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Apr 10, 2013 Federal Union Leader on White House Budget: Today Washington ‘Abandoned’ Federal Employees It’s clear today that Washington has abandoned federal employees. We’ve already seen three consecutive years of frozen pay, a quadrupling in the amount new workers pay toward their pensions, and now painful furloughs scheduled for the majority of the federal workforce. Yet this budget asks... more...
Mar 5, 2013 FEEA Prepares for Federal Furloughs with Help from Congresswoman Norton Speaking at the Federal Managers Association’s 75th National Convention, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reaffirmed her intention to donate one day’s pay for each day federal employees are furloughed due to sequestration. Norton plans to divide the donation evenly between... more...
Feb 27, 2013 Union Leader Slams Senate GOP Sequestration Measure Targeting Federal Pay, Retirement “Here we go again. Rather than proposing a serious solution to sequestration, Senator Ayotte and her GOP colleagues have chosen to dust off well-worn attacks on federal employees that do nothing to fix the problem. Federal employees have already endured over two years of frozen pay and an... more...
Feb 26, 2013 Hundreds of Feds Detail Devastating Impact of Furloughs on New Online Message Board The Federal Workers Alliance, a coalition of 20 unions collectively representing over 300,000 federal workers throughout government, started a message board Friday for anxious feds to share their stories on how potential sequestration furloughs would impact their livelihoods. In just a matter of... more...
Feb 15, 2013 National President Dougan Sounds Off on House Passage of Federal Pay Freeze Extension “What happened on Capitol Hill this morning was politics at its worst. Rather than approve a modest 0.5% pay adjustment for millions of middle class federal employees, the House chose to make a cheap political statement. This vote was not about controlling spending. After two years of frozen pay,... more...
Feb 13, 2013 National President Dougan Pens Letter to Congress Urging ‘No’ Vote on Pay Freeze Extension “Federal workers have already made significant sacrifices to help ease the burden of our national debt,” Dougan wrote. “We swallowed hard and accepted a pay freeze lasting more than two years, which has been a great burden to federal workers and their families that are struggling just like... more...
Feb 6, 2013 President Dougan Blasts GOP Plan to Delay Sequester by Slashing Federal Workforce “Slashing the workforce to generate a year’s worth of savings is like cutting off your arm to lose weight for the prom. It makes no sense to permanently diminish the government’s ability to serve the American people in order to finance kicking the can down the road for another year. The American... more...
Jan 1, 2013 National President Dougan on Senate Fiscal Cliff Solution: “Federal Employees Got a Bad Deal” “The proposed fiscal cliff solution is a bad deal for federal employees. The most important federal workforce issue of our generation – sequestration – continues to hang over the head of federal employees throughout government. Furthermore, the failure to address the nation’s borrowing limit will... more...
Dec 20, 2012 National President Dougan Decries Political Wrangling Over Fiscal Cliff, Impact on Feds “We’d like to thank the Administration for keeping employees and their representatives informed on this matter. Robust communication and involvement in this process will be critical in keeping our workforce informed. The real issue here, however, is not words, but the actions our elected leaders... more...
Nov 28, 2012 Dougan Blasts Sen. Corker’s Fiscal Cliff Plan as “Greatest Hits Album of Anti-Federal Employee Policies NFFE National President William R. Dougan blasted a recent proposal by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) relying heavily on federal workforce cuts as a means to avoid the fiscal cliff. The $4.5 trillion proposal includes $397 billion in cuts to the workforce. Corker’s proposal, announced in a recent... more...
Nov 26, 2012 Coalition of 20 Federal Unions Says Feds Have “Already Done More than Their Part” in Letter to Congressional Leadership The Federal Workers Alliance, a coalition of 20 unions collectively representing over 300,000 federal workers government-wide, penned a letter to House and Senate leadership today urging the exclusion of federal employees from further cuts to pay and benefits as part of the ongoing fiscal cliff... more...
Nov 6, 2012 A “Momentous” Victory for President Obama, Federal Employees “On behalf of the National Federation of Federal Employees, I would like to congratulate President Obama on his well-deserved re-election. This was a momentous victory for the President. Leading our nation through one of the most difficult times in our history, President Obama plied a steady hand... more...
Oct 4, 2012 Meet the New NEC: Delegates Elect New National Executive Council at the 49th NFFE National Convention The National Federation of Federal Employees is privileged to announce the election of its new National Executive Council, the union’s governing body consisting of the National President, National Secretary-Treasurer, and seven National Vice Presidents. Running unopposed, the delegates by... more...
Oct 3, 2012 National Federation of Federal Employees Endorses Barack Obama for President of the United States Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees, a national union representing 110,000 federal employees in 40 separate departments and agencies, is proud to announce its endorsement of Barack Obama for President of the United States of America. The endorsement was announced at the union’s... more...
Aug 22, 2012 President Dougan “Surprised and Deeply Disappointed” by Decision to Extend Federal Pay Freeze Four Months “We are surprised and deeply disappointed by the Administration’s decision not to push for the modest federal pay adjustment that was called for in the President’s budget. After two years of frozen pay, retirement cuts, and diminished budgets, federal employees are reaching the end of their... more...
