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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 ...

At Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for example, NTEU secured an agreement on the agency’s rollout of tablets for CBP Officers. This follows an earlier agreement regarding tablets for Agriculture Specialists. Introducing new, mandatory technology in a workplace can understandably create anxiety for some employees and lead to questions about its use and ...

One of the reasons why NTEU is such a special organization is because of the diversity of our members. You come from 31 different agencies, in workplaces around the country performing a vast array of jobs in service to the country. In redesigning our website, we wanted a place where all of these faces, voices and stories can come together. A place to shine a ...

Washington, D.C.—Customs and Border Protection (CBP) urgently needs more resources to hire more staff and strengthen border and economic security, the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) told a congressional panel today. “Many CBP employees are forced to put in long hours of overtime and accept assignments far from home which damages ...

Washington, D.C.—The 2016 tax season is proving, once again, that Congress must give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the resources it needs to improve taxpayer assistance programs, catch more tax cheats and criminals, fight the growing problem of identity fraud, and do a better job of enforcing tax laws and collecting more of the taxes that are owed, ...

Washington, D.C.—The union that represents thousands of front-line Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees thanked Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and other House members for making a strong push to secure a much-needed funding increase for the struggling agency. Rep. Ellison got 43 of his colleagues to sign a letter asking the House Appropriations subcommittee ...

Washington, D.C.—Hundreds of federal employees from around the country today kicked off the National Treasury Employees Union’s (NTEU) 2016 Legislative Conference urging Congress to give federal agencies the resources they need to fulfill their missions and stop the ongoing threats to their pay, benefits and collective bargaining rights. The three-day event’s ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) urged House members today to reject H.R. 692, a bill to prioritize payments during a default. In a letter, NTEU National President Tony Reardon wrote: “This bill tries to lull the country into believing that if we reach the debt limit ceiling and cannot pay our bills, we somehow prevent default by ...

Washington, D.C.— Results of the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) again demonstrate the high levels of commitment federal employees have to their jobs, but survey data fail to capture the tumultuous times federal workers have been facing. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the early results last week and more detailed results this ...

Hollywood, Fla.—The National Treasury Employees Union’s (NTEU) next leader will be Tony Reardon, a 25-year NTEU veteran who most recently served as the union’s National Executive Vice President. Delegates to NTEU’s 55th national convention chose Reardon today to serve as the union’s next National President. Reardon received 89 percent of the votes cast and ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) urged lawmakers to reject a spending proposal unveiled today, saying it would inflict “damaging cuts” on the Internal Revenue Service and make it even harder for the IRS to fulfill its core mission. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released a draft ...

Washington, D.C.—In the 21st Century, to ensure a well-functioning government, federal employees need Congress to give them the necessary resources to do their jobs and to treat them with respect, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today. Instead, Congress shut down the government in 2013, imposed draconian budget cuts under ...

Washington, D.C.—The number of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees has fallen sharply in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico since 2011, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today, citing new IRS data. The data show that full-time and seasonal staff at the agency fell from 108,460 in fiscal year (FY) 2011 to 90,322 on Feb. ...

Washington, D.C.—By continuing sequestration funding levels and targeting the pensions of federal workers, the House Republican budget plan will have a devastating impact on agencies’ ability to perform their missions and will further erode employee morale, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today. “Our nation depends on highly-skilled federal ...

Washington, D.C.—After House approval of a Senate-passed full-year funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) congratulated Congress for ending the funding standoff that threatened to shut down the department at the end of this week. “I am relieved that Congress, at long last, has ...