AFGE Family,
It may be summertime, but AFGE isn’t going on vacation. In fact, we are seeing month-over-month membership increases and breaking long-held organizing records such the most new members recruited in the month of May in over 10 years!
We’re breaking it all down in this latest issue of the Government Standard.
Here’s a look at the top stories featured in this issue:
In May, AFGE broke an eight-year record in membership growth in a single month, while also recruiting the most members of any May in over a decade. Read what’s behind this tremendous growth, and hear from locals that are leading the charge.
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Following a nationwide telephone town hall with more than 20,000 AFGE members and two national membership polls, AFGE’s National Executive Council voted unanimously to endorse President Biden for reelection in November 2024. Read why the Biden-Harris administration deserve another four years.
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In May, AFGE delegates in four districts elected new national vice presidents to represent them on the National Executive Council for the next three years. Meet the newly elected NVPs and learn what they hope to accomplish.
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The end of the public health emergency and vaccine mandate related to COVID-19 is playing out in different ways depending on where you work and what your contract says.
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The AFGE Women’s and Fair Practices Departments are gearing up for this year’s Sister’s Keeper Summit and Human Rights Training Conference (HRT) in National Harbor, Maryland. Hear from two instructors about what the conference means to them.
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And that’s just for starters. Also inside this issue we look at how the media is spotlighting the staffing and workload crisis facing the Social Security Administration, profile a recently departed retired member as we introduce a new recurring feature highlighting AFGE retirees, recall the legislative efforts to secure and maintain a merit-based civil service and the ongoing threats to politicize federal jobs, and hear from President Kelley on why we need to stand together and build our collective power so we can better deliver for our members.
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