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Tag: American Federation of Government Employees


Industry, Workforce

VHA on track to meet 2023 staffing targets, but House lawmakers urge further hiring reforms

May 17, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

Ongoing recruitment challenges for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care workforce are gaining more attention — and concerns — from Congress. The Veterans Health Administration is on track to reach its year-end target increase for its total number of […]


Industry, Workforce

Social Security Administration asks for billions more dollars to do its job

November 28, 2022

Via: Federal News Network

The Social Security Administration said the $400 million that Congress gave the agency through December is not enough to fix many of its workforce problems. To make long-term improvements, SSA said it will need the White House’s $14.8 billion budget […]


Industry, Workforce

AFGE heightens calls for major SSA workforce improvements at union rally

October 27, 2022

Via: Federal News Network

A group of union officials and Social Security Administration employees gathered outside SSA’s headquarters in Baltimore, to voice frustrations with a shrinking agency workforce, and some of the major fallouts from it. The American Federation of Government Employees organized the […]


Industry, Workforce

How Congress is forcing agencies to confront telework, and those public service student loans

June 24, 2022

Via: Federal News Network

At least some members of Congress are pushing for telework to become a big and permanent feature of federal employment. The latest gambit is a bill that requires agencies to gather statistics about telework and prevent them from restricting it. […]


Industry, Workforce

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits system for TSA employees

May 12, 2022

Via: Federal News Network

A perennial effort to increase pay and benefits for Transportation Security Administration employees took a major step forward this week after the House passed the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022 on Thursday. The bill would bring 60,000 […]


Industry, Workforce

Lawmakers raise concerns about EEOC return to office plans

March 24, 2022

Via: Federal News Network

As some agencies start to reenter office spaces, lawmakers are raising concerns about return-to-office plans for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-Va.), ranking member on the Committee on Education and Labor, and James Comer (R-Ky.), ranking member […]


Federal, Policy

Union sues Trump over workforce order

June 1, 2018

Via: FCW

The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal union, is suing President Donald Trump and the Office of Personnel Management over a recent executive order aimed at restricting union activity. The lawsuit was filed May 30 in the U.S. […]