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Past African American Super Bowl and Academy Awards Winners

February 24, 2015

Since February is also the month where most Americans are glued to their televisions, watching two of the most highly rated television events of the year - The Super Bowl and The Academy Awards - we thought it would be fitting to highlight how African Americans have shaped these two iconic events.

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Categories: Civil Rights

Online Registration Open for AFGE JNS Scholarship

February 24, 2015

The registration process for the AFGE John N. Sturdivant Scholarship (JNS) is open online for the 2015-2016 FEEA scholarship season. The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) is a non-profit organization devoted to helping civilian federal and postal employees through annual education based scholarships, emergency assistance and child care subsidies.

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Categories: Member Profile

This Bill Ensures Retirement Fairness for Correctional Officers

February 20, 2015

Congress needs to pass an AFGE-backed bill recently introduced that would ensure retirement fairness for correctional officers who risk the lives every single day keeping the most dangerous felons behind bars. The bill, S. 380 – introduced by Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, would exempt correctional officers who retire before age 55 with 20 years of service from the federal tax law’s 10% additional tax penalty for early withdrawals from the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP).

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Categories: BOP

Army Corps of Engineers Needs to Come Clean about Its Pilot Project

February 20, 2015

It’s a new year, and federal employees working for the Army Corps of Engineers (ACoE) are not sure what’s in store for them. The agency is embarking on a five-year pilot project that could involve handing over control of its locks and dams, which are vital to the nation’s security, to for-profit companies. It’s talking with industry about these possibilities but is not involving the union, whose members will be directly impacted by the project.

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Categories: Privatization

Mass Transit Benefit Up and Permanent

February 20, 2015

A bill has been introduced to make sure that those using mass transit receive the same tax treatment as those driving to work. Rep. Pete King of New York has introduced the 2015 Commuter Benefit Parity Act, which would set the monthly transit benefit cap for both commuters and drivers at $235 a month. The bill covers all commuters, including federal employees.

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Categories: Member Benefits

Caught on Camera: Lawmakers Speak Out

February 19, 2015

When lawmakers say they want to take away federal employees’ rights, this congressman’s response is perfect:

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Categories: Videos, Congress

The Veterans Have Spoken: No One Does it Better than the VA

February 19, 2015

It’s official: Since its November debut, only a handful of veterans have opted to seek care from private-sector providers under the controversial Choice Card privatization program. In fact, it has been used by just 3% of veterans who are eligible, or 27,000 veterans out of 700,000. The number is even smaller when compared with the 9 million veterans who currently use VA health care.

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AFGE Celebrates Black History Month

February 18, 2015

The month of February is recognized as Black History Month. This year's theme is "A Century of Black Life, History and Culture". AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments were excited to kick off this month's celebration at our annual Civil Rights Luncheon at the 2015 AFGE Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference.

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Categories: Civil Rights

VA Secretary Receives Enthusiastic Welcome at AFGE Legislative Conference

February 13, 2015

Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald received a rock star welcome as he addressed a packed house at the AFGE National VA Council’s meeting early Sunday morning. The Council meeting is part of AFGE’s annual Legislative Conference being held here in Washington, D.C. Feb. 8-11. Secretary McDonald's appearance this weekend was the first time a VA Secretary has spoken at a VA Council meeting at the legislative conference.

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Categories: VA

This Bill Could Save Correctional Officers’ Lives

February 13, 2015

A critical bill has been introduced in the Senate, and its passage could mean life or death for Bureau of Prisons officers. The bill, S. 368, would allow officers to carry their personal firearms while they commute to-and-from work by requiring wardens of BOP-operated institutions to provide a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of those institutions.

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Categories: BOP

AFGE Fact-Checks Op-ed Attacking DoD Civilians

February 13, 2015

AFGE shot back at a Wall Street Journal op-ed which misrepresented facts about the size of the civilian workforce at the Defense Department.

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Categories: DoD

AFGE Paid off Its Mortgage!

February 13, 2015

The National Executive Council of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is proud to report to you that the mortgage on the AFGE National Office Building located in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C. was paid off in December 2014, well in advance of the final payment due in August 2021.

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Jose Rivera's Family Needs Your Help

February 13, 2015

Brothers and sisters of the Bureau of Prisons, when we see a fellow correctional officer or their family in need, we take care of our own. Right now, the family of fallen officer Jose Rivera needs our help.

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Categories: BOP

The 15 Best Moments from AFGE’s 2015 Legislative Conference

February 13, 2015

See all 15 best moment of LegCon:

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Categories: AFGE National Departments

AFGE Activists Heat up a Cold Afternoon on Capitol Hill

February 13, 2015

Chanting “What time is it? Union time!”, “AFGE! AFGE!,” “AFL-CIO!” the nearly 500 AFGE members who attended the union’s legislative conference marched to Capitol Hill to demand an end to attacks on the federal workforce and job-and-morale-killing sequestration.

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