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NTEU Urges Administration to Reinstate Telework, Adjust Mileage Reimbursement Rate
Last week, NTEU sent a letter to OPM calling on the administration to reinstate telework as federal employees face inadequate pay increases and rising commuting costs.
“Not only does telework save the government money through reduced leasing costs, reduced energy expenses and increased productivity, it reduces traffic congestion and saves employees time and money commuting,” Greenwald wrote in a letter to OPM Director Scott Kupor.
Click here to urge your member of Congress to stand up and fight with us to reverse this administration’s elimination of telework programs.
NTEU is also calling on the IRS to take immediate action to enact a mid-year increase in the mileage deduction for business-related travel.
High gas prices are “placing an especially hard burden on those who must drive their own vehicle to perform their official work duties,” National President Doreen Greenwald wrote last week in a letter to IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano.
While the standard business mileage rate is normally established by the IRS at the beginning of each calendar year, the IRS has made mid-year adjustments three times since 2000.
The federal government’s reimbursement rate is set by the General Services Administration, but it cannot exceed the amount set by the IRS as the maximum rate allowed as a business deduction. That rate currently is 0.725 cents per mile.
We’ll keep you updated on developments.
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Chapter 209 Celebrates Retiring Leader; Chapter 282 Shows NTEU Pride
Top: Chapter 209 (FCC) hosted a retirement party at a local restaurant to celebrate outgoing Chapter President Bill Knowles-Kellett.
Bottom: Earlier this month, Chapter 282 (FDA Headquarters) members joined the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) White Oak Classic event in Silver Spring, Md., representing our union in NTEU gear. The annual agency-wide health event includes a 5K race, 2.5-mile walk, and roll.
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