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AFGE-Backed Bill Granting Full Retirement Benefits to First Responders, LEOs Injured on the Job to Become Law

November 28, 2022

AFGE applauds the Senate for passing 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. The bill, which passed the House in July, now heads to President Biden for his signature.

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Categories: Retirement, The Insider

9 Best Moments from the 2018 Convention

August 20, 2018

Our union’s 41st convention wrapped up Aug. 17 with a strong message to the politicians who are actively undermining government employees and our democracy: We are fighting to win, and we will win.

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Categories: Workers' Rights, Retirement, AFGE National Departments, Veterans, Labor, The Insider, Organizing , Retirees, National Event, Convention 2018

America Before Social Security

August 06, 2018

Eighty-three years ago, on Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act as a safeguard "against the hazards and vicissitudes of life." Today, Social Security single-handedly keeps 22 million Americans out of poverty. We are better off today because generations before us demanded that our government do something to save us from poverty as we enter old age.

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Categories: SSA, Member Benefits, Privatization, Retirement, Social Security, The Insider, Retirees

OPM’s Proposed Cuts to Federal Employees’ Retirement, Explained

May 14, 2018

After giving the wealthiest Americans and corporations massive tax cuts that they immediately used to enrich themselves, the Trump administration turned its attention to federal employees, not to give them a tax cut but to cut their pay and retirement.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Pay, Workers' Rights, Benefits, Member Benefits, Retirement, OPM, Labor, The Insider

Closing SSA Offices Is Robbing Retirees to Pay the Wealthy

May 07, 2018

The Trump administration and Congress recently gave massive tax cuts for the rich and corporations, benefiting the wealthiest 1%. And now they’re trying to balance the budget on the backs of retirees and people with disabilities.

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Categories: SSA, Budget, Retirement, Job Cuts, The Insider, Retirees

Budget Robs Federal Workers to Pay Billionaires

February 16, 2018

To come up with billions of dollars to pay for the recent massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, the Trump administration drew up a plan to bleed federal workers dry in the 2019 budget proposal released Feb. 12.

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Categories: Senate, Congress, Official Time, Pay, Budget, Workers' Rights, Benefits, Privatization, Retirement, Job Cuts, The Insider, White House

Retired Americans Condemn Republicans’ Plan to Destroy Social Security

January 29, 2018

AFGE joined retirees and allies in delivering a petition signed by 250,000 American taxpayers opposing deep cuts to SSA.

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Categories: SSA, Pay, Budget, Benefits, Retirement, Social Security, The Insider, White House

AFGE Echoes Call to Reject Cuts to Federal Worker Pay, Benefits in Budget Deal

January 05, 2018

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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Categories: Senate, Congress, Pay, Budget, Benefits, Retirement, The Insider

AFGE Members in Action

October 13, 2017

Government workers take to the streets to fight for fair pay, benefits, and retirement.

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Categories: VA, EPA, Senate, Congress, Official Time, Pay, Budget, Workers' Rights, Benefits, Outsourcing , Privatization, Retirement, Veterans, Labor, Job Cuts, The Insider, White House

An Inside Look into the War on Federal Employees

September 29, 2017

Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia recently sat down with a group of Northern Virginia Labor Confederation activists, including AFGE members, to explain why federal employees are being attacked.

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Categories: Pay, Budget, Workers' Rights, Benefits, Outsourcing , Privatization, Retirement, The Insider

Is the VA Closing A Montana Nursing Home?

July 07, 2017

For veterans spending the final years of their lives at the Miles City nursing home, this is their home. But for some VA administrators, this nursing home is just a concrete structure that could be disposed of anytime.

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Categories: VA, Retirement, Veterans, The Insider

Retirement Cuts

June 14, 2017

You’ve heard that President Trump wants to cut federal pay and retirement. Here’s how he’ll try to do it.

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Categories: Videos, Budget, Retirement

Trump Budget Cuts Veterans’ Disability Benefits to Pay for VA Privatization

June 02, 2017

The Trump administration is pulling a reverse Robin Hood, stealing from veterans to funnel money to wealthy private hospital CEOs and special interests.

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