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AFGE is fighting to keep Field offices open

April 1st, 2014 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | News | Shutdown | Web - (0 Comments)
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Letter sent to the House concerning field offices:

Dear Representative:

On December 5th, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that its network of 1250 field offices will no longer provide Social Security Number (SSN) printouts or benefit verification forms to the public. The change, which was scheduled to begin April 1, was delayed by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees because of serious concerns about the harsh impact of this plan on low-income and unemployed Americans, as well as those without computers, printers or computer expertise. It is now scheduled to begin on August 1. (more…)

Improving Government Through Labor-Management Collaboration and Employee Ingenuity Report

January 30th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News - (0 Comments)

Public employees and their unions are frequent scapegoats when elected officials seek to score political points or contract out government services. But despite what you may have read, there are many examples of productive labor-management relations in the public sector. A new report released by the Jobs With Justice Education Fund, Improving Government Through Labor-Management Collaboration and Employee Ingenuity, profiles how public employees and their unions are working collaboratively with management to improve the way government runs.

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Weather Emergency for Local 1395 Members

January 26th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News - (0 Comments)

newsAFGE Local 1395 is asking its members especially those located in 600 W Madison to call the HWSSC building @ 312-575-4294. For 1/27/2014 employees will be on a fixed schedule with a  2 hour delayed opening. Employees start time would be 10 am.

 

If you do brave the weather please dress appropriately as the temperature is predicate -8 below or greater with windchill making the temperature -30 to -45.

 

2014 William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship

January 26th, 2014 | Posted by admin in Benefits | Did you know? | News | Solidarity | Web - (0 Comments)

union_solidarityDear Brothers and Sisters:

The Chicago Federation of Labor is pleased to announce that applications for the 2014 William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship are now available online at www.chicagolabor.org/scholarship. Five academic-based scholarships and five random-drawing scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each will be awarded to students graduating from an area high school this year.

Weather Emergency for Local 1395 Members

January 5th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News | Web - (0 Comments)

UPDATE: 600 W Madison has a delayed open on 1/4/7014 - The building will open at 11 am. Please call # below for more information.

UPDATE: 600 W Madison is closed on 1/6/2014 - Please be safe and keep warm!

newsAFGE Local 1395 is asking its members especially those located in 600 W Madison to call the HWSSC building @ 312-575-4294. For 1/6/2013 employees will be on a fixed schedule with a delayed opening. So the fixed tour would be 8-4:30.

 

If you do brave the weather please dress appropriately as the temperature is predicate -8 below or greater.

 

 

Urgent Call to Action – National Lobby Day

December 10th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Events | News | Solidarity | Web - (0 Comments)

union_solidarity Tuesday December 10 is "National Lobby Day."

This is a day to contact your Political representative on issues for Federal Employees.

For more information please contact your local AFGE steward. If everyone does their part it will make a difference!

AFGE Post Shutdown Talking Points

October 21st, 2013 | Posted by admin in News | Shutdown - (0 Comments)

AFGE National explains why...

The deal to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling is only a temporary measure.

The economic and social costs of shutting down the government for three weeks will be felt for months and possibly years.

Vital public services were compromised during the shutdown.

The shutdown was the latest injustice to hit federal workers.

Read more at: AFGE Post Shutdown Talking Points!

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Kadner: Shutdown becomes real for local residents

October 8th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | News | Shutdown | Web - (0 Comments)

Edgar Mullins, of Richton Park, and Justin Jones, of Chicago Heights, became victims of the federal government shutdown on Thursday.

They lined up early in the morning in front of the Social Security Administration office in Chicago Heights.

The office was open for business but wasn’t offering new or replacement Social Security cards, the reason Mullins and Jones were there.

“I lost my Social Security card years ago when my wallet was stolen and need one to start truck driving school on Monday,” Mullins, 31, told me as we stood in front of the SSA building on Halsted Street near 197th Street.

“They told me inside that until the government returns to normal, I’m out of luck.”

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AFGE Urges Representatives to Oppose Bills Targeting Federal Employees

July 30th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | News | Web - (0 Comments)

House bills would inflict further harm on already besieged workforce

The American Federation of Government Employees is urging House members to reject three bills targeting federal employees that are expected to be voted on this week.

In a letter to representatives, AFGE Legislative and Political Director Beth Moten outlined AFGE’s opposition to the following bills: the Common Sense in Compensation Act (HR 1541), the Government Employee Accountability Act (HR 2579) and the Citizen Empowerment Act (HR 2711).

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AFGE thanks lawmakers for introducing Locality Pay Equity Act

June 27th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | News | Web - (0 Comments)

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Bill would ensure blue-collar workers receive same local pay rates as white-collar counterparts

The American Federation of Government Employees congratulated Rep. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania for introducing H.R. 2450, the Locality Pay Equity Act. AFGE also thanks and congratulates original cosponsors Tom Marino, Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah and Allison Schwartz, all of Pennsylvania.
The Locality Pay Equity Act would mean simple justice for the federal government's blue-collar workforce. In numerous locations, the government treats hourly and salary workers who work in the same location as if they worked in different locations when it comes to calculating local pay rates. White-collar locality boundaries are drawn to encompass metropolitan labor markets, as defined by census data on commuting rates. Blue-collar locality boundaries are drawn according to the placement of military installations in the 1950s, long before federal white-collar workers were paid local differentials.

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