Health premiums up 8.8% in 2010...
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By STEPHEN LOSEY
September 28, 2009
Source: FederalTimes.com
Federal employees’ health insurance premiums will increase by 8.8 percent on average in January, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
The increase will be the largest since 2004, when premiums rose 10.6 percent on average....
Agency Chief Makes the Case for Telework...
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By Ed O’Keefe, Friday, September 25, 2009
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry sees great advantages to having federal workers stay home.
That wouldn’t mean taking the day off, however. Berry is an advocate of teleworking and is asking federal managers and employees to...
Health Coverage Not Universal For Federa...
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By Joe Davidson
Friday, September 18, 2009
Source: WashingtonPost.com
The health insurance program that covers President Obama and members of Congress has been touted during the current debate as a model for overhauling the nation’s health-care system.
But one overlooked aspect of the...
Former AFGE Deputy General Counsel Appoi...
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AFGE ACTION NEWS
Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2009 - President Barack Obama on Sept.14 appointed the seven members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP) whose job is to resolve negotiation impasses over conditions of employment between federal agencies and unions representing federal employees....
AFGE Rep Wing...
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September 11, 2009
LANDMARK FLRA RULING ALLOWS UNION LOCAL TO CONSOLIDATE, THANKS TO AFGE
In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal Labor Relations Authority has ruled that AFGE Local 1764 (Travis Air Force Base) can consolidate its five bargaining units into one unit, including employees under the National...
SSA Employees to Benefit from Arbitratio...
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Attorney Visits...
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September 24, 2009Ft. Detrick
Union Membership Meeting...
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September 16, 20094:00 am
Officer nominations for expired terms, September 2009
6401 Security Blvd.
1-G-15 Operations Building
Room 1720
Baltimore, MD 21235
Executive Board Meeting...
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September 16, 20092:00 am
6401 Security Blvd.
1-G-15 Operations Building
Room 1720
Baltimore, MD 21235
Grievance Committee Meeting...
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September 16, 200910:00 am
6401 Security Blvd.
1-G-15 Operations Building
Room 1720
Baltimore, MD 21235
10:00 am EST
Our President
Cynthia Ennis
Cynthia Ennis has served as Executive Vice President of Local 1923 for over 20 years and was elected as President in August, 2003. Cynthia is fervently committed and dedicated to the labor movement.
In her position, Cynthia will move full speed ahead and address some of the serious challenges currently facing the federal workforce. Issues such as personnel reform, contracting out, pay parity, the stripping away of bargaining rights, and continually rising health insurance premiums are just to name a few. Cynthia intends on tackling these and many other issues in order to provide federal employees the rights they so richly deserve.