Jul 17, 2012 President Dougan Praises New Rule Giving Health Care to Wildland Firefighters; Challenges Remain Today, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the interim final rule extending health care benefits under the Federal Employee Health Benefit plan to temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and those with collateral firefighting duties. The regulation is effective immediately, meaning... more...
Jun 15, 2012 As Wildfires Rage Out West, One Firefighter’s Crusade for Health Benefits Becomes a Viral Sensation It is said that one must never doubt that a small group of committed individuals can change the world. Too often however, the phrase rings as a hollow platitude. But this week one federal firefighter, fed up with his coworkers’ lack of health care, threw conventional wisdom out the window,... more...
Jun 7, 2012 National President Dougan Blasts House Subcommittee Vote to Freeze Federal Pay for Third Year “We are deeply disappointed that the subcommittee has chosen to freeze federal pay for an additional year. A third year of frozen pay would be a tremendous step backwards for federal families, many of whom are already backed up against the fiscal cliff. For many others, a third year of frozen pay... more...
Apr 26, 2012 President Dougan Blasts “Unconscionable” House Oversight Committee Proposal Increasing Employee Pension Contributions Six-Fold “These retirement cuts are absolutely unconscionable. At a time when many federal workers and their families are struggling through the great recession, some in Congress are proposing to increase six-fold the amount they pay toward their retirement. Burdened with two years of frozen pay,... more...
Mar 27, 2012 National President Dougan Blasts Mitt Romney’s ‘Bureaucrats Look for Places to Interfere’ Comment “Governor Romney’s recent comments regarding federal workers are very concerning. To hear someone who may soon become the President of the United States express such a profound misunderstanding of the critical role federal workers play in our nation’s well-being is deeply disturbing. The... more...
Mar 20, 2012 National President Dougan on House Republicans' Fiscal Year 2013 Budget: “Get Your Priorities Straight” “Rather than laying out a ‘Path to Prosperity,’ the Ryan Budget sets our nation’s federal workforce on a path to destitution. The budget resolution plays like a greatest hits album of anti-federal worker political attacks, calling for 200,000 jobs to be eliminated, salaries frozen for an... more...
Feb 16, 2012 NFFE to Congress: Don't Sell Out New Federal Hires on Retirement Benefits "NFFE is adamantly opposed to placing any additional costs on federal employees, who have already sacrificed billions to address our nation’s budget deficit. Under the current two-year pay freeze, federal employees and their families are making the hard choices they need to to help their country... more...
Feb 15, 2012 Dougan Urges Congress Not to Attach Federal Retirement Cuts, Pay Freeze, to ‘Doc Fix’ and Unemployment Insurance Extension “Reports suggesting that members of both parties are looking to increase federal pension contributions or extend the pay freeze as a ‘pay-for’ to fund extended unemployment benefits and the ‘doc fix’ are deeply disturbing. Though we fully support extending much-needed unemployment benefits for... more...
Feb 13, 2012 National President Dougan Blasts Federal Retirement Cuts in FY 2013 Budget Proposal “Though we applaud the President for proposing an end to the two-year federal pay freeze, we strongly oppose all budget provisions undermining federal retirement security. The first proposal, which requires a 1.2% increase in the amount federal workers contribute to their pensions over three... more...
Feb 2, 2012 National President Dougan Issues Statement on Vote to Freeze Federal Pay Through 2013 "We are disappointed to see the result of Wednesday’s vote. Extending the federal pay freeze by an additional year would cost federal workers and their families tens of thousands of dollars over the course of their careers, on top of tens of thousands more in forgone income resulting from the... more...
Feb 1, 2012 National President Dougan Pens Open Letter to Payroll Tax Cut Conferees Urging No Cuts to Federal Compensation The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a national union representing 110,000 federal workers in 40 separate departments and agencies government-wide, released a letter to payroll tax cut conferees today urging the removal of provisions slashing federal retirement benefits and... more...
Jan 26, 2012 National President Dougan Issues Statement on Bill Slashing Federal Retirement Benefits “It is laughable to suggest that the SAFE Act is intended to preserve the viability of the federal retirement system. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who agrees that reducing federal workers’ pension benefits by 40 percent would somehow improve their retirement security. Rep. Ross argues... more...
Jan 25, 2012 National President Dougan Issues Statement on House Federal Retirement Hearing “The CSRS and FERS pensions are the bedrock of the retirement security for millions of current and former federal employees. These modest retirement benefits provide a small but dependable income for retirees who dedicated years – often decades – of their lives to national service. Misleading... more...
Jan 13, 2012 National President Dougan Issues Statement on Obama Government Reorganization Proposal “In these lean economic times, difficult decisions have to be made, and more efficient delivery of government services is required. President Obama’s fast-track consolidation proposal announced today is an example of that. Though his proposal shows promise for rooting out inefficiencies, the... more...
Jan 6, 2012 National President Dougan Issues Statement on 0.5% Pay Increase Proposal for FY 2013 “Just days after federal employees entered the second year of a two year pay freeze, we are pleased to see that the Administration has decided to reward their hard work and sacrifice by lifting the freeze in 2013. Although we would have preferred a larger increase as prescribed by law, it is... more...
