The fossil fuel industry and their allies in Congress are gutting the EPA. Take a trip down memory lane to the 1970s where the American people were suffering from various health issues due to air, water, and land pollution.
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2016 was a year of challenges and triumphs. Revisit photos of the moments that made 2016 memorable.
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A faction in Congress wants to close VA hospitals and send America's heroes to fight for-profit providers for healthcare. Luckily, their efforts are being rebuked by a group of pro-veteran lawmakers.
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There are over 125,000 people held in private prisons across America – that's 16% of all federal inmates and 6% of state inmates. And with poor staff training, low pay and no accountability, they are a serious danger to correctional workers, inmates, and the public.
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If some lawmakers succeed, the 21 million Americans kept out of poverty because of Social Security may find themselves with nowhere to turn.
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If you want to know how veterans feel about getting their care from profit-hungry hospital corporations instead of at the Department of Veterans Affairs, just ask them.
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People who have worked with the VA, are mentored by the VA, compare VA and non-VA hospitals, and receive care from the VA have spoken, and all the lies about how broken the VA is start to collapse.
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Some of the most inspirational leaders from the labor movement raised their voices for working people at AFGE's 2016 National Leadership Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
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Congress created the Commission on Care to improve veterans’ health care. So why are they so intent on selling out our nations’ heroes to the highest private bidder?
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Private hospital executives are plotting to take over veterans' heath care.
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The VA Commission on Care is stacked with private hospital executives that stand to benefit financially from privatizing the VA. Now, Veterans Service Organizations like the American Legion are fighting back.
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AFGE went to bat against big corporations who wanted to privatize your jobs, and after months of hard work we emerged victorious.
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Agencies have until February 15, 2016 to submit their inventories of service contracts to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), according to a new OMB data call. The memo is for non-defense agencies only as the Defense Department is covered under separate legislation.
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The Department of Defense has a new goal: instead of reducing funding and staffing at its headquarters by 20%, it now wants to do a 25% cut. The problem is, the workforce it’s cutting is the cheapest among the three workforces.
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The Department of Defense had at least 641,428 contractor employees working on various projects in 2014, according to a new service contractor inventory released this week. That number, however, is on the lower end as it is not based on actual hours and does not include the numbers from four major components.
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