Home
About NFFE
Mission NFFE History Department Heads Nat'l Executive Board Regional Business Representatives NFFE Councils
Legislative
Legislative Updates MNPL - Political Action IAMAW Legislative Elections and Candidates Voting Records Find Elected Officials AFL-CIO Legislative Register to Vote
News
Press Releases NFFE in the News Internal NFFE News The Federal Employee Legislative Updates Legal Updates IAM News Press Contact Person
Resources
AFL-CIO Federal Times Government Executive IAM Merchandise IAMAW IAMAW WWW Training Center Library of Congress Legislative Website NFFE Member Benefits Petition for Representation Election Washington Post - Federal Diary 2008 NFFE National Convention
Issues
Competitive Sourcing (A-76) Passport Outsourcing Unused Sick Leave VA Collective Bargaining

Login

NSPS Message

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

Defense Unions Seek Rehearing of NSPS Case

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Randy Erwin, NFFE Legislative Director

Phone: (202) 257-0948

Washington, DC – 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.

The unions are seeking a rehearing of the May 18th ruling by this court that upheld DoD’s new personnel and labor relations rules. The decision created a conflict within the circuit of an earlier decision in NTEU, et al., v. Chertoff. This petition seeks to have the entire court review the discrepancies between the DoD decision and the earlier decision involving personnel rules at the Department of Homeland Security.

“The NSPS Appeals Court decision runs completely contrary to existing case law,” said Richard N. Brown, NFFE president. “This decision allows the Secretary of Defense to define collective bargaining however he wants to, when collective bargaining is a very well-defined term of art.”

The court will now decide whether or not to rehear the case. It could take just a couple of weeks up to several months for the court to make their decision on rehearing.

“It is our sincere hope that the full DC Appeals Court will rehear this case,” said Brown. “Basic rights for over 800,000 Defense workers are on the line. This case deserves consideration from the entire court.”

Powered by Orchid Suites
Orchid ver. 4.7.2.