Did you know there are 340,000 active-duty service members performing non-combat support jobs throughout the Department of Defense?
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The Air Force just announced it’s about to carry out a reduction in force for 1,000 civilians. Here’s what you need to know.
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Congress demanded that the Department of Defense cut civilian workers’ jobs to save money. So why are they spending more on service contractors this year?
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AFGE Local 2317 depot employees earned their bragging rights
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AFGE leaders held a series of private meetings with senior military and civilian leaders at the 2015 DoD Maintenance Symposium.
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AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. Dec. 3 met with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to discuss three pressing issues that affect the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce.
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After being caught red-handed trying to illegally outsource its email system, the Defense Information Systems Agency is denying having ever done such a thing, saying it’s just “seeking only information”.
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It was a tough, hard fought year for AFGE activists working at depots and arsenals nationwide. Their livelihoods depend on provisions in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, a policy bill that authorizes programs at the Department of Defense.
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The Army is reorganizing, and it wants to build its own financial offices staffed by soldiers who will be doing tasks financial professionals at DFAS have already been doing efficiently and effectively.
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Contract inventories are important as DoD spends two times more on service contracts than on civilian employees, with service contract costs having more than doubled during the last ten years.
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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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When the Pentagon wants to cut costs, the workers at defense commissaries — many of whom are veterans and military spouses — are viewed as easy targets.
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It was a tough, hard fought year for AFGE activists working at depots and arsenals, but AFGE activists did it.
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If the Pentagon gets its way, these 12,000 employees could face a pay cut of at least $10,000 a year.
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Many Americans may think of Washington, D.C. as the place where the majority of government employees work. In reality, more than 85% of federal workers live and work outside of the nation's capital. Those employees help power communities all across the country—like Fort Huachuca in Arizona.
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