D.C. Millennial Week Is Here!
June 12, 2015
Washington, D.C. is celebrating its youth culture with exciting events throughout the week starting this Saturday, June 13.
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AFGE: Hackers May Have Personnel Data for Every Federal Employee
June 12, 2015
Since discovering the data breach that affects millions of current and former federal employees in April, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has so far refused to share with AFGE detailed information about the breach, citing the ongoing criminal investigation.
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AFGE Weighs in on Bills Affecting Hundreds of Thousands of VA Employees
June 12, 2015
AFGE General Counsel David Borer last week testified before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on three pending bills that would affect VA employees represented by AFGE.
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VA, Workers' Rights
80 AFGE Activists to Participate in 40th Annual Capital Pride Parade in Washington D.C.
June 12, 2015
AFGE is proud to be a Rainbow Sponsor of the 40th Celebration of Pride in the Nation’s Capital this weekend!
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Beyond Celebration: Recognizing LGBT Rights in the Workplace
June 12, 2015
After joining the federal workforce in 1986 to use her talents at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Carolyn Federoff became involved in her local AFGE union.
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AFGE EPA Council Responds to Report on Management Challenges
June 12, 2015
A recent independent assessment of management challenges facing the Environmental Protection Agency highlights several issues that are especially important to the AFGE Council 238, which represents about 8,500 EPA employees.
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EPA, Workers' Rights
AFGE Wins Union Election to Represent Coast Guard Employees in California
June 12, 2015
AFGE this week won a union election to represent wage grade and professional employees at theLos Angeles/Long Beach Coast Guard command at Terminal Island (San Pedro), California. The employees voted 10-2 to be represented by AFGE.
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15 Reasons Why Federal Employees Need to Earn a $15/Hour Living Wage
June 06, 2015
SeaTac, Seattle, San Francisco, and most recently Los Angeles have adopted a $15 an hour minimum wage. As the Fight for $15 campaign is catching on, few people know that at least 34,000 federal workers, not including non-appropriated fund (NAF) employees, make less than $15 an hour.
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New Guidance on LGBT Released
June 06, 2015
The Office of Personnel Management, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Special Counsel, and the Merit Systems Protection Board have just put out new guidance for agencies and federal employees in the LGBT community.
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Activist of the Week: Meet the AFGE Activist Who Helped His Local Win 8 Awards
June 06, 2015
Francis Nichols III is the life of the party. It’s impossible not to notice him.
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Activists Storm U.S. Trade Building Demanding Full Disclosure of Secret Trade Deal
June 06, 2015
Undeterred by a June shower, labor activists from across the country on Tuesday gathered at the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C. before marching to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), demanding to see the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a secret trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries.
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AFGE Demands Accountability Following Cyberattack Targeting 4 Million Employees, Retirees
June 05, 2015
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informed AFGE Thursday evening that the personal information of all 2.1 million current federal employees and an additional 2 million federal retirees and former federal employees may have been compromised during a Chinese cyberattack.
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Activist of the Week: Meet the AFGE Activist Who Helped His Local Win 8 Awards
June 05, 2015
Francis Nichols III is the life of the party. It’s impossible not to notice him.
On a recent bus ride from Hilton Chicago to a local McDonalds where AFL-CIO Next Up Young Worker Summit participants would gather to protest its poverty wages, Francis took to the front of the bus and led fun chants that made a long ride exciting and memorable.
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Building Solidarity with Pride
June 05, 2015
AFGE is proud to be a Rainbow Sponsor of the 40th Celebration of Pride in the Nation’s Capital. As the nation's largest labor union representing federal and D.C. government workers, AFGE uplifts, affirms and protects the workplace rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
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It’s Time for a $15 Federal Minimum Wage
June 05, 2015
Some wage-grade workers, like commissary employees, are facing pay cuts.Some wage-grade workers, like commissary employees, are facing pay cuts. Kevin L. Robinson/Defense Commissary Agency.
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