This past year was a time of great progress and achievement for NFFE and its members. We have seen vast improvements in our organizing, stepped up our communications and secured a series of significant legislative victories.
Now, with 2010 in full swing, we are looking to build on these successes and bring our union to even greater heights. In this spirit, I would like to share with you some of the many priorities that NFFE will pursue as 2010 continues to unfold.
In the early days of this year, we announced the formation of the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), a coalition of 21 unions representing federal workers. FWA members will work together in solidarity to promote favorable legislation and personnel policies for the more than 300,000 combined federal employees it represents. Working side by side with our union brothers and sisters on these matters benefits us all.
Another important relationship we are looking to cultivate is that between labor and management at the many agencies we represent. We intend to play a very active role in the formation of new agency partnership councils. Our goal is to build a strong foundation for robust and productive dialogue to take place between workers and their managers.
We have an ambitious legislative agenda for 2010. Among our numerous legislative priorities this year, we hope to secure pay parity between military and civilian employees, establish a paid parental leave benefit, and to obtain the benefits that many temporary federal employees are denied.
Lastly, NFFE will continue to focus on organizing and engaging new members. With the new Organizing Strategic Plan in motion, we are committing significant time and resources to growing our union. By year's end we anticipate greater growth in members than we experienced in 2009.
With your help, I am looking forward to making 2010 the best year ever to be a NFFE member.
Feb 1, 2010Statement of National President Dougan Regarding Proposed FY 2011 Pay Adjustment
Following the release of the Administrations 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.
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Jan 14, 2010FEEA 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 Tuesdays devastating earthquake in Haiti.
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Nov 6, 2009Susan 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.
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Oct 28, 2009NSPS 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...
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Oct 8, 2009NFFE 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...
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Aug 26, 2009NFFE Mourns Passing of Irreplaceable Senator Edward M. Kennedy
In response to the news of Senator Edward M. Kennedys 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 days wage."
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Aug 25, 2009NFFE Objects to 'Do Over' Recommendation on NSPS
Today, the Defense Business Board released their review of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) in a report to the Secretary of Defense. The report recommends a reconstruction of NSPS, but falls short of calling for abolishment of the controversial plan.
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Jul 17, 2009NFFE Appoints William Fenaughty as New National Secretary-Treasurer
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) appointed William Fenaughty as the unions new National Secretary-Treasurer. Approved unanimously by NFFEs National Executive Council, the appointment came at the recommendation of NFFE National President William R. Dougan, who recently...
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Jul 16, 2009NFFE Opposes Recommendation to Reconstruct NSPS
Today, at the Pentagon, the Defense Business Board voted in favor of a recommendation to reconstruct the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The recommendation was made by a three-person task group, Chaired by Rudy de Leon, that has spent the last several weeks gathering information and...
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Jul 1, 2009Beloved NFFE President Richard N. Brown Passes Away at Age 47
It is with great sadness and regret that I confirm the passing of NFFEs beloved national president, Richard N. Brown, who was found unresponsive in his apartment in Arlington, VA yesterday afternoon. To all who knew him, Rick was a strong leader, a dedicated trade unionist, and a friend.
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Jun 26, 2009NFFE 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...
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Jun 22, 2009NFFE 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...
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Jun 17, 2009NFFE 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-Porters 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...
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Jun 11, 2009NFFE 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,...
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Jun 5, 2009NFFE 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...
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Jun 1, 2009NFFE 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 OPMs federal pay reform initiative. The call came in response to widespread speculation...
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May 21, 2009Federal 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...
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May 5, 2009Union 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.
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Apr 21, 2009Agency 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...
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Apr 16, 2009OPM 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 NFFEs Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In the meeting, Brown and Dougan engaged Berry on the memberships highest priorities,...
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Feb 26, 2009In 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...
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Feb 10, 2009NFFE 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...
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Feb 4, 2009NFFE 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...
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Sep 25, 2008NFFE 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...
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Jun 26, 2008NFFE 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.
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May 1, 2008Union 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.
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Feb 21, 2008GAO Audit Cites Bogus Savings Claims in Forest Service Outsourcing Program
Bush Administration claims that âcompetitive sourcingâ 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.
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Jan 29, 2008Bush 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).
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Dec 12, 2007House 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).
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Dec 10, 2007Conferees 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...
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Oct 2, 2007Senate 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...
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Oct 2, 2007Defense 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 Pentagonâs contentious personnel plan, the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The bill was passed by a 92-3 vote.
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Sep 12, 2007DoD to Delay Implementation of NSPS
Yesterday, the Department of Defense (DoD) put out a release stating that the Department âhas no plans to implement the adverse actions, appeals and labor relations portions of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) at this time.â
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Aug 6, 2007House 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...
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Jul 19, 2007GAO Report Supports Union Contention that Pentagon Understated Cost of NSPS
A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) supports Defense unionsâ 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 DoDâs November...
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Jul 3, 2007Defense 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.
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Jun 13, 2007PASSPORT 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...
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Jun 8, 2007NFFE 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.
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Jun 1, 2007War 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.
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May 10, 2007NFFE 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.
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May 9, 2007NFFE 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).
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Oct 28, 2006NFFE 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...
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Sep 26, 2006Defund 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...
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Jun 27, 2006Federal 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.
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Jun 21, 2006NFFE 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...
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Mar 1, 2006Defense 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...
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Feb 27, 2006Unions 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,...
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Jan 24, 2006Federal 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.
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Nov 17, 2005Defense 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.
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Nov 7, 2005Federal 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).
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May 16, 2005Unions 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.
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Mar 16, 2005Federal 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...
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Mar 15, 2005President 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...
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Oct 19, 2004Brown 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 NFFE¢Ž¯s national convention that...
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Sep 13, 2004Passport 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...
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Aug 25, 2004Unions 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).
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Mar 10, 2004DHS 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.
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Feb 27, 2004DoD 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.
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Feb 9, 2004President 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...
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Jan 12, 2004Passport 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...
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Jan 7, 2004Union 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...
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Dec 22, 2003NFFE 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.
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Aug 10, 2003National 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.
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