The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 unfilled health care positions this month, including doctors, nurses, and support staff.
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On Jan. 14, AFGE members from the Social Security Administration will be holding a national day of action to demand that the Trump administration lift the hiring freeze to fully staff the agency and to call on Congress to provide living wages for Social Security workers and fully fund the government.
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The 2026 AFGE Legislative Conference will be held from Sunday, Feb. 8 through Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Washington at 400 New Jersey Ave. NW in Washington.
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All eyes are on the U.S. Senate after a bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the U.S. House approved legislation last week to restore collective bargaining rights for more than a million federal employees.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announces unilaterally terminating the collective bargaining agreement between AFGE and the Transportation Security Administration covering 47,000 TSA officers.
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Senior members of Congress, along with the newly elected leader of AFGE’s National Veterans Affairs Council, are defending the right of VA employees to join and form a union.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is adjusting its deadlines for federal employees pursuing discrimination complaints before the agency due to the government shutdown.
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AFGE and the American Foreign Service Association last week successfully prevented the imminent firing of more than 250 State Department employees pending a hearing on a lawsuit the unions filed in the case.
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Correctional officers and staff in some federal prisons are putting their lives in jeopardy simply by processing mail intended for inmates – and a federal oversight agency is calling for action.
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AFGE activists attend the CLUW convention and look forward to building the coalition's future.
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The Partnership for Public Service is collecting nominations for the 2026 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.
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More than 118,000 Defense Department employees paid through the Federal Wage System finally are set to receive their long-delayed 2024 pay raises.
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Legislation currently being debated behind closed doors in Congress could restore collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of civilian workers in the Department of Defense.
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AFGE recently helped a member recoup about a half-million dollars in medical fees after the Department of Labor rescinded its approval for the member to undergo surgery to correct an on-the-job injury – after the surgery had already been performed.
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AFGE National President Everett Kelley has been cited by online magazine The Root as one of the country’s top 12 most influential Black politicians.
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