Dec 16, 2011 National President Dougan Issues Statement on McKeon Bill to Slash 200,000 Federal Jobs “Rep. McKeon’s proposal is just the latest in a series of poorly-conceived attempts by Republicans in Congress to score political points on the backs of America’s federal employees. Though the bill is being sold as a means to ensure our national defense, it completely undermines our ability to... more...
Dec 14, 2011 National President Dougan Issues Statement on the Impact of a Potential Government Shutdown "A government shutdown would be devastating for federal workers at agencies where funding has not yet been approved by Congress. A shutdown would lead to furloughs and missed paychecks for thousands of federal employees at a time when they can least afford it. Federal workers shouldn't have to... more...
Dec 12, 2011 Coalition of 22 Federal Unions to Membership: Tell Congress You Are Not a Bargaining Chip The Federal Workers Alliance is urging federal employees across the country to call their members of Congress this week and tell them to prevent draconian cuts to federal jobs and compensation as part of a payroll tax cut extension. The campaign comes as Congress readies itself to consider... more...
Dec 12, 2011 National President Dougan on New Proposal Targeting Federal Pay and Retirement: "Definition of Insanity" “Another day, another pot shot at federal employees from Republicans in Congress. Congress should know by now that unfairly attacking federal employees is not the solution to our economic problems. While Republicans debate over how much to gut the federal workforce, millions of middle class... more...
Dec 1, 2011 National President Dougan Issues Statement on Proposed Pay Freeze Extension, Workforce Reduction In response to recent supports suggesting Congressional Republicans intend to pursue a one-year extension of the federal pay freeze in addition to a ten percent workforce reduction, NFFE National President William R. Dougan issued the following statement: “The Republicans’ attempt to extend the... more...
Nov 30, 2011 National President Dougan Issues Statement on Perry’s ‘Send Feds to a God Awful Place’ Comment In response to Governor Rick Perry’s recent statement suggesting federal workers should be reassigned to “some god awful place,” NFFE National President William R. Dougan issued the following statement: “Governor Perry’s comments are irresponsible and insulting to the 2.1 million dedicated... more...
Nov 10, 2011 National President Dougan to Mitt Romney: “Stop Misleading the Public on Federal Pay” In response to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s claim that federal workers are paid more than their private sector counterparts at last night’s CNBC debate, NFFE National President William R. Dougan issued the following statement: “It’s a shame that Governor Romney continues to mislead the... more...
Nov 4, 2011 Federal Union President Issues Statement on BLS Report Finding Federal Pay 26.3% Lower than Private Sector William R. Dougan, National President the National Federation of Federal Employees, issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ finding that the gap between federal and private sector pay has increased to 26.3%: “It comes as no surprise that the Bureau of Labor... more...
Oct 11, 2011 National President Dougan Praises Achievements of Labor Management Partnership Forums Before Senate William R. Dougan, National President the National Federation of Federal Employees, a national union representing 110,000 federal employees in 40 separate departments and agencies government-wide, testified today on the successes of Labor Management Forums before the Senate Subcommittee on... more...
Sep 29, 2011 FLRA Announces Web-Based Interactive Training on Bargaining Over 5 U.S.C. § 7106(b)(1) Matters The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is pleased to announce that its web-based interactive training on bargaining over 5 U.S.C. § 7106(b)(1) matters is now available on-line. The FLRA developed the training as understanding the legal concepts and principles involving 5 U.S.C. § 7106 and... more...
Sep 14, 2011 Coalition of 22 Federal Unions Weighs In With ‘Super Committee’ to Defend Federal Workforce The Federal Workers Alliance, a coalition of 22 unions collectively representing over 300,000 federal workers government-wide, are working to defend the federal workforce from irresponsible cuts in the forthcoming congressional ‘super committee’ negotiations. The initial cuts outlined in phase 1... more...
Sep 8, 2011 Federal Union Calls on White House, Congress to Address “Public Service Recession” in Jobs Debate The National Federation of Federal Employees is calling on the White House and Congress to address the hemorrhaging of public sector jobs in the forthcoming jobs debate. With the President slated to address the nation on jobs this evening and Congress poised to consider their own proposals soon... more...
Aug 26, 2011 FEEA Stands Ready to Assist Feds After Hurricane With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the U.S. East Coast, the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) stands ready to assist civilian federal and postal employees impacted by the storm. Disaster grants of up to $500 will be available to employees in hard-hit areas. Employees in need... more...
Jul 29, 2011 Federal Union Issues Challenge to Federal Employees with ‘Each One, Reach One’ Campaign to Prevent Default NFFE is challenging federal employees to call one or more of their Congressional representatives before August 2, and tell them to prevent a government default. Failure to do so would trigger an immediate 40% cut to the federal budget, as incoming revenues will not be nearly enough to cover the... more...
Jun 6, 2011 Federal Union Leader on Recently Introduced ‘Empower Employees Act’: “Union Busting in its Purest Form” The deceptively-named ‘Empower Employees Act’ is union busting in its purest form. The ‘Bust Federal Workers’ Rights Act,’ as it should rightfully be called, seeks to deprive federal workers of their right to a union voice in the workplace by stripping them of the ability to have dues deducted... more...
Jun 1, 2011 FLRA Office of General Counsel Announces Web-Based Interactive Training on Executive Order 13522 The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Office of General Counsel (OGC) is pleased to announce that its web-based interactive training on Executive Order 13522, Creating Labor-Management Forums to Improve Delivery of Government Services, is now available on-line. According to FLRA General... more...
