AFGE continues to welcome new leaders and activists to our family, and this year is no different.
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Thanks to AFGE’s relentless fight, TSA workers this month received their first paycheck with an increase of up to 31%.
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AFGE supports a bill that would give a tax benefit to workers by allowing them to deduct union dues on their federal income taxes.
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The House’s plan to cut OSHA by $95 million would put workers’ safety at risk as funding for training and enforcement of labor laws would be dramatically reduced.
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Registration is now underway for the AFGE Defense Conference’s annual training, which will be held the first week of September at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.
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AFGE has reached an agreement with the Social Security Administration (SSA), allowing 42,000 SSA employees nationwide represented by AFGE to enjoy new workplace rights and protections.
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“I told them the key points of AFGE, how we fight for solidarity and causes and that we’re internationally known and if you have a problem you can come to the unio.”
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AFGE Local 3403 representing researchers, scientists, and administrative employees at the National Science Foundation (NSF) is pushing back against the agency’s unilateral change in telework arrangements without waiting for the counteroffer from the union.
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AFGE is proud to announce that 20 AFGE members and their families have been awarded the 2023 merit-based scholarship organized by the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA).
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With the help of our many sponsors including the NVAC and AFGE Local 1633, WFP and AFGE’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) awarded 20 recipients each a $1,000 scholarship on behalf of the Fredna S. White Memorial Scholarship Program.
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The extreme, anti-union National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWLDF) tried to bust our union, and they failed.
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AFGE is working to revive union representation at a long-established local at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples in Italy after members and potential members have expressed renewed interest in the union.
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At a congressional hearing on pending legislation July 12, Department of Veterans Affairs officials told members of Congress it has enough tools to address poor performance and doesn’t need a bill pending in Congress that would speed up firings of employees without proper due process.
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AFGE ended June with another overall net increase of 1,362 members!
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The Department of Defense civilian workforce has lower percentages of women and minorities than the rest of the federal government, according to 10 years of data analyzed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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