Pentagon plans shift of blue-collar work...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on August 18, 2006 | Comments Off
  By Karen Rutzick Source: GovExec.com Officials at the Pentagon are in the early stages of retooling the department’s new personnel system to cover blue-collar employees — behind-the-scenes work that continues despite legal setbacks to the labor relations portion of the department’s...
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DHS ELECTS NOT TO APPEAL MAXHR DECISION ...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on August 16, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: Fednews-online If the legal battle over the Department of Homeland Security’s personnel system continues, it will go before the United States Supreme Court. DHS had until midnight Friday, Aug. 11, to file an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The...
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OPM’s new overtime plan. Extra pay wou...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on August 14, 2006 | Comments Off
  Source: FedTimes.com By TIM KAUFFMAN Two years ago, the Labor Department overhauled the rules that determine who is eligible for overtime pay. Unions shrieked, warning that millions of employees would be excluded from time-and-a-half pay for working extra hours. And managers scurried for answers...
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Big Vote Coming Up In Senate In Septembe...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on August 14, 2006 | Comments Off
The Senate will vote on September 5 on the bipartisan Kennedy-Hatch Amendment to the FY07 Defense Appropriations Bill. All AFGE Activists should urge their Senators to support the bipartisan Kennedy-Hatch Amendment when it is considered later this week. We all know that contractors get a big advantage...
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Perhaps Worst A-76 Privatization Review ...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on August 14, 2006 | Comments Off
  Senators Barbara Mikulski (MD) and Paul Sarbanes (MD) will offer an amendment to the Senate FY07 Defense Appropriations Bill when that funding measure is considered by the Senate on September 5 to kill what many observers believe to the worst OMB Circular A-76 privatization review ever. Even if you...
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JOHN GAGE WINS SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT ...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on August 10, 2006 | Comments Off
J. David Cox Elected Secretary-Treasurer; Andrea Brooks NVP, Women’s and Fair Practices  (ATLANTA)—Calling for an emphasis on unity, John Gage today was sworn in for a second term as president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation’s largest union representing federal...
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VBA EMPLOYEES SPEAK OUT AGAINST PROBLEMS...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on August 1, 2006 | Comments Off
AFGE Mobilizes VBA Employees to Voice Concerns to Benefits Commission Washington — American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) members who work for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) are decrying staffing shortages, inadequate training, contracting...
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