The webinar will cover subjects such as legal duties under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act and Civil Service Reform Act, how the AFGE Constitution defines local officer roles and responsibilities, fiduciary duties of all union officers, running local elections and local meetings, and basic strategic planning best practices for a “strong and effective” local union.
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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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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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Fifty years ago this week, Robert Francis Kennedy was shot and killed at a hotel in Los Angeles after delivering a speech celebrating his win in the California primary. While many remember his legacy as a politician, however, few are aware that Robert Kennedy played a key role in the labor and civil rights movements at a time when America was embroiled in social and political crises at home and abroad.
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The 2018 P.O.R.T Leadership Academy brought together hundreds of activists to advance their skills in political action, organizing, representation, and training. In its seventh year, P.O.R.T continues to educate new activists and hone the skills of dedicated trade unionists.
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To all of our veterans and military families, thank you for all that you have done for our country. Please watch and share this Memorial Day message from AFGE.
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By voting to pass the VA MISSION Act, Congress is punting on their responsibility to care for the men and women who have served our country, and are taking an extremely dangerous step toward privatization. It is a sad day for the 9.3 million veterans who rely on the VA for their health care and for the more than 120,000 veterans who work there.
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Defense and Veterans Affairs firefighters work long, dangerous work weeks to protect our country’s military installations and VA medical facilities and rescue people from dangerous situations. With the passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, we can better care for their health.
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Congressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia likes to tell it like it is, and in a hearing attacking union use of official time, he did just that.
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After years of hard work and advocacy from the AFGE Council of Prison Locals, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make Bureau of Prisons correctional officers’ commute to and from work a lot safer.
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AFGE Policy Director Jacque Simon detailed to members of Congress how the administration’s “President’s Management Agenda” would sabotage the professional civil service and agency missions.
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Some lawmakers in Congress, led by House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe, voted to send our wounded warriors to unaccountable, inferior, more expensive, for-profit health care providers. But these providers don't specialize in veteran health care.
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As law enforcement officers gather in Washington for National Law Enforcement Week, AFGE extends our gratitude and appreciation to everyone who puts on the uniform to fight for our safety and protection.
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Hundreds of AFGE members across the country took to the streets, recruited new members, met their members of Congress, and raised money to fight attacks on federal employees during AFGE’s first National Week of Action April 30-May 4.
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After giving the wealthiest Americans and corporations massive tax cuts that they immediately used to enrich themselves, the Trump administration turned its attention to federal employees, not to give them a tax cut but to cut their pay and retirement.
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