Rain, sleet, hail, and snow didn’t stop our members from keeping their communities safe in last week’s blizzard!
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The 2016 Legislative Conference is fast approaching. Stay tuned for more details about the conference in the coming weeks.
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AFGE EMS Local 3721 President Aretha Lyles applauds Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s introduction of a bill that would reduce non-emergency 911 calls and hospital readmission.
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President Barack Obama expresses his appreciation for federal nurses as the country is recognizing their skills, dedication, and professionalism during the Federal Nurses Week Sept. 22-28.
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Congratulations to workers in the State of Missouri! An attempt to eliminate Missourians’ right to union representation has failed.
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Everybody should have the right to vote. But 50 years after the Voting Rights Act became law giving African-Americans equal rights at the polls, systematic voter suppression in the form of new voting laws has resulted in millions not being able to cast their ballots.
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After nearly 20 years, it finally happened. AFGE Local 2272 recently signed a new contract with the U.S. Marshals Service, ushering in a new era of collaboration and a new kind of relationship between management and the union.
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AFGE strongly encourages the Senate to pass Senator Blumenthal’s bill and reject S. 1082, which would give VA management greater power to silence whistleblowers and create a culture of fear for front-line workers -- an environment similar to the one that led to the wait list scandal in 2014.
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AFGE on Sept. 15 won a union election to represent doctors and dentists at a VA hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Of the 200 eligible voters, 65 people voted yes and 4 people voted no. AFGE also won an election for a small group of 5 Environmental Protection Agency employees in Dallas who report to headquarters and weren’t in the unit. The vote was 4 yes, 0 no.
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If you are a public safety officer and lose your life protecting this country, your family will receive benefits so they don’t go bankrupt while mourning the loss of a loved one. Sadly, this is not the case at TSA.
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The costs for groceries, health insurance, and other necessities have all gone up. That’s why the workers who keep America running need a real pay raise, not the paltry 1.3% increase proposed by the administration for 2016.
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AFGE delegates attending AFGE’s 40th National Convention in Orlando have re-elected the union’s top three national officers.
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AFGE’s Field Service and Education Department (FSED) has released new training videos for union leaders and activists as part of our new expanded education program in support of the union’s Big Enough to Win strategy.
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A new Coast Guard unit in Maryland has recently been added to the AFGE family! A small but united group of 40 wage grade warehouse employees at the USCG in Curtis Bay unanimously voted for AFGE to be their exclusive representative. The employees will join AFGE Local 1923, which already represents GS employees at this location.
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