May 26, 2011 National President Dougan to House Committee: Non-Strategic Workforce Cuts Hurt Taxpayers This morning William R. Dougan, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, a national union representing 110,000 federal workers government-wide, delivered testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy on the... more...
Apr 29, 2011 BCBS Teams with FEEA to Help Federal Employees After Storms The Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund (FEEA) stands ready to assist civilian federal employees who have been affected by recent severe weather across the U.S. FEEA is already aware of federal employees in the Huntsville-Birmingham-Tuscaloosa area whose homes were completely destroyed.... more...
Apr 8, 2011 National President Dougan Calls on White House to Hold Firm Against Federal Pay Cuts in Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Negotiations This afternoon, NFFE National President William R. Dougan penned a letter to President Obama, Speaker Boehner, and Majority Leader Reid urging them to exclude federal pay cuts from their Fiscal Year 2011 budget negotiations. Full body of President Dougan's letter can be found below. more...
Apr 5, 2011 National President Dougan Calls for Immediate Release of Agency Shutdown Contingency Plans in Letter to Obama This afternoon, NFFE National President William R. Dougan penned a letter to President Obama and OMB Deputy Director for Management Jeffrey Zients requesting the immediate release of agency contingency plans, in light of a recent memo from Zients to agency leadership to accelerate preparations... more...
Mar 9, 2011 NFFE National President Dougan Submits Congressional Testimony Defending Federal Compensation On Capitol Hill this afternoon, the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy held a hearing titled “Are Federal Employees Underpaid?” NFFE National President William R. Dougan submitted a statement for the record on federal pay. Below are excerpts from his... more...
Feb 15, 2011 Statement of NFFE National President William R. Dougan on Speaker Boehner Saying “So Be It” to Federal Job Cuts Speaker Boehner’s comments demonstrate a profound lack of appreciation for the critical role civil servants play in our communities, and in our economy. Cutting federal jobs in these tough economic times would only increase the squeeze that American families are already feeling. Unemployment is... more...
Feb 14, 2011 NFFE National President William R. Dougan’s Statement on the Proposed FY12 Federal Budget In response to the release of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Proposal, NFFE National President William R. Dougan released the following statement: “We are deeply disappointed with many of the cutbacks contained in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 Federal Budget. Though deficit... more...
Dec 2, 2010 Factcheck.org Report Confirms GOP Talking Points on Federal Pay are Lies Late yesterday, Factcheck.org – a non-partisan, non-profit group affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics – released a report called “Are Federal Employees Overpaid?” That report concluded that the often-cited... more...
Nov 29, 2010 Statement of NFFE National President William R. Dougan on White House Announcement of 2-Year Federal Pay Freeze We are deeply disappointed by the White House announcement this morning calling for a two-year freeze on civilian federal employee pay. It is unfortunate that the Administration has chosen to support a policy that could diminish the government’s ability to recruit and retain top talent at the... more...
Nov 11, 2010 Statement of NFFE National President William R. Dougan on USA Today Article “More Federal Workers’ Pay Tops $150,000” The USA Today ran a highly flawed and intentionally misleading analysis of federal workers’ pay in yesterday’s edition. The article, written by Dennis Cauchon, is called, “More federal workers’ pay tops $150,000.” The article characterizes federal workers’ pay as “fast-growing,” when in fact... more...
Oct 27, 2010 Federal Union Negotiates Historic Contract Provisions Extending Key Benefits to Federal Employees in Domestic Partnerships The National Federation of Federal Employees is proud to announce the negotiation of a new benefit extending FMLA-like entitlements to US Forest Service employees living in domestic partnerships. Negotiated by NFFE’s Forest Service Council in its recent collective bargaining agreement, the... more...
Jul 29, 2010 Passport Agency’s Fraud Detection Abilities Improve, Yet Still Fall Short From March to June, 2010, the GAO performed a test of the Passport Agency’s fraud-detecting abilities. Although Passport Services performed better than a previous test (when 0 out of 4 applications were detected), the agency still approved most of the fraudulent applications that GAO attempted. more...
Jun 30, 2010 President Dougan Challenges Agency Abuse of Temporary Hiring Authority in Hill Testimony This afternoon, William R. Dougan, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a national union representing 110,000 federal workers government wide, called for an end to abusive hiring practices in the U.S. Forest Service that leave long-term temporary employees... more...
Apr 14, 2010 NFFE Applauds House Committee for Passage of TSP Annual Leave Investment Bill Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed the Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement Equity Act of 2010 (H.R. 4865), a bill that allows civilian and military federal employees to invest the cash value of accrued annual leave in their Thrift Savings Plan... more...
Feb 26, 2010 President Obama Appoints NFFE President Dougan to National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations Yesterday, William R. Dougan, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, a national union representing 110,000 workers government-wide, was appointed as a Member of the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations by President Obama. more...
Feb 1, 2010 Statement of National President Dougan Regarding Proposed FY 2011 Pay Adjustment Following the release of the Administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, William R. Dougan, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, a national union representing approximately 110,000 federal workers government-wide, issued the following statement. more...
