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Phonebank from Home- Monday 10/28

October 26th, 2024 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | ELECTIONS | PHONEBANKS | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Dear AFGE Activist,

The 2024 election is less than two weeks away and there is so much at stake!

AFGE members, our families, and our communities are up against a lot. Rising inflation and economic inequality are making it harder for us to make ends meet. Attacks on voting rights are making it harder to ensure our voices are heard. Recent efforts across the country to roll back reproductive rights are jeopardizing women’s health and compromising their futures. Project 2025 threatens to roll back the very existence of public sector unions. The list goes on.

It is easy to feel overwhelmed at the challenges we face. But we know that together we have the power to change things. In that spirit, WFP, AFGE Y.O.U.N.G. is coming together on Monday, October 28 starting at 7:00 pm (EST) to help turn voters out to the polls. We’ll be working together to reach out to voters in a key battleground swing states.

Register here to join our virtual phone bank on Oct. 28 from 7-9pm EST.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpdXkEmB3joObEMc2NqnDezHZ2ee3WJLJP3-ZH8ZGNr92Syg/viewform

We look forward to seeing you on October 28!

In Solidarity,

AFGE

NEED TIME TO VOTE?

October 24th, 2024 | Posted by admin in ELECTIONS | Vote | Your Rights - (0 Comments)

VOTING TIME REMINDER

Excused absence for time to vote is covered under our National Agreement between AFGE and SSA. Article 31, Section 3 states:

“The Employer will excuse employees for a reasonable time, without seriously interfering with operations, to vote or register in any election or referendum on a civic matter in his/her community. An employee will be excused from duty so as to permit him/her to report for work 3 hours before the polls open or to leave work 3 hours before the polls close, whichever amounts in the lesser amount of time. Under unusual circumstances, an employee can be excused up to the full day. The Employer will notify employees annually of this right at the beginning of each fiscal year and shall encourage employees to avail themselves of the right to register and vote.”

The amount of time you get is based on the time your arrive at work.

  • If your tour is 8:00-4:30 you would have 2 hours to vote from (6 a.m. – 8 a.m.) and 2 ½ hours from

(4:30 – 7:00), employee could be excused for 30 minutes at the end of the day for the purpose of voting.

  • If your tour is 9:00-5:30, since the polls were open 3 hours before the beginning of workday, no absence for voting should be granted.
  • If you work a compressed work schedule (5-4-9), with a tour from 7:30-5:00. You have 1-½ hours from (6 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.), and 2 hours from (5:00 – 7:00 p.m.). The employee could be excused for one hour for the purpose of voting.

DO NOT OPEN/READ ON AGENCY EQUIPMENT

October 17th, 2024 | Posted by admin in ELECTIONS | News | Political - (0 Comments)

Project 2025 is a blueprint for the hostile takeover of the federal government under an anti-union presidential administration. Everything from our jobs and union rights to the very existence of our agencies and our union are on the line.

 Authored by the ultra-conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, much of what is included in the 922-page document has to do with recommendations for enormous changes to the terms of federal employment, such as eliminating the GS and WG pay systems, making huge changes to the retirement system by cutting federal employee pensions and increasing the Social Security age, reinstating discriminatory hiring practices, making it almost impossible to reverse disciplinary actions and more.

Project 2025 threatens the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of federal employees and the unions that represent them by recommending budget cuts to shrink the government, privatize portions of the government and convert hundreds of thousands of jobs to Schedule F, which demands loyalty to the president, not the Constitution. It also recommends ordering agencies to reopen existing collective bargaining agreements to attain the strongest management rights and to decertify unions at DOD and DHS.

AFGE needs all hands-on deck to stop Project 2025 because if it succeeds, AFGE will no longer exist.

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ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE?

October 15th, 2024 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | ELECTIONS | Political | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)


Dear AFGE Activist,

We’re three weeks away from Election Day!Now is the time to make sure you’re ready to cast your vote this November and connect with your friends, family, union siblings and neighbors to ensure they are prepared to participate in the democratic process.

Knowing your status is an important step in making your voice heard in local and national elections. You can find more information about your state’s voting laws and deadlines through Ballot Ready.

And don’t forget, early voting has already started in some states. Click here to find the early voting schedule in your state.

Let’s make sure we’re well prepared this election cycle to cast our votes!

In Solidarity,
AFGE

AFGE Day of Action!

