
Are you an active member, the kind that would be missed,
or are you just contented that your name is on the list?
Do you attend the meeting, and mingle with the flock,
or do you stay at home, and criticize and knock?
Do you take an active part to help the work along,
or are you satisfied to be the kind that just belongs?
Do you ever work on committees,
to see there is no trick,
or leave the work to just a few and talk about the clique?
So come to meetings often, and help with hand and heart.
Don’t be just a member, but take an active part.
Think it over, members, you know right from wrong.
Are you an active member, or do you just belong?
Anonymous


The Office of Personnel Management has released more details about the new, highly-anticipated paid parental leave program, which will go into effect in less than three months.
OPM’s interim final rule, which is scheduled for publication Monday, is significant in that it gives federal agencies more instruction on how they should implement new paid parental leave benefits, and it offers employees more detail on how they can take advantage of the new program.
Under the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA), new benefits go into effect Oct. 1. The president signed FEPLA into law late last year, following a nearly decade-long effort by members of Congress

AFGE Local 1395 has opened Nominations for Officers and Delegates.
Nomination Deadline is Wednesday September 11, 2019.
The attached Notice has been mailed to all Members.
It is important to know how Office of Personnel Management (OPM) effects you as a federal employee.
This is the description OPM has on their website to describe their role in the employment process.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) serves as the chief human resources agency and personnel policy manager for the Federal Government. OPM provides human resources leadership and support to Federal agencies and helps the Federal workforce achieve their aspirations as they serve the American people. OPM directs human resources and employee management services, administers retirement benefits, manages healthcare and insurance programs, oversees merit-based and inclusive hiring into the civil service, and provides a secure employment process.
OPM’s divisions, offices, and their employees implement the programs and deliver the services that enable the agency to meet its strategic goals. OPM works in several broad categories to lead and serve the Federal Government in enterprise human resource management by delivering policies and services to achieve a trusted effective civilian workforce.
The American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO—the nation’s largest federal employee union—has officially opposed the nominee for the Office and Personnel Management.
Read AFGE Notice to Senate Committee members:

In May of 2018, the Administration announced three executive orders that chip away at due process and collective bargaining rights for federal employees and impede employee representation at the job site. Within three business days of issuance of the orders, AFGE filed a lawsuit int he U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. We won that suit, but the fight isn't over. The administration is appealing the judge's decision and is actively working to put the union-busting, democracy-busting executive orders back in place.
On April 4, 2019 we're headed back to court to fight the appeal. We need you and your coworkers to show management and the administration that our union isn't going anywhere.
#AFGE