Thanks to our hard work and persistence, AFGE scored several major wins in the House version of the fiscal 2021 NDAA.
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Even though the United States has the world’s highest numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths, the federal government has remained open throughout the outbreak.
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More than 13,000 employees at the USCIS have received their furlough notices, but they have not given up on saving their jobs and their agency.
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Long hours, too many administrative duties, broken hiring promises, a hostile workplace, lack of equal bargaining rights, and the ongoing open attacks on unions demoralize VA employees on a daily basis.
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The Trump administration is working behind the scenes to move forward with its plan to merge OPM with the GSA.
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After a years-long fight, 1,000 employees working for the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development department are being moved out of the contaminated Goodfellow building complex in St. Louis, MO.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia June 22 denied a motion by the FLRA that sought to dismiss a lawsuit filed by AFGE challenging the constitutionality of appointments to the FSIP.
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EPA leadership appears to have confused agency “briefings” on COVID-19 with formal negotiations with the union required under the law.
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AFGE hails a landmark Supreme Court ruling that affirms employees cannot be fired for their gender or sexual orientation.
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Federal government will further the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by rushing to reopen federal worksites.
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AFGE TSA Council 100 outlines need for comprehensive strategy for passenger safety at nation's airports.
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In a major victory for AFGE and the entire federal sector labor movement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled against the Trump federal labor board’s attempt to limit federal workers’ bargaining rights by changing its own longstanding interpretation of the term “conditions of employment.”
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Union Plus recently awarded $300,000 in scholarships to 215 students representing 43 unions, including six AFGE members.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving forward with its anti-employee, anti-veteran agenda by submitting management proposals, many illegal, to the impasses panel that has the authority to impose management directives.
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As of June 10, 2,134 federal inmates and 190 Bureau of Prisons staff have tested positive for COVID-19. The BOP, however, has never tested employees for exposure to the coronavirus and has no plans to test them in the future.
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