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Chairman Lankford and Ranking Member Heitkamp, thank you for the opportunity to share my views with the Subcommittee.   As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union, I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal employees at dozens of federal agencies.  NTEU welcomes the Subcommittee’s interest in improving the federal workforce, and ...

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is already short-staffed and its operational jobs at land, sea and airports should be exempted from the federal hiring freeze, NTEU National President Tony Reardon told Congress Wednesday. “There is no greater roadblock to legitimate trade and travel efficiency than the lack of sufficient staff at the ...

Chairman McCaul, Ranking Member Thompson, distinguished members of the Committee; thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony.  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 and trade enforcement specialists stationed at 328 ...

Washington, D.C.— Federal employees would receive a 3.2 percent pay raise next year under legislation introduced in the Senate and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act is sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz, (D-Hawaii), Sen. Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio), Sen. Patty Murray, (D-Wash), Sen. Ben Cardin, ...

In a video message posted Tuesday, Obama said, “I want you to know how much I admire the work that you do day in and day out.” He went on to praise federal employees for their passion, professionalism and the career path they have chosen. “Your jobs aren’t easy, believe me, I know that,” he continued. “Your good work has never been more important,” said Obama, ...

This would be a federal workplace without the Civil Service Reform Act, and probably one you wouldn’t want to imagine. Although it was passed nearly 40 years ago, the CSRA provides workplace protections and transparency in government that continue to benefit federal employees today. Learn more about this important law in National President Tony Reardon’s “Know ...

Along with keeping our borders safe from terrorists, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is also charged with guarding against intellectual property theft and the infringement of U.S. patents, copyrights and trademarks. And the job of frontline CBP employees has gotten harder in recent years. Counterfeit and pirated goods are becoming more sophisticated, ...

Chairman Lankford, Ranking Member Heitkamp and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to share the views of the 150,000 federal employees represented by NTEU at dozens of federal agencies.  As President of NTEU, I welcome a conversation of how best to grow and strengthen the federal workforce. AGENCY FUNDING In recent years owing to a ...

Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. 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, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement and ...

Chairman Reichert, Ranking Member Rangel, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony.  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, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement ...

Washington, D.C.—The key to hiring millennials in the federal government is proper agency funding, adequate pay raises and an efficient hiring process, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) told Congress. Shortchanged agencies are struggling with hiring freezes even while the existing workforce is burdened with too much work. Increasing ...

Washington, D.C.—The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) doesn’t need to outsource tax-collection work to unaccountable private companies when it can retrain thousands of its own employees who are scheduled to be laid off soon for those positions, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today. The IRS announced today that it has contracted ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) opposes a funding bill being considered by the House Appropriations Committee today that would cut the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) budget by $236 million in fiscal year (FY) 2017. In a letter sent to committee members ahead of today’s markup, NTEU National President Tony Reardon said the IRS ...

FMLA is designed to help working people balance their jobs and family care responsibilities, but to use it you need to first understand your rights. National President Tony Reardon outlined some of these rights in his latest “Know Your Facts” column in GovLoop. Along with a brief guide on FMLA rights, Reardon also discusses whether you might be required to ...

That’s why I jumped at the chance to be a guest blogger on GovLoop—an online community of government leaders— for a series of posts I’m calling “Know Your Facts.” My first blog post debunks five common—and exceedingly frustrating—myths about your pay and argues for a fair raise for the federal workforce. I fight back with facts against ...

Other operations such as Accounts Management (AM), Compliance, Call-Sites and Automated Collection System (ACS) will continue in these locations. National President Tony Reardon said: “This is distressing news for our members, many of whom have been loyal IRS employees for years. NTEU will aggressively pursue all available measures to avoid or mitigate ...

In person and via teleconference, more than 200 of the chapter's membership had the chance to hear from Tony and ask questions at various meetings throughout the day. Tony and Chapter President Danny McClain toured the print operations center which the chapter successfully battled to keep in Detroit. The IRS had threatened to move the print function to another ...