No Cost of Living Increase for Retirees Next Year
October 23, 2015
While health care costs and food prices are soaring, retirees won’t get a cost of living adjustment.
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Last-Minute Vote to Strip VA Whistleblower Protections Fails, Thanks to This Senator
October 23, 2015
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida’s attempt to exploit the VA crisis and Walmartize the VA and the entire federal government failed when his colleagues blocked an up-or-down vote on his extreme legislation.
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VA
The President Has Two Words for Lawmakers Who Want to Cut Defense Jobs: ‘No Thanks’
October 23, 2015
Obama vetoed and sent back to Congress the 2016 Defense Authorization Act which authorizes spending on defense programs.
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DoD
Past Due: Why Can’t Congress Seem to Pay Its Bills on Time?
October 23, 2015
Deciding whether or not to pay the debts incurred to fund the previously approved spending is nuts.
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Budget
The Problem with the Federal Pay System Is No One Cares to Fund It
October 23, 2015
Federal agencies have more than enough flexibility within the current pay system to raise wages as needed to meet market demands. It’s Congresses and administrations that refuse to exercise that authority.
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Pay
Will Blue Collar Workers Get Equal Pay for Equal Work?
October 23, 2015
If you and your co-workers work in the same building or on the same military base, your pay should be based on the same locality rate, right? Turns out, that’s not always the case for many hourly workers at several locations.
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Workers' Rights
Bill Designed to Make Airports Safer Signed into Law But More Needs to Be Done
October 23, 2015
AFGE’s first labor-management contract TSA was ratified in November 2012. Then this happened.
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TSA
Organize, Organize, Organize with our Membership & Organization Department!
October 23, 2015
We all know AFGE is a union on the rise – we’re only inches away from adding our 300,000th member to our ranks.
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7 Things DoD Can Do to Save Money Right Now
October 23, 2015
Here are 7 things it can do right now to generate savings.
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DoD
Do You Get Equal Pay for Equal Work?
October 22, 2015
If you and your co-workers work in the same building or on the same military base, your pay should be based on the same locality rate, right? Turns out, that’s not always the case for many hourly workers at several locations.
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OPM
My Disability is One Part of Who I Am
October 21, 2015
In October, we celebrate the 70th Annual Disability Employment Awareness Month and look at how unions play and important role in educating activists of the rights of workers with disabilities.
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DOL
Meet Germaine Clarno, the Real Face of VA Accountability
October 20, 2015
The deeper one person got into her VA career, the more apparent it became that those who speak up about problems with patient care were being ostracized, criticized and by certain managers. There was a dark side to the workplace she loved—a culture steeped in intimidation, retaliation and reprisal—and she knew that someone needed to do something about it. Read her story:
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VA, Member Profile
I Am Real Accountability
October 20, 2015
On a cold day in February of 2013, veterans nurse Kathi Dahl sat before a Congressional committee in Washington, D.C. to sound the alarm. At a time when on one else wanted to talk about management's failure to announce and remediate an outbreak, Kathi stepped forward to demand action.
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VA
This Gulf War Veteran Has a Message for the VA
October 20, 2015
When Gulf War veteran Eric Young was medically discharged from the Army as a 60% service-connected veteran, he knew he could trust the doctors and medical staff at Veterans Affairs to get him back on his feet. That's why Young was so concerned when he saw more and more veterans returning from conflicts overseas, and less health care workers to pick up the load.
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BOP, Member Profile
What is Sequestration?
October 19, 2015
You've heard that sequestration could lead to major pay cuts and more furloughs for federal employees, but what is sequestration, exactly? We explain.
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Sequester
