The Office of Special Counsel, which enforces the Hatch Act, has issued new guidance for the political activity of federal employees.
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Members of AFGE Local 420 working at Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton in West Virginia were joined by elected officials, community leaders, and AFGE members from across the nation as they gathered at the Interstate 68/W.Va. 26 interchange on Nov. 16 to protest severe understaffing at their facility and other federal prisons nationwide.
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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dear friend Mark Gibson. Mark passed away on Nov. 18 surrounded by family in Tomah, Wisconsin.
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The Department of Homeland Security turns 16 on Nov. 25. The young agency was created in 2002 to fight a new kind of war following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. To create a unified agency, all or part of 22 different agencies such as FEMA, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, and Secret Service were merged into one department.
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The lawsuit seeks to block union-busting actions by the administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Five correctional officers were hospitalized after being attacked by inmates at United States Penitentiary McCreary in Pine Knot, Ky. Nov. 14.
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According to data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, non-federal workers in Des Moines earned 10 percentage points more than federal employees doing similar jobs over a three-year period.
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The administration is pushing its false narrative that some feds are overpaid and others are underpaid so that it can shift payroll from the bottom to the top.
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In a new proposed rule, the NLRB is siding with corporate interests―pitting business owners against workers.
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Who are these unsung heroes behind Thanksgiving? It’s the men and women who work at many government agencies.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Nov. 8 it is removing 430 union volunteers from their union representation duties, denying workplace rights to more than 100,000 health care workers at the VA.
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On Nov. 6, a large number of pro-union candidates won their elections and re-elections, shifting the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the next Congress.
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Sixteen senators are asking the Trump administration why it’s not complying with a court order that invalidated major provisions of the White House’s executive orders targeting federal employees and their unions.
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Despite a federal judge’s ruling in August that largely invalidated President Trump’s three illegal anti-worker executive orders, the EEOC notified our union that it is on a fast track to implement several portions of the orders before the end of the year.
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AFGE’s communications team has won prestigious labor media awards for several years in a row, and this year is no different.
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