Jan 14, 2010 FEEA Ready to Help Feds Affected by Haiti Earthquake The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) announced its FEEA Natural Disaster Fund is available to provide grant assistance to civilian federal employees affected by Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. more...
Jan 12, 2010 Newly Formed 'Federal Workers Alliance' to Strengthen Federal Sector Union Advocacy Monday, twenty-one labor unions, collectively representing more than 300,000 federal workers announced the formation of the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA). The newly formed coalition is dedicated to fighting for the interests of federal workers. more...
Dec 9, 2009 Federal Employees Union Praises White House Executive Order Establishing Labor-Management Partnerships This morning President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order (E.O.) establishing labor-management forums, an action that will improve the delivery of government services by tapping into the knowledge and expertise that exists within the federal workforce. By establishing an environment where... more...
Nov 6, 2009 Susan Tsui Grundmann Confirmed as MSPB Chairman National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) General Counsel Susan Tsui Grundmann yesterday afternoon was confirmed by the Senate to serve as the next Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. In response, NFFE National President William R. Dougan issued the following statement. more...
Oct 28, 2009 NSPS Officially Repealed as President Obama Signs Defense Bill Today, President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. Included in the bill was a provision to repeal the controversial National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The NSPS provisions in the bill dictate a repeal of the system, and a conversion of the over 200,000 covered... more...
Oct 8, 2009 NFFE Thanks Lawmakers for Bold Decision to Repeal NSPS Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) would like to thank a bipartisan group of lawmakers for their bold decision to repeal the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). With the release of the Fiscal Year 2010 Conference Report on the Defense Authorization Act, Congress... more...
Sep 11, 2009 NFFE Praises Intended Nomination of Harris Sherman for Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a union representing 100,000 federal workers, including nearly 25,000 permanent and seasonal U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees, applauds the intended nomination of Harris Sherman for Under Secretary for Natural Resources and... more...
Aug 26, 2009 NFFE Mourns Passing of Irreplaceable Senator Edward M. Kennedy In response to the news of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s passing early this morning, NFFE National President William R. Dougan issued the following statement: “Today is truly a sad day for the federal workforce, and indeed every working man and woman who earns a day’s wage." more...
Jun 26, 2009 NFFE President Assails NSPS at Task Force Public Meeting Thursday afternoon, Richard N. Brown, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, a union representing 100,000 federal workers throughout government, assailed the controversial National Security Personnel System (NSPS) as ineffective and unsalvageable in the first public... more...
Jun 22, 2009 NFFE Welcomes New Forest Service Chief Last Friday, NFFE National President Richard N. Brown sent a letter to recently-appointed Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell, extending a hand of cooperation to address the many pressing issues facing the agency. As the largest representative of U.S. Forest Service employees, NFFE stands to work... more...
Jun 17, 2009 NFFE Praises Armed Services Committee for Adopting Shea-Porter Amendment Concerning NSPS The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), praises the House Armed Services Committee for adopting Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s amendment to H.R. 2647, the 2010 Defense Authorization Act, containing language that would stop the expansion of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) and... more...
Jun 17, 2009 Federal Employee Union Praises White House Executive Memo on Domestic Partnerships and Non-Discrimination The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a national union representing 100,000 federal workers throughout government, praises President Barack Obama’s memorandum extending benefits to federal employees with same sex domestic partners. In a letter to President Obama, NFFE National... more...
Jun 11, 2009 NFFE Calls for Conference on Tobacco Bill Today, Richard N. Brown, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), sent an urgent letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling for the conference of H.R. 1256, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The bill, passed by the House in early April,... more...
Jun 5, 2009 NFFE Lauds House Passage of Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) praises the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of H.R. 626, the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (FEPPLA). The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), extends four weeks of paid leave to federal employees... more...
Jun 1, 2009 NFFE Gets Clarification on OPM Federal Pay Reform Initiative Last Friday, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) National President Richard N. Brown contacted Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director John Berry seeking clarification on certain aspects of OPM’s federal pay reform initiative. The call came in response to widespread speculation... more...
May 21, 2009 Federal Employees Union Backs Gillibrand The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a union representing 100,000 federal government workers nationwide, enthusiastically endorses the candidacy of Kirsten Gillibrand for United States Senator from New York. “Kirsten Gillibrand is without a doubt the strongest candidate to... more...
May 5, 2009 Union Outlines Plan for Eliminating Passport Fraud to Congress The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Local 1998, the union representing Passport Agency employees nationwide, submitted written testimony to the Senate Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee at a hearing regarding serious vulnerabilities in the passport issuance process. more...
Apr 21, 2009 Agency at Fault for Passport Security Failures, Not Employees In the aftermath of a troubling GAO report issued last month, wherein GAO investigators found authentic U.S. Passports could be obtained fairly easily using fraudulent documents, the State Department has publicly faulted Passport workers for the errors, and have even suspended the adjudication... more...
Apr 16, 2009 OPM Director John Berry Meets with NFFE Leadership Newly-confirmed Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director John Berry met with NFFE National President Richard N. Brown and National Secretary-Treasurer Bill Dougan at NFFE’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In the meeting, Brown and Dougan engaged Berry on the membership’s highest priorities,... more...
