D.C. Statehood Would Give Federal, D.C. Government Workers More Voice
April 19, 2021
AFGE supports a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state.
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132 Lawmakers Join Opposition to Union-Busting Executive Orders
July 16, 2018
As the administration works to purge our union from the workplace, 132 members of Congress join us in calling for a stop to the union-busting Executive Orders.
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AFGE Celebrates LGBT Pride in the Nation's Capital
June 18, 2018
The Capital Pride Parade attracts over 150,000 spectators every year, many of which are AFGE members working in the D.C. and federal governments. In our fourth year as a Capital Pride sponsor, AFGE staff, members and officers joined in the parade along with more than 170 contingents-floats, vehicles, and walkers.
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AFGE Sues President Trump Over Executive Order
June 04, 2018
On May 25, President Trump signed three executive orders that chip away at due process and collective bargaining rights for federal employees. On May 30, 2018, AFGE sued the Trump administration in response to the third executive order, which aims to deny workers their legal right to representation at the worksite.
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How Trump’s Executive Orders Remove Checks and Balances
June 04, 2018
The three executive orders seek to undermine three things that serve as a protection for the merit systems and against the politicization of the civil service: removal procedure and merit principles, official time, and collective bargaining. After seeing the misinformation campaigns against EPA and VA workers, it's clear that the administration is trying to undermine our democracy and usher in the spoils system.
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Washington, D.C., Official Time, Workers' Rights, Veterans, Labor, The Insider, White House, Contracts, Organizing , Grievance Procedures
A Rally to Support the EPA
April 30, 2018
In a show of support, one group after another lined up in front of the EPA building in Washington, D.C. to tell the Environmental Protection Agency and its employees how much they appreciate and support their mission protecting public health and saving lives.
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Fully-Staffed Prisons Make Safer Communities
April 23, 2018
For years, the correctional workers in the federal Bureau of Prisons have done more with less. Facing the threat of even more staffing cuts to their workforce, the Council of Prison Locals held a Senate roundtable to make it clear: fewer correctional workers mean more dangerous prisons and less safe communities.
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Join us at AFGE's 2018 Legislative Conference
December 18, 2017
You are invited to join us at the 2018 Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference on February 11-14, 2018. Registration is now open.
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Washington, D.C., Pay, Budget, Workers' Rights, Big Enough to Win, AFGE National Staff, Training, The Insider
Shutdown Averted, for Now
December 11, 2017
Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open until Dec. 22.
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Politicians Seek to Increase Probationary Period for Feds to 2 Years
December 04, 2017
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would at least double the probationary period for federal employees.
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AFGE Activists Defeat Cuts to Pay, Retirement, and Health Care
October 30, 2017
AFGE activists defeated the severe cuts to federal employees' pay, retirement, and health care, after making tens of thousands of phone calls to their members of Congress urging them not to accept any final budget that cuts federal employee compensation.
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Washington, D.C., Senate, Congress, Pay, Budget, Outsourcing , Privatization, Labor, Job Cuts, The Insider
When Firefighters Came to Washington
October 13, 2017
Federal firefighters from the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments came to the nation’s capital in early October to fight for fair pay and healthier working conditions for all federal firefighters and first responders.
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5 Things You Need to Know about the Latest Governmentwide Reorganization Efforts
September 22, 2017
The Trump administration has directed all agencies to create agency reorganization plan. Here are five things you need to know.
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These 3 Legislative Victories Prove We Are Stronger Together
September 22, 2017
Special interests’ and their allies in Congress’ attacks on federal employees’ pay, benefits, and rights were relentless the past few weeks, but they couldn’t match the will and activism of AFGE members who bombarded Congress with calls, letters, and visits to their lawmakers. The results? These three major legislative victories that protect the civil service, jobs, and taxpayer dollars.
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Trump Threatens to Shut Down Government over Border Wall
August 25, 2017
If Congress fails to pass a budget with funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, President Trump has threatened to shut down the federal government - potentially leaving thousands of government employees and working families without pay or benefits.
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