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Learn more about how workers who are eligible for hazardous duty pay and have been exposed to COVID-19 will soon be able to join a lawsuit seeking hazardous duty pay.
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Find out how OPM will be leading the administration's efforts to promote worker organizing in the federal sector.
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Learn more about AFGE's upcoming Legislative Conference.
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Find out more about Repetitive Stress Injury and if you could be at risk of developing this occupational injury.
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Have you been looking for a way to show your union pride during virtual meetings? We've got you covered! We have a growing collection of virtual backgrounds that you can download for your next Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or other virtual meeting.
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This Week in Labor History
Feb. 25, 1913: 25,000 immigrant textile workers go on strike against Paterson, New Jersey's silk factories in one of the most heroic struggles for justice in American labor history. Workers were forced by their employers to work 10 hours a day for as little as six dollars a week. Despite the workers' steadfast courage; mass arrests, lack of financial support, police harassment, and divisions between skilled and unskilled workers contributed to the strike's defeat.
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