Mar 19, 2009 Morale Eroded in Federal Lands Workforce; New Administration, Policies Could Change Employees’ Outlook Employee representatives of federal land management agencies delivered testimony today before a House Subcommittee on Capitol Hill concerning how to turn around low employee morale in federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management. more...
Mar 3, 2009 NFFE Supports Bill Extending Locality Pay to Federal Workers in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. Territories The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) endorses the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Act (S. 507), a bill to ensure pay and retirement equity for federal employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. territories, by transitioning them into the federal locality pay system. more...
Feb 26, 2009 In America's National Forests, Stimulus Funds are Saving More than Jobs Just last week, President Barack Obama signed a $787 billion stimulus package that he and Congressional supporters say will stimulate the economy and create millions of jobs for American workers. Now that the bill is signed, many Americans are looking to identify ways that stimulus spending will... more...
Feb 12, 2009 NFFE Supports Bill to Restore Meaningful Bargaining Rights for Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Professionals Introduced in the House this week by Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA), and later in the Senate by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), this bill would amend Section 7422 of Title 38, United States Code, to remove broadly interpreted exceptions concerning the scope of collective bargaining rights for VA medical... more...
Feb 10, 2009 NFFE Supports Bill to Grant Federal Employees Benefit for Unused Sick Leave NFFE endorses the FERS Sick Leave Equity Act, a bill that would provide federal employees enrolled under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) compensation for accrued sick leave upon retirement. Under the current system, federal workers enrolled under FERS do not receive compensation... more...
Feb 4, 2009 NFFE Supports Bill to Attract Former Federal Employees Back to the Civil Service The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a national union representing 100,000 federal government workers, enthusiastically endorses H.R. 828 the “FERS Redeposit Act,” introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday by Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), along with Frank Wolf... more...
Oct 9, 2008 NFFE Re-elects Richard N. Brown as National President and William Dougan as National Secretary/Treasurer Yesterday afternoon, Richard N. Brown was re-elected as National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Brown was elected to his fourth term by an 86% majority of the NFFE delegation. Brown prevailed over NFFE member Greg Guthrie who received 14% of the vote. The... more...
Sep 25, 2008 NFFE Local 1 Settles Six-Figure Back Pay Case for San Francisco VA Nurses Early this week, thirty-nine nurses at the San Francisco VA Medical Center received payments of up to $10,000 for underpayments made to them between 2000 and 2006. This outcome was the result of a settlement reached between the VA and the union representing the nurses, National Federation of... more...
Sep 18, 2008 Federal Employees Union Announces Endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a union representing 100,000 federal government workers nationwide, enthusiastically endorses Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States of America. more...
Jul 31, 2008 With Integrity of U.S. Passport in Jeopardy, Passport Workers Look to State for Answers The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), the federal union representing Passport Agency workers, is demanding the Department of State confirm that U.S. Passport applications will be accepted and executed solely by federal workers sworn under oath. more...
Jul 31, 2008 NFFE Applauds House Passage of Bill Extending Pension Parity to All Federal Employees, Automatic Enrollment in TSP The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a national union representing 100,000 federal government workers, enthusiastically supports the inclusion of two provisions in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (HR 1108) that are favorable to federal employees. The first... more...
Jun 26, 2008 NFFE Applauds Committee Move to Grant 3.9% Pay Increase for Federal Workers On Wednesday, June 25th, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. Included in the bill was language that would give civilian federal employees a 3.9 percent average pay raise for FY09. more...
May 29, 2008 Citing Safety Concerns, Passport Workers Endorse Legislation to Manufacture Passports Domestically The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), the federal union representing Passport Agency workers, is endorsing H.R. 5752, a bill requiring that United States passports be manufactured in the United States. more...
May 1, 2008 Union Hopes for Better Labor Relations Under New GSA Administrator After the resignation of GSA Administrator Lurita Doan, the NFFE GSA Council is planning to appeal to members of Congress and the White House to encourage the selection of a new GSA Administrator that will embrace the idea of collaborative and effective labor relations at the agency. more...
Feb 21, 2008 GAO Audit Cites Bogus Savings Claims in Forest Service Outsourcing Program Bush Administration claims that competitive sourcing in the U.S. Forest Service saved taxpayers millions of dollars are based on shoddy and misleading accounting practices, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today. more...
Jan 29, 2008 Bush Signs Defense Authorization, NSPS Reform Into Law Yesterday, President George W. Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 4986) into law. Included in the bill was language to fundamentally alter the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), a controversial personnel reform at the Department of Defense (DoD). more...
Dec 14, 2007 Defense Authorization Passes Senate, NSPS Reform Being Sent to White House for Bushâ€™s Signature Today, the Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Conference Report (HR 1585) which included language to fundamentally alter the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), a controversial personnel reform at the Department of Defense (DoD). This vote follows the House vote to... more...
Dec 12, 2007 House Adopts Defense Authorization Conference Report by Veto-proof Majority Today, the House of Representatives adopted the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Conference Report (HR 1585) which included language to fundamentally alter the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), a controversial personnel reform at the Department of Defense (DoD). more...
Dec 10, 2007 Conferees Restore Defense Workers' Rights Under New Personnel Plan On Friday, December 7th, House and Senate conferees revealed details of the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Conference Report (HR 1585) which included language to fundamentally alter the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), a controversial personnel reform at the Department of... more...
