At the urging of AFGE, House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to do an analysis on the cost of the contractor workforce and potential savings from reducing the use of expensive contractors.
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Congratulations to the AFGE TSA Council for reaching the highest membership mark at 15,814 members.
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The House this week passed an AFGE-backed bill to reform the Border Patrol pay system. The milestone came after years of concerted effort by the union and bipartisan supporters in both chambers of Congress.
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The Defense Department is not very enthusiastic about saving taxpayers’ dollars as it has decided to halt the statutorily required inventory of service contracts.
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House and Senate conferees this week reached an agreement on the 2015 Defense Authorization Act with a number of provisions that affect civilian employees.
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) continues its questionable process of coming up with a one-sided list of options presented to Congress as an a la carte menu for deficit reductions.
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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers said House and Senate negotiators are wrapping up negotiations over government funding bills and are hoping to file a consolidated bill to fund all agencies except the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of fiscal 2015.
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The House this week passed legislation that would increase the transit subsidy from $130 to $250 per month for workers whose employers offer transit subsidies, including federal employees.
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AFGE applauded the Office of Personnel Management for approving a union-backed plan to increase wages for employees at Minot Air Force Base to compensate for a spike in living costs.
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AFGE last month reached its highest membership ever at 288,374 members.
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In 2011, Dr. Michelle Washington went before Congress to sound the alarm about a shortage of VA doctors able to treat troops returning from war with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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On December 4th at 11 a.m. EST, the AFGE Legislative and Political Action Department will hold a conference call to discuss the recent changes to the Joint Travel Registry (JTR) that reduce per diem pay for long-term TDY travel.
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"During this time of year we give thanks for our family and friends. We recognize the challenges we faced throughout the year and reflect on the road ahead.
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Walmart is the largest private employer in the world. They make $16 billion a year in profits. And yet their workers live in poverty and rely on public programs to survive.
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At the invitation of the Defense Department leadership, AFGE local presidents and several members of the executive boards of the AFGE depots as well as DEFCON Chair Don Hale attended the 2014 DOD Maintenance Symposium in Birmingham, AL, last week.
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