American Federation of Government Employees

• Five things every federal employee should know about the Obama budget

  A 1.3-percent pay raise, reforms to the Senior Executive Service and increased emphasis on employee feedback are just some of the initiatives proposed in President Barack Obama's 2016 budget.

  Budget

  February 02, 2015
• House bills slash federal workforce, start possible hiring freeze

  A collection of new House bills aim to slash the federal workforce, let go of 120,000 civilian employees at the Pentagon and take back top secret security clearances for contractors in the intelligence community.

  Congress

  January 21, 2015
• Obama authorizes up to six weeks of paid parental leave for feds

  President Barack Obama is signing a Presidential Memorandum today directing agencies to provide six weeks of advance sick leave for federal employees to care for their newborn child.

  Pay & Benefits

  January 15, 2015
• House, Senate bills push for 3.8 percent federal pay raise

  Companion bills introduced in the House and Senate would give federal employees a 3.8 percent pay raise next year. Federal employees received 1 percent pay raises in both 2014 and 2015, after three years of pay freezes.

  Congress

  January 13, 2015
• GAO raises concerns about quality of OPM official time data

  GAO finds discrepancies in OPM data on union-related work by federal employees. OPM admits that official time reporting is not a priority.

  Congress

  November 19, 2014
• Agencies should expect more aggressive oversight by GOP-controlled Congress

  Experts from both sides of the aisle expect the Senate and House to coordinate investigations and hearings on executive branch programs. The budget and the confirmation processes also will become more difficult.

  All News

  November 06, 2014
• Feds, contractors confused by Ebola guidance

  An agency denies a federal contractor access to its facility after learning that he's visited family in West Africa, in one sign of the confusion amid contradictory guidance from the White House, Pentagon and elsewhere.

  Defense

  October 30, 2014
• AFGE questions Ebola protection efforts for frontline feds

  The American Federation of Government Employees wants mandatory safety guidelines for federal Ebola responders. Those include nurses, doctors and employees at agencies including the Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection. Among the union's priorities are better communication between agencies and universal protocols.

  Federal Drive

  October 23, 2014
• J. David Cox, President, American Federation of Government Employees

  Some Homeland Security employees are worried about their exposure to the Ebola virus. Many of them work at the Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection. A few U.S. airports are screening passengers for Ebola. CBP employees will perform most of the checks. The American Federation of Government Employees wants agency management to put the right precautions in place. AFGE President J. David Cox joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with details.

  Federal Drive

  October 21, 2014
• Lack of movement on new locality pay locations frustrates feds, unions

  The Federal Salary Council voted Friday to add 13 cities to a list of municipalities where federal employees are paid more, in an effort to close a growing wage gap between feds and private-sector counterparts in certain regions of the country. 12 of the 13 recommendations had been approved previously but have gone unimplemented by the President's Pay Agent, frustrating federal employees and the unions representing feds in those areas.

  Pay

  October 17, 2014
• J. David Cox, President, AFGE

  New leadership at the Veterans Affairs Department has its union, the American Federation of Government Employees, are hoping for better times ahead. VA is just one agency working to repair relations between unionized employees and their managers. Some unions within the National Council on Federal Labor Management Relations say agencies are shutting them out their meetings before making decisions. J. David Cox, president of AFGE, tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp why pre-decisional involvement is important to unions and employees.

  All News

  September 18, 2014
• Unions want more say in agency operations

  Can a national council in Washington improve labor relations on agencies' front lines?

  Defense

  September 17, 2014
• AFGE issues 10 challenges to new EEOC chair

  President Barack Obama named Jenny R. Yang as the new EEOC chair Tuesday, but one employee union has already given her a list of issues they'd like to see her tackle.

  Management

  September 03, 2014
• EPA Administrator McCarthy defends statement about firing feds

  Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is clarifying remarks she made on simplifying the federal firing process. The clarification comes after the American Federation of Government Employees challenged a statement she made in her recent testimony before Congress.

  Management

  August 11, 2014