John,
As summer vacations fade into memory, we turn our attention to the remaining months of the year and all that’s left to accomplish. The good news is, we have a lot to celebrate as we head into fall.
We are this close to finalizing the largest raise for federal employees in 40 years – on top of a major expansion of the locality pay system that will mean higher wages for tens of thousands of employees in both the General Schedule and Wage Grade pay systems. We’ve also blown past our organizing goal for 2023 – with nearly half the year remaining – and are making personal connections with new and potential members that will only serve to strengthen the federation for years to come.
We’re breaking it all down in this latest issue of the Government Standard.
Here’s a look at our featured stories:
2023 is shaping up to be a banner year for federal employee pay adjustments. In addition to securing the largest federal employee pay raise in over 40 years, federal officials are close to finalizing a major expansion of the locality pay system. And just last month, 60,000 federal employees at the Transportation Security Administration received major pay raises for the first time in the agency’s history.
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July was a banner month for AFGE, with over 1,500 new members gained, breaking past our organizing goal of 8,000 new members in 2023. We’re now aiming to grow by another 10,000 members by next July, continuing to strengthen our union. Meet the locals who are leading the way.
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AFGE continues to work with members of Congress to win better pay, workplace protections, and resources for government employees. We take a look at the status of our top legislative priorities.
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More than 200 AFGE leaders and activists recently came together for AFGE’s 4th Annual Sister’s Keeper Summit. The summit was an exciting time for union activists to focus on issues specifically impacting women identifying members in their workplaces and their communities.
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AFGE’s Hispanic Coalition (HISCO) has new leadership at the helm, and they are hitting the ground running ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month, which lasts from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
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Amid budget fights and threats to slash government employees and programs, AFGE is arming our local and council leaders with the tools they need to educate members of Congress on issues important to federal and DC government employees.
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And that’s just for starters. Also inside this issue we look at recent media coverage of efforts by AFGE locals and councils to negotiate return to workplace policies, review the history of political efforts to attack federal employees by relocating federal agencies outside DC, hear from President Kelley on what’s behind AFGE’s organizing surge, and we profile one of our longest serving AFGE members and union activists.
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