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March 14th, 2017 | Posted by in News | Political - (0 Comments)CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ... TELL THEM
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Feds, Retirees to Pay 6.2% More in Health Insurance Premiums
Federal employees and retirees will pay 6.2% more on average for health insurance premiums next year. This unacceptably high increase will hit millions of Americans in the pocketbook, making coverage less and less affordable and will cause many to drop coverage.
“Like most other Americans, federal employees and retirees have seen their standard of living decline due to stagnant incomes and cost increases for basic goods and services,” AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. said. “This is an unacceptably high increase that will force many families to make difficult decisions about how to pay their bills.”
While employees enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program will pay 6.2% more for their insurance premiums starting in January, the government’s share of those premiums will increase just 3.7%, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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The 24th annual National Association of Letter Carriers’
Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is on
Saturday, May 14, 2016.
The 24th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is the nation’s largest one-day, providing letter carriers, other postal employees and thousands of volunteers across the nation the opportunity to meld their forces together to conduct the drive in their local communities.
“Letter carriers touch every residential and business address in this country at least six days a week,” NALC President Fredric Rolando said, “and our continued effort in the fight against hunger—often in our own neighborhoods—has made us all too familiar with the staggering numbers of people in need.”
The availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acquire such food, is limited or uncertain for 1 in 6 Americans, many of whom are in households with at least one person working.
Last year’s drive collected approximately 71 million pounds of non-perishable food that was left in bags next to postal customers’ mailboxes. It was the 12th consecutive year that letter carriers have collected more than 70 million pounds of food, and it brought the drive’s grand total to more than 1.4 billion pounds of food collected.
The drive is held each year on the second Saturday in May, and so Saturday, May 14, has for months been circled on the calendars of hunger-relief advocates who have watched as food supplies collected during winter holiday drives dwindle day by day. The drive also comes just before many school systems end their academic years, and that often can mean a suspension in subsidized meals for many students.
The food drive’s national partners are the U.S. Postal Service, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, United Way Worldwide, the AFL-CIO and Valassis.
Your Letter Carrier will collect non-perishable food left on your porch.
Members,
Right now, Congress is reviewing a proposal to eliminate every federal employee’s most basic rights on the job. If this becomes law, you will have almost no recourse to contest a wrongful termination or suspension.
We need you to call 888-775-3148 NOW and tell Congress: oppose any version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that includes provisions to take away civil servants’ rights!
Here’s what you can do right now to protect your rights:
- Call 888-775-3148 and enter your zip code to be connected to your lawmaker.
- When you're connected to your lawmaker, tell them this:
Hi, My name is _________ and I’m a federal employee from (name of town). There is a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would take away my right to use the grievance and arbitration process to resolve wrongful suspensions and terminations. If that happens, my only choice would be to file a complaint with the Merit Systems Protection Board, which could take longer and cost taxpayers more money. This is nothing more than an effort to gut my rights as a federal worker. Please oppose any version of the NDAA that includes these harmful provisions.
Tell Congress: My rights are NOT negotiable! Call 888-775-3148 NOW
NOTE: Don't Call from your Government Telephone or during your Work day.
In solidarity,
AFGE
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International Workers Day May 1st
April 1st, 2016 | Posted by in Events | News | Rally | Solidarity - (0 Comments)Dear Chicago Federation of Labor Affiliates
May Day, also known as International Workers Day, is a celebration of workers that takes places all across the world. Join the Chicago Federation of Labor, Illinois Labor History Society and Jobs with Justice at the site where it all began as we continue the fight for workers’ rights.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Noon to 2:30 p.m.
Haymarket Memorial
Corner of DesPlaines Street & Randolph Street
The event will feature speakers, live music and international delegates from the World Federation of Trade Unions.
Chicago’s April 1 Day of Action
March 28th, 2016 | Posted by in Events | News | Solidarity - (0 Comments)
Join students, teachers, workers, and all those who thirst for justice.
Multiple events at multiple city locations are planned. Click here for details and updates on Facebook!
If the Government Shuts Down, AFGE has your Back!
September 10th, 2015 | Posted by in Budget | News | Shutdown | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
As some of you may know, the current funding of the federal government is set to expire on September 30th. AFGE is actively monitoring the situation and working with members of Congress to avoid another shutdown, as well as strongly urging lawmakers to oppose any budget that would negatively impact federal employee wages and benefits.
Senator Ben Cardin (MD) is introducing the Federal Employees Fair Treatment Act of 2015 (FEFTA), which will ensure that all government employees receive guaranteed back pay for their work in the event of any future government shutdown, and to allow employees with scheduled leave during a shutdown to take that leave.
If there is a government shutdown, or if Congress moves forward with a budget proposal that harms workers like you, we will let you know immediately what AFGE is doing to stop it.
Take action on the Budget: Take Action
In solidarity,
AFGE
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