America’s economy has swung out of balance. It’s getting harder to get by, let alone get ahead. Everyday Americans are working more than ever before and that’s created record wealth that’s everywhere but ordinary peoples’ wallets.
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28% of Americans are underserved by banks, turning to shady lenders and predatory financial institutions. A potential solution? The U.S. Postal Service.
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Ron Demicheli is everywhere - pounding the pavement, serving on boards, and convincing a quarter of his union to show how much they care about our cause. He may be the most active AFGE retiree yet.
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Federal housing subsidies saves taxpayers millions while keeping homeless off our streets.
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Federal employees in Burlington, Vt., and Virginia Beach, Va., are one step closer to getting a locality pay raise.
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District 14 University drew dozens of members from across the region, and is the culmination of months of effort to take their training program to the next level.
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We need to spread the word and show the public how valuable we government employees really are to keeping our country running. That’s where the AFGE Communications Department comes in.
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AFGE congratulates Beth Cobert for being nominated by President Obama to serve as permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management.
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Union members honored their lost brothers in a candlelight vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington after a week of lobbying Congress for better safety equipment and staffing.
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Since AFGE and TSA signed the first labor-management agreement three years ago, AFGE has won numerous cases against TSA, tremendously improving working conditions for our country’s last line of defense against terrorism.
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AFGE represents thousands of veterans working in our federal prisons, on our military bases, patrolling our borders, taking care of our nation's capital, and in government offices nationwide. AFGE also represents thousands of workers who serve veterans day in and day out, as doctors, nurses, and so much more.
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These survey results will change everything you thought about the VA.
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When Gulf War veteran Eric Young was medically discharged from the U.S Army in 1993 as a 60% service-connected veteran, he knew that he could trust the doctors and medical staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs to get him back on his feet.
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Employees at Ft. Hood Army Medical Center, Texas, voted to join the AFGE Family in a 184-26 vote.
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The Obama Administration released the text of the notorious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Just as we expected, it isn't good.
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