American Federation of Government Employees

VA not making full use of workforce incentives granted under PACT Act, AFGE warns

The largest federal employee union warns the Department of Veterans Affairs isn’t doing enough to recruit and retain the workforce it needs to keep up…

Veterans Affairs

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Federal arbitrator: VA didn’t bargain ‘in good faith’ with AFGE to update decade-old contract

Unions

Revived bills would alter feds’ payment obligations during shutdowns, federal first responders’ pensions

Workforce

Federal employees union issues warning about cutting DoD civilian workforce

Workforce

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

AFGE National President Everett Kelley speaks at EPA union rally outside agency headquarters in Washington, D.C.

EPA employees voice concerns about low pay, understaffing, burnout

Unions

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) at FAIR Act rally

Working for a living is hard, but have a little perspective

Tom Temin Commentary

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

Unions

One-on-One with NARFE’s staff vice president for Policy and Programs

Retirement

Union leaders, lawmakers call for expanded pay, benefits for federal workforce

Congress

Biden urges agencies to broaden paid, unpaid leave options for federal employees

Pay & Benefits

After pushback, NSF implements 4.6% average pay raise for all excepted service employees

Pay

Initial plans to cap pay raise for hundreds of NSF employees gain major union pushback

The American Federation of Government Employees raised concerns about initial plans to cap pay for hundreds of employees at the National Science Foundation,…

Pay

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

GOP bill to return feds to the office clears the House

The House is planning a floor vote for the SHOW UP Act, a Republican-led bill that would return the federal workforce to pre-pandemic office arrangements.

Workforce

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Pay

In what has become tradition in recent years, a bicameral pair of Democrats proposed a bill to give most civilian federal employees an 8.7% pay raise in 2024.