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White House presses agencies to use apprenticeships for skills-based hiring

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6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

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AFGE rallies for 7.4% federal employee pay raise, spending deal to avoid government shutdown  

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Proposal to reform pay for blue-collar feds gets committee approval, but concerns remain

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VA signs new labor agreement with AFGE, its first update in more than a decade

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Veterans Affairs

VA, AFGE reach ‘historic’ settlement to reinstate, compensate thousands of wrongfully fired feds

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Unions

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

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Congress

AFGE leaders, lawmakers eye changes to pay, benefits for federal employees

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

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Pay

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

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Budget

Why a continuing resolution is 'not enough' to resolve staff issues at SSA

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AFGE heightens calls for major SSA workforce improvements at union rally

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Workforce

Federal judge finalizes $63M settlement for OPM data breach victims

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Pay

Feds’ pay lags 22.5% behind private sector, the Federal Salary Council reports

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Long-term implications of AFGE's 'difficult decision' to disclaim ICE officers' union chapter

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Workforce

Federal groups, unions back paid leave for feds seeking abortion services