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Washington D.C. – Expanded telework was the most common program federal employees cited when asked how their agency supported their well-being during the pandemic, according to the new Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results released today by the Office of Personnel Management.  Sixty-five percent of the employees who took the 2020 FEVS survey said expanded ...

Washington D.C. – After a year of maximum telework that successfully protected the health and safety of the federal workforce, two-thirds of frontline federal employees also report an uptick in productivity while working from home, according to a survey of National Treasury Employees Union members.  “First and foremost, telework saved lives. Coronavirus would ...

In the episode, “The Future of Federal Workforce Priorities and Protections,” Reardon and host Erich Wagner talk NTEU’s priorities in the post-pandemic world. “The telework debate, in my mind, is officially over,” Reardon said. “Telework is now an indispensable part of the federal workplace and is one of NTEU’s priorities.” The NTEU leader also ...

Washington D.C. – About 300 members of the National Treasury Employees Union from around the country gathered virtually Tuesday to deliver their messages of fair pay, adequate agency funding and workplace safety to Congress. The 2021 Legislative Grassroots Event allows federal employees to educate their respective members of Congress on how NTEU’s issues can ...

Washington D.C. – The best way to revitalize the federal workforce is through fair pay and benefits, protecting collective bargaining rights, ensuring adequate health and safety protocols at the workplace, and giving employees the tools and resources they need to do their job, according to testimony Tuesday from NTEU National President Tony Reardon.  “A ...

Chairman Connolly, Ranking Member Hice, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for today’s hearing.  As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents 150,000 dedicated federal employees across 34 agencies.  First I want to ...

Washington D.C. – The Office of Personnel Management should require federal agencies grant administrative leave for all federal employees who choose to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a request from members of Congress that is supported by the National Treasury Employees Union.  “Our federal employees have been challenged throughout this pandemic by ...

In addition to the mask requirement, the OMB guidance instructs agencies to make “every effort” to maximize telework, stagger work times and offer flexible scheduling, and limit the number of employees in federal buildings to no more than 25 percent of normal capacity. The Jan. 20 executive order requires federal agencies to immediately take action to conform ...

Washington D.C. – The National Treasury Employees Union supports President Biden’s executive order requiring face masks be worn on federal property and creating a high-level task force specifically focused on the health and safety of the federal workforce. “I am pleased that President Biden is making the well-being of federal employees a priority,” said NTEU ...