The labor movement helped to secure the 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare and retirement plans.
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Happy New Year from AFGE Local 1395!
December 30th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
How to Avoid the Biggest Mistakes in Making Beneficiary Designations
December 9th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)A complete and comprehensive estate plan includes properly filled out beneficiary designation forms. Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, discusses what federal employees need to consider in avoiding the biggest mistakes in making their beneficiary designations.
Click link to read more http://www.myfederalretirement.com/public/1305.cfmRe-posted from My Federal Retirement http://www.myfederalretirement.com/public/196.cfm
United States military service and unionism go hand-in-hand… and always have.
November 13th, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)Over two million union members and retirees are veterans -- the heart and the backbone of America.
Union Plus now offers the new Union Plus Mortgage Veterans Grant to provide qualified union member veterans with a $1,000 grant that never needs to be repaid to help offset the costs of a down payment.
To be eligible for a grant, members must meet the following qualifications:
Finance their mortgage of their primary residence through the Union Plus Mortgage program on or after November 1, 2014
Be an active or retired union member of a participating union
Be a veteran of the United States Armed Services
October 7, 2014 is the deadline to register to vote or update your registration in time to vote at the Nov. 4, 2014 General Election.
Methods of Registration
City of Chicago residents can get voter registration info at http://www.chicagoelections.com/page.php?id=170
Cook County: http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/Pages/default.aspx
DuPage county: http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Voters/37059/
Lake county: http://countyclerk.lakecountyil.gov/ElectionInfo/Voter-Services/Pages/Voter-Registration.aspx
Will county: http://www.thewillcountyclerk.com/connect/site/index.jsp?menuItemId=75
Kane county: http://www.kanecountyelections.org/VoterRegistration/registration.asp
PETITION YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO STOP CLOSING SSA FIELD OFFICES
July 7th, 2014 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)The Social Security Administration has closed 80 field offices in the past few years, and it has big plans for closing even more. Click to download a shocking graph of closures: Graph of Office Closings FY-10-14
In-person service is critical to ensuring complex questions are answered and that customers receive the benefits they earned. That's why over 43 million Americans visited SSA field offices last year. Do your part to stop office closures - write your members of Congress today!
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
June 3rd, 2014 | Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)TEN (10) $500 Scholarships will be awarded
to eligible dependents of employees of: CMS, SSA & SSA Field Offices.
Hurry! Deadline is June 6, 2014
Click on link for application
Net Neutrality – What is It and What Can You Do to Protect It
May 13th, 2014 | Posted by in Did you know? - (0 Comments)
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is in the process of creating new rules that may determine how open the Internet will be, who will profit most from it and whether start-ups will face new barriers that will make it harder for ideas to flourish.
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