American Federation of Government Employees
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In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees who were exposed to COVID-19 while working can now join a class-action lawsuit.
March 04, 2022 -
President Joe Biden is calling for more federal employees to return to the office, saying “significant progress” made fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has made it safer to do so.
March 01, 2022 -
Here’s some food for thought, if the current smorgasbord of current events doesn’t already fill up your plate: Midterm elections take place this November.
February 28, 2022 -
The American Federation of Government Employees is at odds with TSA Administrator David Pekoske over what the union says is an unnecessary delay in expanding collective bargaining for the approximately 50,000 airport screeners who work for TSA.
February 24, 2022 -
Next month, nearly a year and a half into the Biden administration, Department of Veterans Affairs officials will re-open talks with their union workforce.
February 23, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, five unions say VA should immediately develop a joint COVID-19 training task force to design education courses for employees.
February 22, 2022 -
One of the Navy's diagnoses for poor user experience is endpoint security run amok, multiple malware scanners fighting each other constantly. The service has a plan to fix at least that part of the problem.
February 22, 2022 -
The IRS, SSA, State Department and other agencies face backlogs around citizen services, but returning to the office is not the best solution as some lawmakers believe.
February 21, 2022 -
Officials say SSA leadership isn’t giving much ground on key elements of office reentry, such as telework, or initially opening SSA field offices on an appointment-only basis.
February 08, 2022 -
A federal appeals court, for the second time in two weeks, is striking down a Federal Labor Relations Authority decision that set a higher bar for when agencies needed to negotiate with their unions.
February 01, 2022 -
The Biden administration has a lot of labor itches to scratch, but they're not totally in control.
January 28, 2022 -
The Social Security Administration came out last or nearly last in nearly every measure in the recent pulse survey that came out from the Office of Management and Budget.
January 25, 2022 -
The Social Security Administration has reached an agreement with its three unions on office reentry plans.
January 20, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the seeming disconnect between the Smithsonian and its largest employee union continued over the weekend.
January 18, 2022 -
Continuing with an annual tradition, lawmakers have once again introduced a bill that would give federal employees a pay raise in 2023.
January 13, 2022