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Years of hard work by NFFE members and our brothers and sisters in fellow unions finally paid off this year.

On January 28^th, President Bush signed into law the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill included language which made sweeping changes to the National Security Personnel System (NSPS).

Significant victories in the bill include the restoration of collective bargaining and employee appeal rights for Defense employees. Blue-collar workers are also now exempt from the system. The law left in place the Defense Department’s authority to implement a pay-for-performance system; however, the measure would guarantee that NSPS employees get 60 percent of the annual pay raise given to most federal workers if they perform at a satisfactory level or above. Only the remaining 40 percent of the pay adjustment, which is set annually by Congress, would go toward performance pay.

While the new version of the system is still far from perfect, it is a vast improvement from the previous forms. By relentlessly working together to make our voices heard, we ensured that many of Defense workers’ rights will be maintained under this new system. This is a significant victory for Defense workers, for NFFE, and for the entire labor movement. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to the plate and helped bring about this important change.

Richard N. Brown

DoD Slows Implementation of Proposed Personnel Plan

Thursday, April 15, 2004

DoD Slows Implementation of Proposed Personnel Plan

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Navy Secretary Gordon England announced that there will be a new timetable for the implementation of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) at the Department of Defense (DoD). Originally, DoD planned to publish proposed regulations on April 20^th, and could begin implementation after a brief feedback period with employee representatives. The new plan is to push back adopting a proposal until late November.

The adoption of this new timetable no doubt came as the result of pressure from members of Congress objecting to the Pentagon’s handling of the issue. Members from both sides of the aisle came out in praise of the new approach after the announcement yesterday. Congressional resistance to the plan was precipitated by an organized lobbying and grassroots awareness effort from unions that represent DoD employees, including participation from several major international labor unions and the AFL-CIO.

“This tremendous display of solidarity on the part of organized labor achieved our first goal of delaying the process to ensure adequate employee input into the system’s development,” said NFFE-IAM President/DBR Richard N. Brown.

Despite this relative victory for DoD employees, unions are urging members to continue fighting to maintain the rights of DoD employees.

“This fight has only just begun,” explained Brown. “All of our rights as employees are on the table, and they will be taken from us if we do not continue to take action to preserve them.”

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