American Federation of Government Employees
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A group of senators want more answers from the Office of Personnel Management about how agencies are complying with an August court order that invalidated the president's workforce executive orders.
November 01, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, former Navy commander Troy Amundson was sentenced to more than two years in prison for accepting gifts from the now infamous contractor Leonard Francis.
October 22, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office said the Postal Service's retiree health benefits fund has over $60 billion in unfunded liabilities.
October 02, 2018 -
Citing "governmentwide reach," the Trump administration requested an expedited briefing in its appeal of the federal district court's injunction of the president's executive orders.
October 02, 2018 -
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering an internal reorganization that it says would better align its scientific mission, but workforce groups say the reshuffling would devalue the work of federal scientists.
October 01, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 28 Senators signed on to a resolution to keep the U.S. Postal Service a federal entity.
September 21, 2018 -
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3399 has filed a contempt motion with a federal district court, citing a dispute with the Veterans Affairs Department over the president's recent executive orders.
September 20, 2018 -
Agencies are beginning to revoke the actions they previously took to comply with the president's recent workforce executive orders, federal unions said.
September 04, 2018 -
An arbitrator says VA has violated the terms of its contract with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) in implementing certain provisions of the accountability act.
August 30, 2018 -
President Donald Trump has announced his plans to freeze pay for federal civilian employees in 2019.
August 30, 2018 -
With the federal district court's late-Friday ruling, unions are declaring victory and asking agencies to immediately return to the status quo before the president issued his three executive orders. But change may be a long time coming.
August 27, 2018 -
A federal district court judge issued a long-awaited decision on the legality of President Donald Trump's executive orders on official time, collective bargaining and employee accountability.
August 25, 2018 -
A recent decision from Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie adds more complexity to collective bargaining procedures for certain VA employees.
August 21, 2018 -
People who say it is next to impossible to fire a federal worker should study — and then maybe rejoice in — the Hatch Act, a much-amended 1940s law designed to keep career federal and postal workers from engaging in partisan political activity on the job.
August 16, 2018 -
Local American Federation of Government Employees representatives at the Veterans Affairs Department say the agency has inconsistently implemented the president's executive order on official time.
August 10, 2018