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National AFGE Monthly Telephone Town Hall

Join the AFGE National Monthly Telephone Town Hall to discuss updates to your JOB, your PAY, and your BENEFITS with AFGE leadership. We encourage all members and non-members to be on the call!

There will be an opportunity for callers to ask questions, so make sure to write down anything you would like to ask.

Call #1 – 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST

Call #2 – 10 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. PST

Call Information:

Dial-in number: (877) 229-8493
Pin Code: 110858

This meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of each month. Please make sure you are not on official time or duty time, not on government property and on your personal phone for this call.

 

What’s disgusting? Union busting

Action Alert from AFGE.ORG

Right now, Congress is working on the most extreme union-busting, pension-stealing bills we’ve seen yet.

These attacks focus on official time, one of our core union rights that AFGE uses to help employees get fair representation in workplace disputes. Anti-government employee lawmakers are trying to rush through bills that limit our union rights and silence our voice in the workplace.

Here’s what you need to know about H.R. 1364, the Government-wide Anti-Union Representation Bill:

It eliminates the use of official time by making it far too difficult for managers and federal employees to successfully work together to address mission-related challenges.
It revokes our union’s ability to stand up for workers who have been wrongfully fired, disciplined, harassed or intimidated
It steals the pension of any worker who exceeds a limited amount of time spent representing employees who have been disciplined, harassed, or intimidated.
Disgusting, right? Wait until you hear about H.R. 1259, the VA Anti-Union Representation Bill:

This bill specifically targets Title 5 and Title 38 rights at the VA, and takes away all grievance rights for workers facing a removal, demotion or suspension.
It gives agency officials the power to take back compensation you’ve already earned.
The bill gives management the upper-hand by radically shortening the time unfairly fired VA workers can prepare their case.
It limits the time unfairly fired workers can appeal to the MSPB to just 7 days
Here’s what we need you to do right now: Call the union rights hotline 1-855-976-5397 to connect with your lawmaker.

 

Response to “Happy New Year” letter

Many members recently received a letter from our local office.  Our current Local President sent the letter that was titled “HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM LOCAL 3943.”

The officers and Executive Board of Local 3943 apologize for the trouble and confusion this letter has resulted in. We are taking steps to resolve the situation and hope to have more information in the near future. Please contact us at the Local office to discuss any concerns you may have after reading the letter.

 

AFGE Town-hall Call January 12 2017

Brothers & Sisters –

Tomorrow, Thursday, January 12, AFGE is holding two town hall phone calls to discuss our plans to inform and mobilize members to stand up to the 115th Congress’s attacks on our pay, our jobs, and our union rights.

The first call will start at 7:00 p.m. Eastern (6:00 p.m. Central)
The second call will start at 7:00 p.m. Mountain (6:00 p.m. Pacific).
The content of these two calls will be the same, so join whichever time works best for your schedule. The call in number and passcode are also the same for both calls.

Call in number: 1-877-229-8493
Passcode: 110858#
We also need your help spreading the word about this call – click here to download a flyer with the call information to share with your local members.

We hope you’re able to join the call. Thank you for all that you do.

In solidarity,
AFGE

P.S. Want to stay up to date on how you can take action? Text “AFGE” to 225568 from your personal cell phone (never your government phone) and subscribe to text message update