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HHS wants to want to eliminate AWS, telework, performance awards, transit subsidies and many other negotiated rights and benefits that employees currently enjoy. Today it is HHS. Tomorrow it could be your agency. NTEU is calling on all our members, governmentwide, to get involved this Friday during NTEU’s ‘Shame on HHS’ Day. On Friday morning, NTEU ...

In written testimony provided to the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, Reardon provided detailed recommendations for attracting and retaining federal employees as agencies prepare to reopen federal facilities to all workers and look ahead to the future of federal work.   “While flexible work schedules and expanded telework and ...

Chairman Connolly, Ranking Member Hice and members of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, thank you for the opportunity to share the thoughts of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) on how the government can build and support an effective workforce for the future. As National President of NTEU, which represents 150,000 federal workers in ...

Under the leadership of Chapter President Christie Saunders, Chapter 224 is developing strong professional relationships with agency leadership based on mutual respect and ample communication.    “We are goal-driven, said Saunders. “That goal is protecting our employees and their rights. We ask questions and talk through the issues. That way, we have a meeting ...

The blueprint outlines three goals for repairing damage done to the federal government and improving services for all Americans. They are: -Strengthening and empowering the federal workforce; -Delivering excellent federal services and improved customer experience for the American people; and -Improving the management of the business of government. The ...

Chapter 14 (IRS St. Louis) To accommodate employee schedules, Chapter 14 convened three Zoom meetings on a variety of workplace issues including employee pay, the paid parental leave program, telework and highlights of the new NTEU-IRS contract. More than 500 employees attended the meetings, which also covered changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness ...

“The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the complexities of maintaining regular government operations while also protecting the health and safety of the employees who provide those services," Reardon wrote. "By far, the most successful safety protocol these last 16 months has been the federal government’s maximum telework posture, allowing tens of thousands of ...

Washington D.C. – The Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to abandon harmful workplace policies unilaterally enforced during the last administration and repair the relationship with its frontline workforce represented by the National Treasury Employees Union.  The joint announcement between NTEU and HHS ends four years of contentious legal ...

The 38-page document includes frequently-asked questions on telework, remote work, locality pay and other post-reentry issues. It reinforces previous guidance strongly encouraging agencies to expand telework based on experiences during the last 15 months. The deadline to submit office reentry and post-pandemic workforce plans to the White House passed last ...

However, the June 10 guidance from the administration represents a solid start to the long process of making sure there will be improvements in safety protocols at the workplace and favorable updates to employees’ work schedules and conditions. NTEU will work to ensure that agencies follow this guidance. In particular, the guidance makes clear that no major ...