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The Senate proposal includes provisions that impact NTEU-represented agencies including $1.6 billion in supplemental funding for CBP to make up for the loss of user fees due to reduced trade and travel during the pandemic. It also includes $2 billion in supplemental funding for the IRS for business systems modernization through fiscal year 2025 and $320 ...

Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Benjamin Cardin of Maryland and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine from Virginia sent a letter to the administration opposing plans to require many federal employees in the national capital region—and nationwide— to return to their worksites. “The current guidance is encouraging agencies to end maximum telework prematurely,” the ...

Washington D.C. – The administration’s plan to send teleworking federal employees back to their offices while coronavirus infections are on the rise is a threat to their health and safety, according to all four U.S. Senators from Virginia and Maryland. In a Thursday letter, Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Benjamin Cardin of Maryland and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim ...

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 33 agencies. From the ...

Chairman Lankford and Ranking Member Sinema, thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement to comment on the recommendations of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service and discuss how the government can build the most effective workforce, attract skilled and talented individuals, and engage federal employees throughout their ...

Washington D.C. – Customs and Border Protection employees at the ports of entry are in dire need of on-site COVID-19 testing, reliable contact tracing and emergency funding to make up for the dramatic drop in user fees, according to testimony today from NTEU National President Tony Reardon. “Throughout the pandemic, most international air, sea, and land ...

Chairwoman Torres Small, Ranking Member Crenshaw, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today.  As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 27,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) ...

Washington D.C. – The IRS has informed the National Treasury Employees Union that it is planning to recall employees into work sites in multiple states over the next four weeks. After IRS employees in Utah, Texas and Kentucky started reporting back to their buildings this week, the next wave is scheduled to report June 15 in Michigan, Georgia, Missouri and ...

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member McCaskill 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 ...

Washington D.C. – The federal tax filing deadline should be pushed to Oct. 15 according to the National Treasury Employees Union, which first called for the extension two months ago as the health crisis worsened. “It has been eight weeks since we proposed giving taxpayers an additional six months to complete their 2019 federal returns, and it remains painfully ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employees with jobs that require interaction with the public would receive premium pay under coronavirus emergency response legislation introduced Tuesday and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union. The premium pay is one of several provisions of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act to ...

Washington D.C. – The National Treasury Employees Union today released the health and safety conditions that must be met before federal employees are required to return to the workplace. The conditions include: lifting of state and local stay-at-home orders; proof of a thorough cleaning; widespread access to COVID-19 tests for federal employees; adequate ...

The guidance does not include a timetable for any recall of employees, or mandate a time to return. NTEU closely reviewed the guidance and it is clear that agencies need to consider local conditions regarding coronavirus before resuming normal operations. Read the full story from the NTEU e-Bulletin here, and know that NTEU is ensuring the health and safety of ...

Members of the coalition, made up of 30 organizations including NTEU, wrote every member of Congress about the needs and challenges of federal and postal employees, especially those in public-facing positions. The seven-page letter details the safety, health and precautionary measures the coalition is urging Congress to provide for frontline employees, as well ...