Obama to propose 3-year freeze on ‘non...
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By RICHARD WOLF
January 26, 2010
Federaltimes.com
Number of federal union workers rose sli...
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By Ed O’Keefe
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 25, 2010
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The percentage of union members in the federal workforce essentially stayed flat in 2009 compared with the previous year, although the number of union members on...
Pentagon taps career Navy executive to d...
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By Alyssa RosenbergÂ
Source: GovExec.com
January 21, 2010
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The Pentagon has tapped a Navy career senior executive to wind down the National Security Personnel System and to design a new performance management system for its civilian employees.
“He’s coming in to a very tough job,”...
AFGE Responds to Crisis in Haiti...
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Contact: Michael Victorian         (202) 639-6405
(WASHINGTON) – The American Federation...
Unions Cut Special Deal on Health Taxes...
Posted by admin in News You Can Use on January 20, 2010 | Comments Off
By LAURA MECKLER And NAFTALI BENDAVID
Source: The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2010Â
Democratic negotiators acceded to union demands for a scaled-back tax on high-end health-insurance plans, exempting union contracts from the tax until 2018, five years beyond the start date for other workers.
The...
Employee groups oppose proposed tax on â...
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By REBECCA NEAL | Last Updated: January 12, 2010
Source: FederalTimes.com
Federal employee groups are urging congressional leaders to reject a proposed 40 percent excise tax on so-called “Cadillac” health insurance plans.
They say the excise tax could apply to federal employees enrolled...
Health Care Reform Can’t Wait!...
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AFGE Action Network
Get ready: We’re taking the fight for health care reform to the finish line this Wednesday, Jan. 13, with a national call-in day.Â
Please support your union by making at least one call to your respective Representatives in Congress and tell them to support the three items in...
CONGRESS IS CLEANING UP THE CONTRACTING ...
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The American Federation of Government Employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 4, 2010
Contact:
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Communications
(202) 639-6419
CONGRESS IS CLEANING UP THE CONTRACTING OUT MESS; HOWEVER, MUCH STILL DEPENDS ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH COMPLIANCE
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As part of the Congressional effort...
Senate language eases employee fears abo...
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By Alex M. Parker December 22, 2009
Many federal employee groups appear satisfied that Senate legislation expanding the Office of Personnel Management’s role in national health care also will protect its ability to administer the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Daniel Adcock, legislative...
AFGE Week in Review (Dec. 24, 2009)...
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AFL-CIO Members Flock in Droves to Airports in Support of TSOs, AFGE: Pilots, flight attendants, machinists, airline and airport workers were among the AFL-CIO-affiliated union members who gathered at 31 airports across the country last week to show support for Transportation Security Officers and...
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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.