It’s that time of year to reflect and be thankful for the important things in life. This year, the most grateful people appear to be the wealthy and CEOs.
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Nov. 7 was a big night for union members as labor-backed candidates from coast to coast cruised to victory as voters turned out to enact real change.
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As politicians and powerful special interests are doubling down on their attacks against federal employees, civil servants are fighting back by joining AFGE.
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For many retirees, staying active with AFGE makes sense: continued access to AFGE’s Member Benefits program helps them save money and AFGE provides a platform for them to continue organizing and look out for one another.
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We all want to have a job that allows us to take care of ourselves and our families. Things like paid sick leave, affordable health care, paid vacation, retirement, 8-hour work day, and safe workplaces are important to each of us as an individual and all of us as a society. Not many people, however, know that all the things that we working people enjoy today are a result of union negotiations.
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AFGE is proud to announce that National Vice President George McCubbin III has been newly elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
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Leaders of the House of Representatives on Nov. 2 unveiled its tax plan that would mostly benefit those who need help the least: wealthy individuals and large corporations.
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There are so many reasons we love veterans. They risk their lives for our country. Many return home with wounds both visible and invisible. Their families sacrifice too. Many veterans come home not to retire but to serve again as civil servants -- 1 in 3 federal employees are veterans. Here's what you can do to support veterans on Veterans Day and beyond.
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Horror movies and haunted houses are scary, but if you work for the federal government, there are things that are a lot scarier and far more real.
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When Congress created the Veterans Choice privatization program years ago to push veterans into for-profit hospitals, they sold it as a temporary fix for a shortage of VA facilities and health care professionals. But they never made building facilities and hiring personnel to care for veterans a priority.
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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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AFGE members are the cornerstone of their community. Here's just one example, yet Congress thinks he deserves a pay cut...
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Social Security benefits are rising by their largest amount in six years, but it’s still small change for many cash-strapped retirees.
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Government workers take to the streets to fight for fair pay, benefits, and retirement.
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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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