2024 Sister's Keeper Summit and Training
April 26, 2024
Register now for the 2024 Sister's Keeper Summit in San Diego from May 31–June 2, 2024.
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Jessica LaPointe, President of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 220, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to provide updates on the Social Security Administration’s staffing issues after a recent announcement that several offices will be shut down in 2024.
Staffing issues at the Social Security Administration could lead to closures of the agency's field offices across the country, The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has warned.
Personnel at a Preston County prison will soon receive a 25% pay increase, following union protests over understaffing last year. The Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management approved the pay increase Thursday as part of an effort to increase staff retention at the Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton.
A coalition of Disneyland Resort labor unions is gearing up for a “hot labor summer” of its own in hopes of boosting wages for its members. Theme park ride operators, candy makers, custodians and cashiers rallied just outside of Disney’s California Adventure on Tuesday morning to kick off a contract campaign a week before the first round of bargaining is set to begin.
The United Auto Workers’ overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country.
Register now for the 2024 Sister's Keeper Summit in San Diego from May 31–June 2, 2024.
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A recent AFGE town hall in Hawaii was a huge success as locals, staff, and members of Congress joined forces to make the federal government a better place to work.
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The Federal-Postal Coalition, which includes AFGE, is asking the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to increase uniform allowance for federal workers.
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