Oct 2, 2007 Senate Adopts Significant A-76 Reform Washington, DC â€“ Late yesterday, the United States Senate adopted an amendment to the fiscal year 2008 Defense Authorization bill that would make several revisions to the A-76 public-private competition process. Together, these changes would do much to level the playing field for federal... more...
Oct 2, 2007 Defense Authorization Passes Senate: NSPS Reform Clears Major Hurdle Yesterday, the United States Senate passed the fiscal year 2008 Defense Authorization bill (HR 1585). Included in the bill was language to fundamentally reform the Pentagonâ€™s contentious personnel plan, the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The bill was passed by a 92-3 vote. more...
Sep 12, 2007 DoD to Delay Implementation of NSPS Yesterday, the Department of Defense (DoD) put out a release stating that the Department has no plans to implement the adverse actions, appeals and labor relations portions of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) at this time. more...
Aug 6, 2007 House Strips Funding for NSPS Late Saturday night, before adjourning for summer recess, the U.S. House of Representatives accepted the Inslee/Jones/Van Hollen amendment to the fiscal year 2008 Defense Appropriations bill. The language will block the Department of Defense (DoD) from implementing the parts of the National... more...
Jul 19, 2007 GAO Report Supports Union Contention that Pentagon Understated Cost of NSPS A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) supports Defense unions contention that the Department of Defense (DoD) has been underestimating the cost of implementing the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). According to the report, GAO found that DoD's November 2005... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Defense Unions Seek Rehearing of NSPS Case Yesterday, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and other unions representing Department of Defense (DoD) workers filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in regard to AFGE, et al., v. Gates. more...
Jun 13, 2007 PASSPORT UNION: PROCESSING DELAYS WILL ONLY GET WORSE UNLESS LAND/SEA BORDER RULE DELAYED The union representing Passport Agency workers is predicting greater difficulty processing Passport applications throughout 2007 and into 2008. National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1998 (a nationwide local representing all bargaining unit Passport workers) blames unnecessary staffing... more...
Jun 8, 2007 NFFE Praises One-Year Defund of Forest Service A-76 Program A provision in the fiscal year 2008 Interior appropriations bill, reported out of the House Appropriations Committee yesterday, would cut funding for the Forest Service competitive sourcing program in FY08. more...
Jun 1, 2007 War Funding Bill Spares Coast Guard Civil Engineers from Downsizing A provision in the fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206), signed into law by President Bush last Friday, shut down a major downsizing and reorganization plan for the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast Guard. more...
May 25, 2007 NFFE Applauds Senate Armed Services Committee for Restoration of Collective Bargaining Under NSPS Washington, DC Today, the Senate Armed Services Committee released the contents of the Defense Authorization Bill for fiscal year 2008. Included in the bill was a provision to do the following: To repeal the existing authority of the Department of Defense to establish a new labor relations... more...
May 10, 2007 NFFE Praises A-76 Revisions Passed in House Armed Services Committee Washington, DC â€“ Today, the House Armed Services Committee passed several revisions to the A-76 public-private competition process. Together, these changes would do much to level the playing field for federal workers when competing against private contractors for the same government work. more...
May 9, 2007 NFFE Applauds House Panel's NSPS Reform Language Yesterday, the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee approved language to amend the law establishing the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), a controversial personnel reform at the Department of Defense (DoD). more...
Oct 28, 2006 NFFE Mourns Loss of Fallen Members in California Wildfire Richard N. Brown, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), today issued the following statement in response to news that three Forest Service workers and members of NFFE Local 1558 died yesterday in wildfire in California. A fourth Forest Service worker, Engine Captain... more...
Sep 26, 2006 Defund of NSPS Retained in Defense Appropriations Conference Report Washington , DC â€“ The recently released 2007 Defense Appropriations Bill Conference Report has retained a provision to defund sections of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) deemed illegal by Judge Emmett G. Sullivan in the United States District Court for the... more...
Jun 27, 2006 Federal Unions Win DHS Personnel System Decision in Federal Appeals Court Today, the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued its long-awaited ruling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel reform. The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), along with sister unions, prevailed in a resounding victory. more...
Jun 21, 2006 NFFE Supports House Action to Defund NSPS Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives accepted an amendment to the FY07 Defense Appropriations Bill (HR 5631) to defund sections of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) recently deemed illegal by Judge Emmett G. Sullivan in the United States District Court for the District of... more...
May 2, 2006 Forest Service Competitive Sourcing Contract Terminated: Shoddy Work Put Employees and Public in Unsafe Situations On May 1, 2006, the Forest Service terminated for default its Region 5 fleet maintenance contract with Serco Management Services, Inc. This will affect how the agency's California fleet, including specialized fire-fighting equipment, will be serviced. more...
Mar 1, 2006 Defense Workers in Disbelief as Deputy Secretary Calls DoD "Vestige of Communism" Defense workers are shocked by a comment made yesterday by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England at a conference hosted by the Office of Personnel Management in which he referred to the Department of Defense (DoD) as a "vestige of communism" as reported by Government Executive... more...
Feb 27, 2006 Unions Win NSPS Lawsuit; Decision Upholds Collective Bargaining at DoD Today, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released his ruling on the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) lawsuit filed by 10 labor unions on November 7, 2005. The judge ruled in favor of the unions on several key components of the suit,... more...
