Congress on Saturday (9/30/2023) passed a bipartisan continuing resolution through both houses to fund the government for 45 days and prevent a disastrous government shutdown. The past few weeks, AFGE members across the nation have sent nearly 11,000 letters and made nearly 3,000 phone calls to Congress. Union members spoke out thousands of times in […]
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on October 3, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, budget, budget showdown, congress, federal shutdown, government shutdown, labor, working families, wwaflcio
AFGE Wins! VA Closure Commission Is Dead
on July 12, 2022in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, afl-cio, AIR, AIR commission, congress, MISSION act, National Defense Authorization Act, service members, VA, VA facilities, veterans, veterans administration, wwaflcio
AFGE applauds the announcement of a bipartisan group of 12 senators, including a majority of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, that they would block the confirmation of the nine-member Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission that would have considered closing or eliminating services at hundreds of VA facilities nationwide. These senators took action after months […]
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