How Union Solidarity Raises Minimum Wage for America
April 10, 2015
McDonald’s is the latest corporation to raise its minimum wage following a series of protests by workers backed by labor unions.
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Know a Great Organizer? Nominate Him/Her or the Whole Team!
April 10, 2015
At our AFGE Triennial Convention in Orlando this year, a special organizing award will be given to an individual (member or staff) or group (Local, Council or staff team) of individuals.
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Convention 2015
Can You Hide Your Wealth Overseas to Avoid Taxes? These Corporations Can and Have Been Doing It for Years
April 10, 2015
Chevron. Exxon Mobil. General Electric. Apple. Microsoft. Pfizer. Merck. Johnson and Johnson. These companies have something in common: they have stashed their profits overseas to avoid paying taxes while waiting for the next tax holiday where they can bring back the profits and get taxed at a much lower rate – usually in a single digit, which is lower than what most Americans pay.
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Privatization, Labor
TSO Fired for Being Pregnant Wins Reinstatement
April 07, 2015
This should have been the happiest time in Amanda Kincannon’s life.
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TSA Officers: Protect Us so We Can Protect You
April 03, 2015
TSA officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Wednesday staged a protest demanding new security measures to protect passengers and employees in airport security screening areas.
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TSA
AFGE Mourns Passing of former NST Allen Kaplan
April 03, 2015
AFGE mourns the passing of Allen Kaplan who served as AFGE National Secretary Treasurer from 1986 to 1991.
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AFGE National Departments
VA Caught Red-Handed Wasting Tax Dollars on IT Contract That Could Be Done Cheaper In-house
April 03, 2015
AFGE Local 1745 in Texas demanded that the Department of Veterans Affairs immediately end an illegal contract of information technology work in the Project Management Accountability System Business Office after it became clear from a VA inspector general report that the agency violated both sourcing law and policy and intentionally reduced the number of civilian workers in order to contract out the work.
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VA, Outsourcing
TSA Officers: Protect Us so We Can Protect You
April 03, 2015
TSA officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Wednesday staged a protest demanding new security measures to protect passengers and employees in airport security screening areas.
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Defense Grocery Stores Fired an Expensive Bakery Contractor But Is Looking for a New Expensive Contractor
April 03, 2015
The Defense Department is looking for ways to cut cost, but it appears that the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is not.
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AFGE Members Blew Whistle at Tomah VA to Protect Patients from Wrongfully Prescribed Drugs
April 03, 2015
The Tomah VA hospital in Wisconsin has been in the news lately for allegedly prescribing high doses of drugs to veterans. But did you know that it was AFGE members who blew the whistle on these practices that may have led to 33 dead veterans?
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AFGE Denounces Indiana’s Freedom to Discriminate Law
April 03, 2015
Indiana Governor Mike Pence last week signed into law a bill that allows people and businesses to circumvent state laws on the grounds that they contradict a person’s religious beliefs.
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Workers' Rights, Labor
Air Safety is About Protecting People, Not Profits
April 02, 2015
After over 18 months of tireless efforts to push back against unnecessary security privatization, AFGE Local 556 members at Orlando Airport have finally seen the fruits of their labor.
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Air Safety is About Protecting People, Not Profits
April 02, 2015
AFGE Local 556 members at Orlando Airport have seen the fruits of their labor as the TSA Committee of the Greater Orlando Airport Authority (GOAA) maintained federal security screeners at checkpoints rather than hiring private, for-profit contractors.
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TSA
My Day With Cesar Chavez
March 31, 2015
Seven days before his death, Cesar Chavez and his son-in-law stepped off a plane in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Member Profile, Labor
This Is What AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Said about Young People
March 27, 2015
"Your activism is compelling, and, in fact, quite inspiring."
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Labor
