September 07, 2021, The House Armed Services Committee Sept. 1 passed the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with several AFGE-backed provisions that will make the Department of Defense a better place to work, allowing them to serve our troops and maintain our national defense. The bill now heads to the Senate floor for consideration
The key pro-worker provisions included in the NDAA will:
In addition to the pro-worker language included in the NDAA, AFGE also was successful in preventing the inclusion of some recommendations from the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service that would have harmed the merit system by introducing subjective pay systems, substandard health care benefits, and expanded use of term and temporary hiring.
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