QUARTERLY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The Local is required to hold a regular membership meeting four times a year, once in each calendar quarter.  Notice of the date, time and place of the meetings must be sent to all members (in the Greater Washington area) at least 10 days before the date of the meeting.  Ten members are required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  Only members in good standing shall be entitled to vote on the business of the Local.

Please check back for the date of the next quarterly general membership meeting.

BONUS BUCKS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE!

AFGE National is joining with our membership committee to host and organize a membership drive through March 4, 2010.  For every co-worker you recruit, you will earn $50 ($20 from the National Union  and $30 from our District 14 office).  And, if you submit three or more membership applications, you’ll receive an AFGE briefcase-style navy canvas bag with leather trim, an automatic entry into a drawing for a FREE LAPTOP COMPUTER and an iPod to the top recruiter in each Distinct.  Further details about the Bonus Bucks program are available from Wilma Hutchins (our membership chairperson) at 703-516-1590.

WE MUST BUILD OUR UNION SO THAT WE CAN: 

• Suspend all A-76 studies;
• Raise the cap on GS pay so that all employees can receive the cost of living and locality pay adjustments;
• Restore Labor/Management Parrtnerships;
• Increase the premium split for health insurance from 70/30 to 80/20;
• Enact paid parental leave;
• Get equal benefits for registered domestic partners of federal employees;
• Return "Good Government" to the US Taxpayers;
• Ensure that FERS employees get retirement credit for unused sick leave; and
• Reduce FEHBP costs by getting the Medicare Part D subsidy. 

HERE ARE SOME OF THE UNION'S VICTORIES TO PROTECT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR JOBS:

• Repealed the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) for GS workers;
• Fought for and won pay increases worth 8.9% more than what President Bush tried to impose since 2001;
• Developed bipartisan alliances in Congress;
• Made sure blue collar employees, plus all employees at DOD and DHS, got the same pay raise as other federal employees;
• Blocked contracting out of inherently governmental functions.