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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.
Gage was elected as national president of AFGE in 2003, also becoming a vice-president of the AFL-CIO. As leader of the union, he focused on organizing new members, and arranging agreements with employers, the last one being with the Transportation Security Administration. [3] He retired in 2012. [4]
Consequently, union membership among U.S. government employees soared from 13 percent in 1961 to 60 percent in the 1974. NFFE's membership also grew tremendously, roughly doubling during the same period from 80,000 members to 150,000 members. [6] In 1963, NFFE was one of the foremost proponents of the Equal Pay Act. [1]
Senate DOGE Caucus member Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has said federal workers need “to climb out of the bubble bath, put away the golf clubs, and get back to work” and has also pledged to put a ...
FEVA had been formed by World War II veterans working for the federal government to secure higher wages, better benefits and improved work rules. FEVA's primary base of support were workers at the Charlestown Naval Shipyard. President Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988 granting collective bargaining rights to federal workers.
Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, signing formal recognition of SI Lodge No. 2463 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). An October-November 1965 issue of the Smithsonian Institution's employee newsletter, The Smithsonian Torch, features a photograph of Secretary S. Dillon Ripley signing a document to recognize AFGE Lodge No. 2463. [1]
Cox began his career in healthcare in 1970. In 1983, Cox became a registered nurse and started a public-sector career with the Department of Veterans Affairs that lasted until September 2006 when he became AFGE secretary-treasurer [1] Cox served two consecutive terms as AFGE’s National Secretary-Treasurer (elected first in August 2006 and reelected by acclamation in August 2009).
In 1977, it began to organize employees in other federal agencies; in 1978, employees of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) became the first members outside the Treasury Department. In August 1983, Connery retired as NTEU’s national president and Robert M. Tobias, national executive vice president and general counsel, succeeded him.