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 […]

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 […]