Reverse Pay Parity...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 29, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: GovExec.com
By Karen Rutzick
Military service members and civilian federal employees should receive the same annual pay raise, the same gesture of appreciation for their service to the country.
That’s the argument lawmakers on Capitol Hill have used for years to buck the president’s...
AFGE TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE RADIO SHOW...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 28, 2006 | Comments Off
“Inside Government” to focus on 6-C, Homeland Security, Privatization,
Other Issues Impacting Federal Workers
WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation’s largest federal workers’ union, will launch a weekly nationwide radio/Internet program...
Unions win broad victory over DHS labor ...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 27, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: GovExec.com
By Karen Rutzick
An appeals court on Tuesday rendered a severe blow to the Homeland Security Department’s attempt to curb collective bargaining rights for employees, unanimously upholding and even broadening a lower court decision to strike down large parts of the department’s...
AFGE Wins Again in Legal Battle Over DHS...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 27, 2006 | Comments Off
“This is a good day for federal employees and the unions that represent them,” American Federation of Government Employees General Counsel Mark Roth said. Earlier today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sustained and expanded an injunction of the District Court that essentially gutted the Department...
Senate Committee Acts To Restore Protect...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 26, 2006 | Comments Off
By Stephen Barr
In a breakthrough for advocates of whistle-blower rights, the Senate has approved an amendment that would tighten up protections for federal employees who expose waste, fraud, abuse and threats to public safety.
A bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii),...
National Security Personnel System...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 21, 2006 | Comments Off
Last night the House of Representatives accepted by voice vote an amendment sponsored by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Walter Jones (R-NC) to eliminate funding for the labor relations and employee appeals portions of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) regulations...
When it comes to unions, respect can be ...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 21, 2006 | Comments Off
By L.M. SIXEL
When you boil it down, there’s a simple solution for companies that want to make it harder for unions trying to organize their workers.
It has to do with respect.
Sure, workers want good pay and benefits, but sometimes treating workers with respect can be more important in warding...
AFGE TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE RADIO SHOW FOR...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 20, 2006 | Comments Off
“Inside Government” to focus on 6-C, Homeland Security, Privatization, Other Issues Impacting Federal Workers
WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation’s largest federal workers’ union, will launch a weekly nationwide radio/Internet program...
Amendment to Defund NSPS Wins on Voice V...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 20, 2006 | Comments Off
The House today accepted an amendment to defund the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The Inslee-Van Hollen-Jones amendment to the House FY2007 Defense Appropriations Bill to defund NSPS was accepted by voice vote, i.e., without a recorded vote. AFGE members owe thanks to Jay Inslee (D-WA),...
Social Security cuts could worsen backlo...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on June 17, 2006 | Comments Off
Susan Jaffe
Plain Dealer Reporter , Cleveland Ohio
More than 11,000 people from Northern Ohio are waiting for a hearing to appeal denial of their Social Security disability, with some imposed as many as two years ago, even though the Cleveland appeals office has added four judges.
The applicants wait...
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