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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 ...

Washington, D.C. – A large bipartisan group of House members have asked President Trump to rescind his three most recent executive orders on the civil service because they would imperil the labor-management relationship in the federal workplace, usher in a new era of favoritism and patronage in government, and create costs for agencies. Two letters, one from ...

Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed a lawsuit challenging provisions in two of the three executive orders issued a week ago by President Donald Trump. “NTEU believes the president exceeded his authority in several provisions of his executive orders,” said NTEU National President Tony Reardon. “The president cannot ...

Washington, D.C. – The National Park Service’s attempt to clarify the hiring policy for seasonal park workers does not go far enough to ensure veteran employees will be allowed to return to their posts, National Treasury Employees Union President Tony Reardon said. The National Park Service mishandled the situation and caused many long-time seasonal workers to ...