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Your weekly Insider update.
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Throughout the year, AFGE’s Communications Department has worked hard to spotlight our fight for justice and workers’ rights. We help raise the voice of the voiceless. We help push for positive change in our government and our members’ lives. We help maintain a fair and inclusive America. As we inch closer to 2020, it’s a good time to reflect and look back at our work advocating for federal employees. This is the last edition of the AFGE Insider for the year. Below are the top, most-read articles – chosen by you, our readers – and a few of our favorite stories we think deserve your attention. Thanks for reading! See you in 2020!
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This story about USDA scientists who organized with AFGE was the most read this year.
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The second-most read story of the year was this feature on the secret White House memo laying out its anti-labor strategy. The story is part of AFGE’s 5-part Secret Memo series.
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The third-most read story of the year was about our collective actions that led to a pay raise and ended the 35-day government shutdown.
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This story about the House of Representatives approving a 3.1% raise for feds and blocking the abolition of the central personnel agency was the fourth-most read this year.
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Also, here are five notable articles that reflect our fight for workers’ rights and showcase our activism.
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This Week in Labor History
Dec. 24, 1888: Retail Clerks National Protective Association chartered (RCNPA) by the American Federation of Labor. The RCNPA became the Retail Clerks International Union, which merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America to form the UFCW in 1979.
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