Retired from Work, Not Labor
October 14, 2016
What happens when a group of retired AFGE members get together? The start of a new chapter of union activism.
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Collecting Food, Delivering Hope
August 26, 2016
Meet the Social Security employees who are collecting food and cooking up a big batch of hope.
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Feds Fighting Hunger
August 20, 2016
American families are going hungry and public servants are doing something about it.
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South Carolina's New Champion for Working People
July 30, 2016
April Lott is an advocate for public servants. She also understands why it's important for AFGE to get involved with the local labor movement.
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Social Security: Running on Fumes?
July 23, 2016
If some lawmakers succeed, the 21 million Americans kept out of poverty because of Social Security may find themselves with nowhere to turn.
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1.3% Pay Increase Locked In as Congress Approves 2016 Budget
December 18, 2015
The House and Senate this week approved a funding package that keeps the federal government funded through September, 2016.
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AFGE Pushes 3.9% Cost of Living Increase for Federal Retirees
December 04, 2015
AFGE is urging Congress to pass a bill that would give retirees, including federal retirees, a 3.9% increase in their cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year.
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Is It Possible to Have 100% or Nearly 100% Membership?
November 06, 2015
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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Almost-Minister Becomes Union Super Organizer
October 23, 2015
She was supposed to become a minister, but life circumstances changed her choice of vocation.
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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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Close the Hedge Fund Manager Tax Loophole to Protect Feds from Sequestration
October 16, 2015
With a possible government shutdown in a little over 50 days, AFGE is joining a coalition of 52 good government organizations in urging senators to close an outrageous tax loophole that allows hedge funds, private equity firms, and venture capitalists to avoid billions of dollars in taxes each year.
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Would You like Your Social Security Cut by 20%?
August 12, 2015
If you work hard and invest into something, you should reap the benefits. But next year, 11 million Americans who have worked hard and paid into Social Security for 22 years on average stand to lose a big chunk of their hard earned money – nearly 20% to be exact.
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AFGE Supports Bill that Would Block Loss of up to 20% of your Social Security
July 31, 2015
If you work hard and invest into something, you should reap the benefits. But next year, 11 million Americans who have worked hard and paid into Social Security for 22 years on average stand to lose a big chunk of their hard earned money – nearly 20% to be exact.
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Lawmakers Send Letter Demanding Social Security Reveal Plans for Field Offices
July 09, 2015
With the help of AFGE members, Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL) and 66 total cosigners of a letter to Social Security Administration Acting Administrator Carolyn Colvin demanding transparency regarding plans for the future of community-based services.
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SSA Ordered to Negotiate with AFGE Over Space Heater Usage
May 01, 2015
Thanks to the help and expertise of AFGE’s Field Services and Education Department (FSED), Social Security Administration (SSA) employees are no longer left in the cold, literally.
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