More Than 60 AFGE Activists to Represent AFGE at AFL-CIO Young Worker Summit
March 13, 2015
Young workers are leading some of the country’s most pressing fights for racial justice, gender equity, and LGBTQ rights.
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FMLA for Feds in Same-Sex Marriages No Matter Where They Live
February 27, 2015
The Labor Department announced the rule change in keeping with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor, which struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act provision that interpreted "marriage" and "spouse" to be limited to opposite-sex marriage for the purposes of federal law.
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AFGE Celebrates LGBT Pride Month
June 25, 2014
In a video celebrating LGBT pride month AFGE national leaders and staff share their thoughts on equality and celebrating pride.
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AFGE Pride
June 12, 2014
Just as labor unions educate, empower and lobby politically on behalf of the middle class and working families, organizations committed to lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals (LGBT) are an incredible source of information and advocacy for our LGBT brothers and sisters. Throughout June, the Women’s and Fair Practices Departments will celebrate LGBT Pride Month by highlighting the many organizations and individuals who have been on the forefront of the LGBT movement.
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