AFGE Membership Continues to Skyrocket Throughout 2023
July 05, 2023
July/August Government Standard: May was a bellwether month for union growth, as AFGE broke recruitment records dating back 10 years.
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AFGE-Backed Locality Pay Bump for 32,900 Federal Workers Closer to Reality
July 03, 2023
Federal employees working in Fresno, Calif., Reno, Nev., Rochester, New York, and Spokane, Wash. are slated to get a locality pay raise next year.
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VA Outperforms Non-VA Hospitals in Nationwide Patient Survey
July 03, 2023
A new nationwide patient survey confirms what AFGE has been saying all along – that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ hospitals are superior to non-VA counterparts.
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EEOC Starts Accepting Pregnancy Discrimination Complaints
July 03, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is now accepting complaints from workers who feel they have been refused reasonable accommodations in the workplace and discriminated against due to their pregnancies and related medical conditions.
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AFGE Communications Department Launches Content Planner for Union Leaders and Activists
July 03, 2023
This communications tool is designed to help you stay on track and laser-focused on your digital content planning.
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Major Victory: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Postpones Reorganization
June 26, 2023
In a major victory for the recently revitalized bargaining unit at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the agency last week announced it would postpone its reorganization plan until next year to allow the agency and staff more time to work out details and make sure employees’ concerns are addressed.
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SSA Employees Warn Staffing, Funding Crisis Will Lead to People Not Receiving Benefits
June 26, 2023
“Due to over a decade of congressional underfunding we are now an agency in crisis.”
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AFGE’s Diana Quiñones Speaks at AFL-CIO Rally Endorsing Biden for Reelection
June 26, 2023
Diana Quiñones, legislative and political coordinator of AFGE Local 940, speaks at June 17 rally where unions gathered to endorse Biden.
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AFGE Launches New Local to Serve Unrepresented Employees in Europe
June 26, 2023
AFGE has launched a new local that seeks to cover more than 10,000 federal employees working for U.S. agencies in Europe who currently lack a collective voice at work.
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New Video: Vets Serving Vets
June 26, 2023
Nearly one third of VA employees are veterans, and they are proud to serve one another in the nation’s largest and best health care system.
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Millennium Challenge Corporation Employees Vote to Join AFGE, Win Pay Increase
June 20, 2023
Employees at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent United States government international development agency, have voted to form a union with AFGE as their representative.
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SSA Workers Seek Expansion of Telework to Address Staffing Crisis
June 20, 2023
SSA is in a recruitment and retention crisis.
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AFGE Voices Concerns Over Rushed Reorganization at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
June 20, 2023
AFGE Local 1534 is seeking to negotiate with the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) over its abruptly announced reorganization plan that directly affects a third of the workforce.
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AFGE Endorses President Joe Biden for Reelection
June 16, 2023
President Biden has stood up against threats to both working people and the apolitical civil service, union president says.
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AFGE Members Ratify New 2023 Master Agreement with VA
June 12, 2023
After over five years of unwavering dedication, members of the AFGE National VA Council have ratified the 2023 Master Agreement with the VA.
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