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Washington D.C. – On the 19th day of the government shutdown and hours away from missing their first paychecks, thousands of federal employees rallied in cities around the country today to demand they be allowed to get back to work, and for both those employees who are furloughed and required to work, get paid as soon as possible. In downtown Washington, ...

Washington D.C. – The personal and economic toll of the two-week partial government shutdown will continue to escalate until Congress and the administration resolve their differences and re-open all federal agencies, according to the National Treasury Employees Union. NTEU National President Tony Reardon sent a letter to every member of the 116th Congress, ...

Washington D.C. – Closing the federal government, even partially, is a colossal failure of basic governing and an unnecessary interruption of the services that taxpayers across the country rely upon every day, NTEU National President Tony Reardon said. “Government shutdowns, no matter how long they last, are a disruptive, harmful mess that inconvenience ...

Washington D.C. – The start of the 2019 tax season is fast approaching and yet another group of tax professionals is warning that massive budget cuts at the Internal Revenue Service are damaging to taxpayers, counter-productive and indefensible. The annual IRS budget is $2.2 billion less now than it was in 2011, a drop of 16 percent, the IRS Advisory Council ...

A new report by the Office of Personnel Management examines retirement trends in the federal government over the past three years. On average, the retirement age has ticked up slightly over the past three years from 61.5 years old in 2015 to 61.8 in 2017. Here are some other highlights of that report: Gender: Men and women are retiring at about the same ...

Congressional negotiators are split over a NTEU-supported provision in the House version of an IRS reform package that would prevent the agency from using private debt collectors to pursue tax debt cases involving low-income taxpayers. NTEU has long opposed the use of private debt collectors, a program that has failed twice before for being too expensive and ...

Washington D.C. – The National Treasury Employees Union today launched a new campaign to showcase the career men and women of the federal workforce explaining in their own words how their work benefits the American public. Telling Our Stories is an ongoing social media campaign featuring video clips of federal employees talking about ways in which their jobs ...

The merit systems principles are nine tenets that govern the management of the executive branch workforce. In a nutshell, they require that federal personnel decisions to be based on merit. Unlike corrupt practices in some other countries, federal employees cannot be hired, promoted or fired based on who they know, are related to. The principles also protect ...

Chairman Cornyn, Ranking Member Casey, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony on “Trade and Commerce at U.S. Ports of Entry.”   As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, ...

Keep in mind that many of NTEU’s greatest successes are what we’ve been able to block, particularly when it comes to harmful legislation and efforts to rollback employee rights at the bargaining table. Still, here are some highlights of 2016, brought to you by NTEU: 1. A Higher Than Expected Pay Raise. After working with our supporters in Congress, President ...

Chairman Gowdy, Ranking Member Cummings and members of the Committee, thank you for allowing NTEU to share its thoughts on the Administration’s plans to reorganize the federal government. As National President of NTEU, I represent over 150,000 federal employees in 32 agencies and I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this important issue.     As the ...

NTEU continues to bring the ideas and concerns of frontline federal employees to management. Union leaders met yesterday with National Park Service Acting Director Dan Smith to discuss key issues ranging from staffing to seasonal employees. “It’s a step in the right direction that NTEU appreciates,” said National President Tony Reardon, who attended the ...

Washington, D.C. – The longtime NTEU-supported ban on competitions between federal employees and private contractors will continue under legislation approved Wednesday by the House Appropriations Committee. The government-wide moratorium against federal funds going toward public-private competitions is preserved in the FY 2019 Financial Services and General ...