American Federation of Government Employees
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A newly formed collective bargaining unit representing employees at the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service has demanded USDA delay any relocations to the Kansas City region until it bargains over the move.
June 19, 2019 -
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the USDA relocation will save government $300 million over 15 years. About 100 employees are expected to move out of the national capital region by Aug. 1.
June 13, 2019 -
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul's bill would create groups of cyber first responders in the event of a cyber attack on the government or private sector.
June 12, 2019 -
Employees at the Agriculture Department's National Institute of Food and Agriculture on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to unionize on the heels of USDA's proposed relocation.
June 11, 2019 -
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers say they're "deeply concerned" by a series of new bargaining proposals from the Department of Veterans Affairs and urged VA to negotiate in good faith with the American Federation of Government Employees.
June 10, 2019 -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's inspector general found a third of its inspectors will be eligible to retire in 2020.
June 10, 2019 -
The Pentagon said it has begun a 30-day "consultative period" with its labor unions over the conditions of its planned transfer of 1,200 IT workers to the Defense Information Systems Agency.
June 10, 2019 -
Are labor relations at SSA, VA so bad they'll never get better?
June 07, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an arbitrator finds the Veterans Affairs Department should take down a public record of employee firings and other punishments from its website.
June 07, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate and House Veterans Affairs committee leaders are demanding answers from the VA about claims involving secret wait lists for veterans seeking care.
June 06, 2019 -
The Federal Service Impasses Panel has weighed in another labor-management dispute, rewriting portions of a collective bargaining agreement between the Social Security Administration and the American Federation of Government Employees.
June 05, 2019 -
An arbitration panel decided mostly against the American Federation of Government Employees in an impasse with Social Security.
June 05, 2019 -
The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Monday easily cleared its 2020 funding bill, which includes a 3.1% federal pay raise for civilian employees.
June 03, 2019 -
The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee included a pay raise for civilian employees in its 2020 spending bill.
June 03, 2019 -
AFGE is calling for “immediate transfer” of more than 2,000 federal employees at a multiagency facility in St. Louis with a history of hazardous materials mismanagement, including lead and asbestos.
May 29, 2019