reentry
August 08, 2022
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued a complaint against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for violating federal labor law by failing to complete bargaining with AFGE before changing working conditions for EEOC employees represented by the union.
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New Temporary Rules Help Student Loan Borrowers Get Their Loans Forgiven
August 08, 2022
If you have a federal student loan, you may be able to benefit from temporary changes made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
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BOP Ordered to Award AFGE Local President $300,000 in Discrimination Case
August 01, 2022
An independent arbitrator has found management at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Center Yazoo City in Mississippi guilty of violating the civil rights of AFGE’s local president at the facility.
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BOP, The Insider
AFGE at 90: How AFGE Members Have Beaten the Odds for Nearly a Century
August 01, 2022
This is the first segment of AFGE’s 4-part series: AFGE at 90: How AFGE members have beaten the odds for nearly a century.
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VA’s Demand That AFGE Terminate All Existing Local Agreements Prompts Union to File 2nd National Grievance
August 01, 2022
The VA has demanded that the AFGE National VA Council terminate all existing local supplemental agreements, which constitutes a waiver of the union’s bargaining rights. This prompted NVAC to file a second national grievance.
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VA, The Insider
Winners of Fredna S. White Memorial Scholarships, AFGE FEEA Scholarships Announced
August 01, 2022
Congratulations to the winners of the FEEA scholarship program and the Fredna S. White Memorial Scholarship program!
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The Insider, Women's & Fair Practices
Remote IT Workers at USDA Voted to Join AFGE
July 25, 2022
AFGE has big win at USDA!
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USDA, The Insider
House Passes AFGE-Backed Bill Allowing First Responders, Law Enforcement Officers Injured on the Job to Keep Full Retirement Benefits
July 25, 2022
The House earlier this month passed an AFGE-backed bill that would allow law enforcement personnel and first responders to keep their full retirement benefits if they’re injured on the job and return to the federal workforce in another capacity.
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AFGE Partners with Historically Black College Morehouse to Launch PORT/Labor Studies Program Next Year
July 25, 2022
AFGE and Morehouse College are in the process of designing an education program that will be part of the union’s P.O.R.T. Leadership Academy
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Training, The Insider
