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It’s Illegal for Agencies to Implement Trump’s Executive Orders Without Bargaining with Unions

The injunction against the EOs has been lifted, but that doesn’t mean they automatically go into effect. Agencies have to negotiate over implementation if the EOs conflict with your existing contract.

Learn more about what agencies must do before implementing the EOs »
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AFGE Protects Several Workplace Rights in New AFGE-SSA Contract

AFGE succeeded in protecting several workplace rights for employees at the Social Security Administration (SSA) under a newly negotiated labor-management contract.

Find out more about the new SSA contract »
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AFGE Calls for Investigation After African-American NSF Employees Retaliated Against Over Harassment Complaint

AFGE is demanding accountability on behalf of three African-American employees at the National Science Foundation’s Office of Integrative Activities who were retaliated against after reporting their manager for harassing coworkers based on their sexual orientation.

Hear more about what is being done to hold management accountable »

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Dirty Pork May Be Coming to Town – Just in Time for the Holidays

According to the Trump administration’s new food safety inspection rule, the Department of Agriculture is almost entirely relinquishing its role in ensuring food safety for the American people. Slaughterhouses – not independent federal inspectors – will be responsible for inspecting most of their own pork. They will also be relying heavily on chemicals to wash the meat.

Find out how you can help stop this dangerous rule from taking effect »
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Federal Workers, Retirees to Pay 5.6% More Towards Health Care Premiums

The Trump administration continues to price federal employees and their families out of health insurance coverage, announcing Oct. 2 that it is shifting yet more of the cost of its expensive health insurance program onto its workforce.

Read more about this change to your health care »
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5 Stories That Matter

USDA relocation delays key studies and millions in funding, meat inpectors face work overload, and much more. Here are a few of the most important stories you need to know about this week.

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This Week in Labor History

Oct. 7, 1903: The Structural Building Trades Alliance (SBTA) is founded, becomes the AFL’s Building Trades Dept. five years later. SBTA’s mission: to provide a forum to work out jurisdictional conflicts.

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