When the Pentagon wants to cut costs, the workers at defense commissaries — many of whom are veterans and military spouses — are viewed as easy targets.
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This organizer and her team have helped set records at her Local – and they’re getting very close to having every employee as an AFGE member.
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House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller is out promoting arbitrary firing and retaliation not only in the VA but governmentwide.
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Our veterans have served our country with distinction all over the world. But let’s face it – when many veterans complete their service, lawmakers aren’t holding up their end of the deal. That's where you come in.
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It was a tough, hard fought year for AFGE activists working at depots and arsenals, but AFGE activists did it.
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Veterans are facing the choice of missing a doctor’s appointment or risk losing their job on a regular basis. This bill would change that.
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A shutdown was also averted. Now take a trip down memory lane and see what could have happened to you and your loved ones had AFGE not stood our ground and fought on your behalf.
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AFGE makes history by reaching 300,000 members. How did we do it?
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If the Pentagon gets its way, these 12,000 employees could face a pay cut of at least $10,000 a year.
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Loan-shark lenders are out there, and they’re targeting federal retirees and veterans. They usually dupe retirees into borrowing against their pensions by marketing them as a sale and not a loan and failing to disclose high interest rates and fees.
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On a beautiful day in downtown Washington, employees at OPM and surrounding agencies spent their lunch hour visiting exhibit tables from area organizations.
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Many Americans may think of Washington, D.C. as the place where the majority of government employees work. In reality, more than 85% of federal workers live and work outside of the nation's capital. Those employees help power communities all across the country—like Fort Huachuca in Arizona.
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When he was in high school, National Border Patrol Council Vice President Shawn Moran would do anything to get on the radio. Now he doesn't have to choose between homeland security and radio.
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Some elected officials and organizations, including the misleadingly-named, Koch brothers-funded front group “Concerned Veterans for America,” have bashed the Department of Veterans Affairs at every opportunity.
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AFGE and FEMA have just reached a tentative agreement on a first national master agreement that will greatly improve their working conditions.
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