AFGE URGES CONGRESS TO REJECT DEFICIT COMMISSION PLAN
Proposal targets working-class Americans while boosting coffers of wealthiest Lawmakers should consider President Obama’s deficit commission plan dead on arrival, after the misguided plan failed to win...
View ArticleSign AFGE’s Petition to Congress!
Sign AFGE’s petition to Congress demanding a real plan for economic recovery (when not on work time or using a government computer, please use your home e-mail and home address) and we’ll personally...
View ArticlePOLITICAL INFIGHTING PUTS FLYING PUBLIC AT RISK
Thousands of FAA workers furloughed over policy disputes WASHINGTON –Thousands of Federal Aviation Administration employees who are vital to the safe operation of the nation’s air traffic system...
View ArticleFAA EMPLOYEE UNIONS ASK CONGRESS TO PASS FAA EXTENSION NOW
Calls on Congress to Return to Capitol Hill to Act Now WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the unions representing the approximately 4,000 furloughed FAA employees expressed disappointment that Congress was unable...
View ArticleFAA FURLOUGH OVER, BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS
Congress must pass long-term funding bill WASHINGTON – American Federation of Government Employees National President John Gage today issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s approval...
View ArticleStatement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on H.R.2587
September 15, 2011 Instead of creating good jobs, Tea Party Republicans are wasting time and playing partisan politics. H.R. 2587 is an over-reaching, special interest bill that advances the interests...
View ArticleUNION COMMENDS LAWMAKERS FOR HIGHLIGHTING RUNAWAY CONTRACTOR SALARIES
The American Federation of Government Employees today commended a group of lawmakers for calling attention to the rapidly escalating salaries that government contractors charge taxpayers. Government...
View ArticleAFGE STATEMENT ON EMPLOYEE PENSION DEAL
AFGE National President John Gage American Federation of Government Employees National President John Gage today issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Congress will pay...
View ArticleCONGRESS GETS BETTER PENSION DEAL THAN FEDERAL WORKERS IN NEW BILL
AFGE leader criticizes lawmakers for hypocritical shell game Members of Congress will get more lucrative pensions than new federal employees under a little-known provision in the bill that extends...
View ArticleSocial Security Union Expresses Concerns Over SSA Office Hour Reductions
The AFGE Social Security Council expressed concerns today about plans by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to reduce the number of hours at field offices open to the public. According to the...
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