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Listen Now! http://www.federalnewsradio.com/216/3034876/Highlights-from-Republican-Democratic-national-conventions-on-Inside-Government---September-14th-2012 WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tune in now to AFGE's "Inside Government" for highlights from the Democratic and Republican national conventions. The show, which originally aired on Friday, Sept. 14, is now available on demand. From the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Connecticut Gov....
Listen Now! http://www.federalnewsradio.com/216/3022813/AFGE-members-speak-out-against-federal-budget-cuts---September-7th-2012 WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tune in now to AFGE's "Inside Government" as AFGE members speak out against federal budget cuts. The show, which originally aired on Friday, Sept. 7, is now available on demand. AFGE Social Security Administration (SSA) Council 220 President Witold Skwierczynski discussed the impact budget cuts, office...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) lauds President Obama's recent Executive Order calling for improved access to mental health care services for veterans and their families, including additional mental health staff to ensure that all veterans in crisis receive care within 24 hours. However, as the largest employee representative of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health professionals, AFGE expresses...
AFGE EPA Council negotiating since May 2010 and agency has yet to agree to ground rules CHICAGO, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Labor Council 238 today announced its dismay over the failure of EPA to bargain in good faith. "In the midst of a pay freeze invoked by this administration, and with federal employees and labor under attack in Congress, we have concerns about this...
EPA management fires a world-renowned EPA scientist and suspends another ATLANTA, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Labor Council #238 today expressed its utter disbelief that in the midst of a union election, EPA management has fired a world-renowned EPA scientist and suspended another at the Ecosystems Research Division of EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory in Athens, Ga....
Listen Now! http://www.federalnewsradio.com/216/3004029/AFGE-President-denounces-continuation-of-federal-pay-freeze---August-24th-2012 WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tune in now to AFGE's "Inside Government" to learn more about the federal pay freeze extension. The show, which originally aired on Friday, Aug. 24, is now available on demand. AFGE National President J. David Cox and Public Policy Director Jacque Simon denounced President Obama's decision to...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- J. David Cox Sr., national president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO, issued the following response to President Obama's letter to Congress regarding federal pay: The president's decision to extend the two-year federal pay freeze until Congress passes a budget is absolutely unwarranted and unjustified. He could have used his authority under the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA) to...
Romney-Ryan administration would bring devastating cuts to vital federal programs, union says LAS VEGAS, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One thousand federal workers and union activists from the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO gathered outside a GOP fundraiser attended by Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan last night to draw attention to the devastating budget cuts that the congressman has proposed. (Photo:...
Listen Now! http://www.federalnewsradio.com/216/2984904/Former-Virginia-governor-Tim-Kaine-praises-work-of-federal-employees-on-Inside-Government---August-10th-2012 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tune in now to AFGE's "Inside Government" as former Virginia governor Tim Kaine praises the work of federal employees. The show, which originally aired on Friday, Aug. 10, is now available on demand. Kaine, a U.S. Senate candidate, recently held a town hall forum in...
McCain, others blast sequestration while proposing their own arbitrary Defense cuts LAS VEGAS, Aug. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans, led by Senator John McCain (AZ), are touring the nation, mourning the impact of sequestration on defense spending. On Monday, they will bring their act to the world's entertainment capitol. However, what Senator McCain and his Senate GOP colleagues Lindsay Graham (SC) and Kelly Ayotte (NH) will say...
