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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 750,000 employees of the federal government, about 5,000 employees of the District of Columbia, and a few hundred private sector employees, mostly in and around federal facilities. AFGE is the largest union for civilian, non-postal federal ...
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the country's largest labor union for federal employees, is fighting back against GOP criticisms that government employees are abusing the ...
In a January 2022 letter to the editor of the Federal News Network, new Local 2463 President Reginald Booth wrote that, "Despite the recent rise in COVID cases reported by the Smithsonian, agency heads ignored the pleas of union employees and continued to allow an unlimited number of visitors to pour into the museums over the holiday period." [12]
The Lloyd-La Follette Act provided a significant impetus to the formation federal employees' unions. In 1916, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) acted to bring the various local unions together to form a single national union. The National Federation of Federal Employees was founded in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 1917. In 1918, it ...
The biggest federal employees' union, the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 750,000 federal workers, is also looking to Congress, said Jacqueline Simon, the AFGE's ...
Federal employees are pushing back against a proposed shift to a full-time return to the office, arguing that telework has proven to be more productive, cost-effective and beneficial for employee ...
Jesus Soriano, president of an AFGE union representing National Science Foundation workers, said he’s aware of some employees who have gotten liability insurance in preparation for the incoming ...
In 1974, Gage became a disability examiner for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and joined the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). He became president of his union local in 1982, and a national vice president, in which role he instituted the "lunch and learns" organizing program. He stood down as national vice president ...