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A Day of Remembrance
Tomorrow marks 16 years since a man flew a plane into the Echelon building in Austin, Texas. The attack killed Vernon Hunter, a former NTEU member, IRS collections manager and 20-year military veteran.
NTEU honors his memory and remembers those who were wounded and their families. We also honor the heroic actions of the IRS employees who brought their colleagues to safety on that tragic day.
NTEU Opposes OPM’s Power Grab
NTEU is fighting a series of proposals by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that would limit federal employee rights and consolidate power within OPM.
NTEU has already submitted comments opposing a proposed OPM regulation which would eliminate terminated probationary employees’ right to file certain appeals with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and instead force them to go to OPM itself. OPM is proposing two new, similar proposals for suitability and reduction-in-force (RIF) appeals—OPM’s proposals would require that any such appeals go to OPM instead of the MSPB.
NTEU opposes OPM’s wrongful attempt to grab more power for itself. Suitability and RIF appeals belong before a neutral body like the MSPB, not a federal agency dedicated to carrying out the President’s agenda like OPM. OPM claims that it is “streamlining” appeals, but the result will be a less fair process for federal employees.
We will update you once we have filed our opposition to OPM’s latest proposals.
National President Testifies at House Hearing on Repairing Government
National President Doreen Greenwald on Thursday testified at a congressional field hearing about the damage DOGE wreaked to the federal workforce and how we can fix it.
“We can make federal service attractive to keep the best and brightest workers today and the next generation of public servants,” Greenwald told members of the House Committee on Government Reform.
The NTEU leader cited halting additional RIFs, restoring collective bargaining rights, stopping Schedule P/C and providing fair pay to federal employees as ways to fix the government for federal employees and for every American who relies on public services.
“We can restore Americans' faith in their government. But it's going to take all of us: Congress, federal employees, unions, and the American people standing together and demanding better,” Greenwald said.
New Webinar: What's New with TSP in 2026?
The Thrift Savings Plan is seeing some of the biggest updates in years, and some of these changes could directly impact your taxes and retirement strategy.
United Benefits is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 24 exclusively for NTEU members to help you understand these updates.
The webinar is offered at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., EST.
Don't miss it! Register today.
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