Jan 30, 2006 Forest Service Workers Denounce Agency Effort to Open 15,000 Jobs Up to Privatization Studies Forest Service employees are responding this week to news that the agency plans to open 15,000 additional full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) up to A-76 privatization studies by FY09, according to new revisions in the agency's Competitive Sourcing Green Plan. more...
Jan 24, 2006 Federal Union Coalition Argues Against DoD Personnel System (NSPS) Today, the United DoD Workers Coalition (UDWC), a coalition of 36 labor unions representing 750,000 Department of Defense (DoD) workers, argued against the Pentagon's National Security Personnel System (NSPS) before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. more...
Nov 17, 2005 Defense Unions Blast NSPS in Senate Today, at a hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, unions representing workers at the Department of Defense (DoD) voiced serious concerns with the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) final regulations issued days ago. more...
Nov 7, 2005 Federal Union Coalition Files Lawsuit over NSPS Regs Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), along with nine other unions representing federal workers filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in response to the recently-issues regulations for the Pentagon's National Security Personnel System (NSPS). more...
May 16, 2005 Unions Withdraw from NSPS Meet and Confer Today, several national unions, which collectively represent over 100,000 Department of Defense (DoD) employees, withdrew from participation in the department's meet and confer process, a protest of the Pentagon's underhanded collaboration with federal employee unions. more...
Mar 16, 2005 Federal Employee Union (NFFE) Disapproves of Reorganization at GSA National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) National President/DBR Richard N. Brown testified before the House Government Reform Committee today regarding the proposed merger of the Federal Technology Service (FTS) and the Federal Supply Service (FSS) within the General Services... more...
Mar 15, 2005 President Brown to Testify Before Congress: Under-Handed Overhaul of GSA Should Not Be Tolerated National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) National President/DBR Richard N. Brown will testify before the House Government Reform Committee tomorrow morning regarding the proposed merger of the Federal Technology Service (FTS) and the Federal Supply Service (FSS) within the General Services... more...
Feb 23, 2005 Federal Employee Unions Sue Over Defense Personnel Reform: Declare "Meaningful Discussions" Never Took Place Today, a coalition of nine labor unions, collectively representing over 300,000 employees at the United States Department of Defense (DoD), filed suit against the Department and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for failing to "afford employee representatives and management the opportunity... more...
Feb 10, 2005 Federal Employee Unions Sue Over Defense Personnel Reform: Declare "Meaningful Discussions" Never Took Place Today, a coalition of nine labor unions, collectively representing over 300,000 employees at the United States Department of Defense (DoD), filed suit against the Department and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for failing to "afford employee representatives and management the opportunity... more...
Oct 19, 2004 Brown Re-elected as NFFE National President Last week, Richard N. Brown was re-elected as National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Brown was elected to his third term by a sound majority of the delegate vote over challenger Sandra Bond. The election took place at NFFEÂ¢Â®¯s national convention that... more...
Sep 13, 2004 Passport Employees Prevail in Work Schedule Negotiability Appeal In a recent ruling from the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), the Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services was ordered to negotiate with employees over compressed work schedules. The ruling ends a 16-month struggle between National Federation of Federal... more...
Aug 25, 2004 Unions Take a Walk: NSPS Collaboration Over Today, unions representing federal employees at the Department of Defense (DoD) walked out on Navy Secretary Gordon England and other DoD staff effectively ending the labor-management collaboration for the formation of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). more...
Mar 10, 2004 DHS Alters HR System at Employees' Expense Yesterday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) briefed employee representatives on a new human resources management system that, when enacted, will have a severe negative effect on the employees within DHS. more...
Feb 27, 2004 DoD Labor Management Collaboration a Sham For the second consecutive day, Department of Defense (DoD) officials have been wasting the time of employee representatives who have come to participate in a collaboration regarding the creation of a new labor management relations system at DoD. more...
Feb 9, 2004 President Brown Sounds Off on DoD Labor Relations Plan Today, at a Capitol Hill press conference featuring a collaboration of federal employee unions, Richard N. Brown, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE, FD 1, IAMAW) gave an impassioned speech regarding the restructuring of the labor relations system at the Department of... more...
Jan 12, 2004 Passport Employees Plead for More Time to Review Passport Applications Over the past five years, employees at the Department of State's Passport Services have pleaded for more time to review passport applications, a process called adjudication. Despite the fact that fraudulent passports have been issued to serious criminals and the concern that potential terrorists... more...
Jan 7, 2004 Union Raises Safety Concerns About Fleet Maintenance Work Being Awarded to a Contractor On January 7, 2004 the Forest Service in Region 5 (California)announced that the agency has decided to award fleet maintenance work studied under A-76 to a contractor, Serco Group PLC. The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), which holds exclusive representation for the 59... more...
Dec 22, 2003 NFFE Confident as DCMA Election Nears With the election for union representation at the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) just weeks away, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), an affiliate of the Machinists Union (IAM), is confidant in their union's chances of victory. more...
Aug 10, 2003 National Federation of Federal Employees Endorses Sen. John F. Kerry for President The nation's oldest union exclusively representing civil service federal employees, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), announced today its endorsement for the candidacy of Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts for President of the United States. more...
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