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Union Plus Scholarship

January 10th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Benefits | Did you know? | Web - (0 Comments)

The Union Plus Scholarship Difference

Helping union members and their children attend college. For the past 20 years, Union Plus has distributed over 3.4 million scholarship dollars to working families.

Apply online for the 2013 Union Plus Scholarship here.

To receive mobile text alerts about education-related deadlines and information, text STUDENT to 22555.

Visit the Union Plus College Planning Center to find the right college, learn about paying for it, and much more.

AFGE Applauds Confirmation Of FAA Administrator

January 7th, 2013 | Posted by admin in News | Web - (0 Comments)

The American Federation of Government Employees congratulates Michael Huerta on his recent confirmation to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. The 112th Congress confirmed Huerta on Jan. 1, just before the congressional session expired.
Huerta has served as FAA’s Acting Administrator since December 2011. During this time, he has successfully managed FAA’s workforce of 47,000 employees during a trying period of budget shortfalls and hiring freezes.

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Federal Student Aid – Income-Based Repayment Plan

January 7th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Benefits | Did you know? | Web - (0 Comments)

If your student loan debt is high relative to your income, you may qualify for the Income-Based Repayment Plan (IBR).

Most major types of federal student loans—except for PLUS loans for parents and Consolidation Loans that repaid PLUS loans for parents—are eligible for IBR.
Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is designed to reduce monthly payments to assist with making your student loan debt manageable. If you need to make lower monthly payments, this plan may be for you. (more…)

House GOP ponders another federal pay freeze

January 4th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Benefits | Did you know? | News | Web - (0 Comments)

The federal government’s civilian employees have worked under a salary freeze for about two years, but their incomes will begin to rise after March 27 unless Congress acts to once again halt their salary increases.

Lawmakers are expected to take up the matter in coming months as they address the debt limit and the automatic spending cuts delayed under a “fiscal cliff” deal that President Barack Obama signed Wednesday.

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End of the Federal Pay Freeze Announced

December 28th, 2012 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | News | Web - (0 Comments)

A new executive order has been issued providing for a new pay schedule beginning “on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning after March 27, 2013.” The pay raise will generally be about 1/2 of 1%.

As most readers know, President Obama proposed a pay freeze on civilian employee pay that was applicable all federal civilian employees. This was way back in 2010.

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White House: Your Pay is Officially Frozen Through March 2013

December 27th, 2012 | Posted by admin in Benefits | Did you know? | News | Web - (0 Comments)

The president made the pay freeze extension on the federal workforce official this afternoon (12/21/2012) when he issued a presidential memorandum directing heads of agencies to not issue any pay increases until at least March 27, 2013.

President Obama had previously said he wanted to end the pay freeze in 2013 and give federal employees a 0.5% pay raise, but would not do so until Congress passes a budget.

You can read the entire article here.

AFL-CIO – Become A Message Mover

December 17th, 2012 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | Solidarity | Web - (0 Comments)

We’re fighting back against the negative stories the national news media is putting out about our movement by establishing a Message Movers team–folks who are willing to push back against biased stories about unions through social media and email.