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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

Federal Union Coalition Argues Against DoD Personnel System (NSPS)

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Contact: Randy Erwin (202) 216-4451 (office) (202) 898-1866 (fax)

Washington, DC — 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.

The case was argued before Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who in the coming weeks will determine if DoD will be allowed to implement its controversial personnel system that will remove 750,000 civilian DoD employees from the Civil Service. Arguing the case for the UDWC was a trio of lawyers appointed by the coalition: Susan Tsui-Grundmann, General Counsel for the National Federation of Federal Employees; Daniel M. Schember of Gaffney and Schember, P.C.; and Joseph Goldberg, General Counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees.

"We feel optimistic about our lawsuit," said Tsui-Grundmann. "The DHS rulings last year established case law that will apply in this case. We anticipate the court will block the implementation of illegal provisions in NSPS in much the same fashion as the DHS ruling."

A final decision is expected by Judge Sullivan by March 1, 2006.

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