Unions

• Inside Government – April 2nd and 9th, 2010

  Josh Bivens Economist, Economic Policy Institute Johnnie Walker President, AFGE D.C. Government Local 383 Gerald Swanke AFGE 11th District National Vice President Karen Kellen President, AFGE Environmental Protection Agency Local 3607 Dave Christensen Legislative Advocate, AFGE Environmental Protection Agency Local 3607 Susie Peru Secretary-Treasurer, AFGE Department of Defense Local 2516

  Defense

  April 01, 2010
• SAVE Awards finalists waiting for tonight’s deadline

  11:59 tonight is the deadline for voting for the Securing Americans Value and Efficiency Awards.

  All News

  December 10, 2009
• OPM gives feds two extra months to decide on long-term care changes

  Extension comes after employee unions and others ask for it during a hearing last week. Employees must decide whether to stick with their current plan and see premiums increase, or move to a different plan.

  Workforce

  October 22, 2009
• AFGE re-elects Gage as national president

  John Gage has been sworn in for a third term as president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation\'s largest union representing federal and DC government employees.

  Unions

  August 28, 2009
• Inside Government – August 7th, 2009

  Michael D. Yates Author of \"Why Unions Matter\" Elise Gould Director of Health Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute Tom Webb President, AFGE SSA Local 3615

  Benefits

  August 06, 2009
• Inside Government – July 24th, 2009

  Phil Glover AFGE Council of Prison Locals Legislative Coordinator Terry Rosen AFGE Labor Relations Specialist Perry Hooks President, Hooks Book Events Jeff Goldman Executive Director of Government Programs, Kaiser Permanente

  Benefits

  July 23, 2009
• AFGE speaks out against NSPS

  Big changes may be underway for the National Security Personnel System. The Defense Business Board stopped short of eliminating pay for performance, but it feels a lot of changes need to be made if the…

  Defense

  July 17, 2009
• National Security Personnel System Examined

  The Defense Business Board’s task group examining the National Security Personnel System convenes a second day of hearings at the Hyatt Arlington hotel in Rosslyn this morning, this time to hear comments from DoD staff…

  All News

  June 26, 2009
• Inside Government – June 19th, 2009

  Matthew Brooks President, AFGE Local 527 (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Rick Perlstein Author, \"Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America\" Gloria Totten President, Progressive Majority Dean Baker Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

  Benefits

  June 18, 2009
• Inside Government- May 15th, 2009

  Don Hale AFGE DEFCON Chair Jacque Simon AFGE Public Policy Director Scott Eblin President, The Eblin Group Heidi Shierholz Economist, Economic Policy Institute

  Federal Insights

  May 13, 2009
• Inside Government – March 6th, 2009

  Carol Waller Pope FLRA Acting Chairwoman Mark Roth AFGE General Counsel Jim Aldridge President of AFGE\'s Law Enforcement Council Don Drewett Vice president of AFGE Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Local 3860

  Pay & Benefits

  March 05, 2009
• From labor leader to House subcommittee chairman

  Past 8 years \'frustrating\' for new panel chair

  Congress

  March 05, 2009
• NTEU: NTEU, labor, part of the solution

  Fed employee union scatters over Capitol to lobby

  Pay & Benefits

  March 04, 2009
• NTEU’s Wish List

  Members of the National Treasury Employees Union from across the country are in Washington this week for their annual three-day legislative conference. This year, it’s a chance to not only work on the union’s to…

  Unions

  March 03, 2009