Union Praises Rep. Connolly for leadership in Introducing the Bill (WASHINGTON) – The American Federation of Government Employees has successfully convinced the House and the Senate to pass legislation that would compensate nearly 2,000 Department of Transportation employees who were furloughed for two days because of blocked funding. Yesterday, the Senate passed the bill, H.R.Read… Read more »
“State of the Unions” Author also to be Featured on AFGE Radio Show WASHINGTON—The impact of health care reform on federal employees and their families will be discussed this week on the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) “Inside Government” radio show. The show will air on Friday, April 16 at 10 a.m. ET nationwideRead… Read more »
SSA union president testifies before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security (WASHINGTON)—Declaring that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is lacking the funding needed to deal with the tremendous workloads resulting from retiring baby boomers and the recession, the president of the National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals of the American FederationRead… Read more »
During AFGE’s National Nurses’ Week, May 6 – May 12, Veterans Administration (VA) health care professionals will urge lawmakers to support HR. 949 and S.362 to close the collective bargaining loophole for VA nurses, doctors, dentists, physician assistants, and other front line health care providers. Every day, public employees, including doctors and nurses working inRead… Read more »
(WASHINGTON)—The Transportation Security Administration’s response to the American Federation of Government Employees’ petition for exclusive union representation at TSA is “no surprise,” AFGE National President John Gage said today. “We always expected this issue to be decided by the full Authority.” In a creative bid to move the action forward, AFGE in February filed aRead… Read more »
(Washington) Gabrielle Martin, president of the National Council of EEOC Locals, No. 216, AFGE/AFL-CIO, will testify on April 14, 2010, in Room H-309 of the U.S. Capitol, before the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittees of the House Committee on Appropriations. At this open witness hearing, Martin will express support for increasing funding forRead… Read more »
(Washington) Gabrielle Martin, president of the National Council of EEOC Locals, No. 216, AFGE/AFL-CIO, will testify on April 14, 2010, in Room H-309 of the U.S. Capitol, before the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittees of the House Committee on Appropriations. At this open witness hearing, Martin will express support for increasing funding forRead… Read more »
http://www.afge.com/Index.cfm?Page=PressReleases&PressReleaseID=1137 Proposal is a Clear Act of Retaliation Against Organized Labor, Union Says <(WASHINGTON) – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), today, condemned a proposal by D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty that would essentially eliminate the city’s Office of Employee Appeals (OEA) and Public Employees Review Board, (PERB). PERB and OEA provide public employees ofRead… Read more »
http://www.afge.com/Index.cfm?Page=PressReleases&PressReleaseID=1136 AFGE Activists also to Discuss Widespread Staffing Needs, Collective Bargaining, and Privatization on AFGE Radio Show WASHINGTON—The dire need for reform at the District’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) will be discussed this week on the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) “Inside Government” radio show. The show will air on Friday, AprilRead… Read more »
http://www.afge.com/Index.cfm?Page=PressReleases&PressReleaseID=1135 (WASHINGTON) – In response to one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence in the District of Columbia in years, the American Federation of Government Employees, today, renewed its call to fix the city’s fractured Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) agency. On Tuesday, March 30, slightly after dusk a crowd of neighbors becameRead… Read more »