October 8th, 2024 | Posted by admin in ELECTIONS | Local 1395 | Political | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

AFGE Election Results 2024

October 7th, 2024 | Posted by admin in ELECTIONS | News | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Convention & Caucus Elections

National Election Results

National President:  Everett Kelley

National Secretary Treasurer:  Eric Bunn Sr

NVP for Women & Fair Practices:  Kendrick Roberson

AFGE Council 109 Election Results

President: Beverly Parks

Executive Vice President: Cheryl Bellamy-Bonner

 First Vice President: Cynthia Marshall Johns

Second Vice President: Yvette Wilson

Treasurer:  Bruce Friedman

Secretary: Regane Nicholson

AFGE Council 215 Election Results

President: Ricard Couture

Executive Vice President April Lott

Treasurer: Brandon Epps

Secretary: Gregory Senden

AFGE Council 220 Election Results

President: Jessica LaPointe

Executive Vice President: Angela Digeronimo

1st Vice President: Edwin Osorio

2nd Vice President: Amad Ali

3rd Vice President: Mark Rogers

Teleservice Center Vice President: Shonda Johnson

Secretary: Monique Buchanan

Treasurer: Jennifer Kirkham

HOT OFF THE PRESS AFGE LOCAL 1395 CHALLENGER- JUNE 2023

June 20th, 2023 | Posted by admin in CHALLENGER | Did you know? | ELECTIONS | MISSION STATEMENT | Uncategorized | Wear Red Day - (0 Comments)

LINK: https://online.flipbuilder.com/yjbz/ignf/

NOTICE OF ELECTION

February 2nd, 2022 | Posted by admin in ELECTIONS | Events | Local 1395 | Membership Meetings - (0 Comments)

Nomination Deadline — Membership Meeting Feb 9, 2022

NOMINATIONS
At the Membership Meeting
Nominations will be accepted during the February 9, 2022 membership meeting which begins at 6:00 P.M.
(CST). Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the meeting will be conducted virtually by Zoom. You may access the
meeting by computer or telephone. Following is the Zoom access information:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84670972436?pwd=OVNWcjMwdXYrOGk3RC9oMTBVamhWdz09
Meeting ID: 846 7097 2436
Passcode: 020922

Dial by your location
Phone: 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 846 7097 2436 — Passcode: 020922


AFGE Election Results 01/01/2020

January 2nd, 2020 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | ELECTIONS | Events - (0 Comments)
POSITION LAST Name  FIRST Name 
PRESIDENT (1)  * Bellamy-Bonner  Cheryl 
Executive Vice President (1) Muhammad-Mason  James 
VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE (3) * Joseph  Agatha 
  McCollum  Vanessa 
  VACANT  
VICE PRES FO (3) * Hayes  Patricia (Pat) 
  Dybas  Yesenia 
  Connie  Mario
VICE PRES OQP (3) VACANT   
  VACANT   
  VACANT   
VICE PRES PSC (3) Barnhart  Angela 
  Smith Johnny 
  Lloyd  Daphne
VICE PRES ODAR (3) Cavanaugh  Frank 
  Clelland  Karen 
  Fairall  Barbara 
ADMIN DIR FO (1) Hornick  Jill 
ADMIN DIR OQP (1) * Tucker  Earl 
ADMIN DIR ODAR  Senden  Gregory 
ADMIN DIR PSC  * Harris  Monica 
TREASURER * Flynn  Deborah 
FINANCIAL SECRETARY * Foster  Monwella 
OFFICE MANAGER * Virden  Robin 
RECORDING SECRETARY * Mulligan  Catherine 
CORRESPONDENCE SEC * Washington  Patricia 
SERGEANT OF ARMS * Jones  Abigail 
EXEC BOARD FO (2) * Ponder-Chism  Kimberly 
  VACANT   
EXEC BOARD OQP (2) VACANT   
  VACANT   
EXEC BOARD ODAR (2) * Thomas  Yolanda 
  VACANT   
EXEC BOARD PSC (2) * Merai  Danial 
  Jones  Jerome 
COUNCIL DELEGATE FO (3)  Hayes  Patricia 
  Washington  Patricia 
  Ponder-Chism  Kimberly 
COUNCIL DELEGATE OQP (1) * Tucker  Earl 
COUNCIL DELEGATE PSC (1)  Joseph  Agatha 
COUNCIL DELEGATE ODAR (3) Hayes  Patricia 
  Senden  Gregory 
  Thomas  Yolanda 
     
     
DELEGATE NATL CONV/7TH DST (8) Joseph  Agatha 
  Hayes  Patricia 

RUN-OFF Election–DEADLINE 12/31/2019

December 15th, 2019 | Posted by admin in ELECTIONS | Events - (0 Comments)

Local 1395 election Ballots are in YOUR Mail.

Don’t Delay Deadline December 31, 2019. 

 

Please submit your vote by 11:59 P.M.EST on December 31, 2019.

If it comes to your attention that a fellow member did not receive this notice, please advise them to contact Honest Ballot at vote@honestballot.com.

If you have any questions about the election procedures, please contact Honest Ballot.

Customer service is available from 9:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday, at (800) 541-1851, and by email, vote@honestballot.com, other days and times.