AFL-CIO: OSHA Budget Amounts to $3.99 to Protect Each Worker
May 01, 2023
The AFL-CIO’s latest report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers reveals alarming stats.
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AFGE Observes Mental Health Awareness Month with Upcoming Class on How to Respond to Mental Health Challenges
May 01, 2023
AFGE Women’s and Fair Practices Departments are offering a new class that would help union members take care of ourselves and each other by identifying and responding to mental health challenges.
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AFGE Wins Backpay, Restored Leave for Over a Thousand VA Employees in Oregon
April 24, 2023
In a victory for AFGE and employees of the VA Roseburg Healthcare System in Oregon, an arbitrator ordered the VA to restore all vacation and sick leave and reimburse all leave without pay for employees who took time off or were told to stay home due to COVID-19.
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AFGE Warns Budget Cuts Mean Long Lines at Airports, Closed Offices, Layoffs
April 24, 2023
The House leadership’s new “Limit, Save, Grow” bill that would raise the debt ceiling by drastically cutting federal agency funding to the fiscal 2022 levels will only limit government services, save nothing, and grow dissatisfaction among the American public.
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AFGE Voices Support for Bill Setting Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
April 24, 2023
A bill has been introduced in the House and Senate to set minimum nurse staffing levels at hospitals, including federal facilities, to protect both patients and nurses.
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To Observe Workers Memorial Day, AFGE Raises Awareness on Workplace Violence
April 24, 2023
Workers Memorial Day falls on April 28, marking the day that the Occupational Safety and Health Act took effect more than 50 years ago.
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New OMB Guidance Acknowledges Role of Telework in Future Work Arrangements
April 17, 2023
In surveys conducted by our union, federal employees have been consistent in saying that increased telework has helped their agencies in a variety of ways. Now, new guidance from OMB is recognizing the positive benefits of telework as part of an effort to establish a new normal after the national emergencies and public health emergencies around COVID-19 officially come to an end.
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SSA’s Staffing Crisis Hurts Beneficiaries, Workers
April 17, 2023
Burned out. Overworked. Underpaid. Demoralized. Around 1,000 workers at the Social Security Administration (SSA) are leaving the agency each month looking for a better place to work.
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Employees at Rock Island Arsenal Protest Illegal Contract
April 17, 2023
Management and employees at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois have not reached an agreement on their new contract, but management is planning to impose its own terms on the workers starting April 23. Employees, which negotiated in good faith with management for over a year only to be ignored. are not having any of it.
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Trying to Resolve Internal Dispute? AFGE Human Rights Training Conference’s Got You Covered!
April 17, 2023
AFGE’s Women and Fair Practices Departments are holding the 2023 Sister’s Keeper Summit and Human Rights Training Conference on July 28-Aug. 4 in Maryland, and we are excited to announce that one of the courses being offered at the conference is Conflict Resolution, a topic many members have inquired about.
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Major Victory: AFGE, VA Agree to Roll Over Largest Union Contract in Government
April 10, 2023
AFGE’s National VA Council and the Department of Veterans Affairs have reached a tentative agreement that defends critical protections for VA workers while modernizing the hiring process.
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New Survey Shows Feds Believe Increased Telework Has Improved Productivity
April 10, 2023
A recent federal employee survey shows telework has improved productivity, in line with what the Office of Personnel Management director told Congress in a congressional hearing last month.
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AFGE Asks Congress to Intervene in Layoff at Office of Cuba Broadcasting
April 10, 2023
AFGE is asking Congress to intervene in the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB)’s plan to lay off employees, including union stewards. Thirteen employees were already laid off in February.
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There's a Better Way to Resolve Disputes in the Workplace
April 10, 2023
Check out this new video about resolving disputes at work.
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AFGE Nets Largest Membership Increase in Almost Seven Years
April 03, 2023
AFGE ended the month of March with a net gain of 1,446, the highest net gain since June 2016.
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