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The agency noted that the deal did not expand its telework practices. “The Social Security Administration memorialized its preexisting telework policy into its existing contract with AFGE that ...
There are 1.3 million federal workers approved for telework, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management. Government data shows teleworking federal workers spend 60% of their time ...
It goes on to say that by no later than 5 p.m. ET Friday, “The agency head or acting agency head should revise their agency’s telework policy issued under 5 U.S.C. § 6502(a)(1)(A) to state ...
The Washington Post cited critics who stated balancing the budget would require higher taxes or cuts to Medicare or Social Security, and DOGE's proposal to slash federal programs that Congress funds but whose authority had lapsed would cut "veterans' health care, initiatives at the State and Justice departments and NASA, and multiple major ...
The remaining 1.1 million staffers are eligible to telework. About 228,000 employees, or 10% of the total, are in fully remote positions and are not expected to work in person on a regular basis ...
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.
In June 2011, AFGE also won the historic largest single nationwide consolidated bargaining unit election of over 44,000 employees of the Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security. AFGE is working for a change in law which will give them the same collective bargaining rights as other federal employees.
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 ...