Strategizing on potential avenues and routes on when a contract is violated.
Continuing to utilize the grievance process and other labor processes when the contract is violated by the Department.
Educating our officers and stewards to ensure accurate and thorough representation.
Educating our members on their rights and how to contact us, when their rights are being violated.
Continuing to grow our internal resources on EEO concerns and challenges.
Continuing to educate our officers, stewards, and members on the actions necessary when there are EEO Concerns.
Keeping up to date with any changes to the processes, that we can quickly relay to our members.
Creating resource corners on our website on EEO information so our members can quickly utilize.
Continuing the fight to gain our OCIO's siblings their bargaining rights back.
Continuing to reach out to new members regularly, to explain the benefits of joining a union.
Continuing to strengthen our online presences to reach a larger number of BUEs.
Holding Lunch and Learn events to educate our membership.
Organizing through online surveys, lunch and learns, and union fairs.
Continuing to be on-site at both Frances Perkins and Suitland Federal Center.
Working to expand our presence on social media platforms.
Continuing to have honest, difficult, and transparent conversations with our members, even if it's not the answer they want.
Continuing to send out notices via broadstripes to keep members up to date on changes, important notices, and events.
Ensuring the Department is abiding by the CBA in relation to required training requirements.
Advocating members to utilize the free trainings avaliable on AFGE.org to become more familiar with union issues.
Seeking support from District 14 on training opportuntities, collaboration in union events, and invitations to lunch and learns.
Ensuring an Agency point of contact for our Health and Safety present for each of the 9 Agencies (currently at 6 of 9).
Increasing our presence at the annual safety and health inspections.
Continuing to educate our officers, stewards, and members on the avaliable routes for addressing safety and health concerns.
Ensuring the Department is abiding by the contract in relation to safety and health matters, and take appropriate action when they violate the CBA.