AFGE Family,
Welcome to the first Government Standard issue of 2023 and the first to showcase our new interactive web-based design!
Each issue of the Government Standard provides AFGE members with an in-depth look at issues affecting your pay, jobs, and working conditions. Using this new web-based format, we are now able to showcase more coverage in new and exciting ways, featuring additional photos and graphics, videos, and unique content that you can easily share with coworkers and colleagues.
Here’s a look at the top stories featured in this issue:
Before hundreds of members head to Washington in February for our annual Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference, read a sneak preview of our main legislative goals and how AFGE plans to build on the past year’s successes.
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The 117th Congress came to a close in December, but not before passing key pieces of legislation critical to federal workers and government operations. The Biden administration also took action on policies affecting your take-home pay.
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Our union is seeing sustained, consistent growth across the country – and is looking ahead to an even better year in 2023.
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Newly reelected leaders of the AFGE National Veterans Affairs Council are starting off the year with a mission to achieve full collective bargaining rights for Title 38 employees and deliver a winning contract for the 291,000 VA workers we represent.
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After years of attacks and unprecedented crises that depleted our ranks, AFGE is growing once again – and delivering for the members we represent.
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And that’s just for starters. Also inside this issue we profile some of the federal and D.C. government employees who serve the public every day, explore the effort to expand pay and workplace rights for TSA officers, look back at our successful fight against the National Security Personnel System at the Department of Defense, and much more.
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