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Washington, D.C.—In testimony today, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees offered some stark advice to a Senate subcommittee examining the low state of morale among the federal workforce. “Wherever I go, my members talk to me about how difficult it has become to accomplish the tasks required of them,” said President ...

Washington, D.C.—In congressional testimony today, the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) argued strongly for enactment of the White House fiscal 2015 budget proposal for Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “The administration’s fiscal 2015 budget recognizes that there is no greater roadblock to legitimate trade and travel efficiency than ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today offered strong support for a House bill that would provide a 3.3 percent pay raise for most of the federal workforce in 2015. The White House has proposed a 1 percent raise for next year. President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) ...

Washington, D.C.—Hundreds of members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today kicked off the start of a three-day lobbying effort to discuss with their members of Congress issues of concern to federal employees. “There are major challenges facing the federal workforce,” President Colleen M. Kelley told the NTEU members at the opening session of ...

Washington, D.C.—Ongoing budget issues across the federal government are fueling increasing dissatisfaction within the federal workforce, according to rankings released today on the best places to work in the federal government. According to the rankings, overall job satisfaction among federal employees dropped to score of 57.8 on a scale of 100—the lowest ...

Washington, D.C.—Instead of continued staffing reductions resulting in cuts in services for the American people, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) needs to redouble its efforts aimed at eliminating unnecessary contracting—starting with contractors who owe back taxes, the leader of the union representing IRS employees said today. That was the response of ...

Washington, D.C.—In a letter to congressional budget conferees, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today called “totally unacceptable” a potential agreement partially replacing sequestration funding reductions with further cuts to federal employee compensation, as news reports suggest. Citing ongoing media reports, NTEU President Colleen ...

Washington, D.C.—Federal employee pay cuts, agency budgets sharply reduced by sequestration, continuing attacks on their pensions and the value of their work all have combined to produce low morale at the Department of Homeland Security, the leader of the union representing thousands of frontline homeland security workers told a House committee today. In ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called on members of the congressional budget conference committee to end sequestration, provide adequate funding for federal agencies and prevent further cuts to federal worker and retiree compensation. The committee is charged with coming up with a plan by Dec. ...

Multiple media outlets have reported that Senate leaders have reached agreement on ending the government shutdown and increasing the debt ceiling. I call on Congress to swiftly pass this legislation. This is welcome news for the many thousands of federal employees forced off their jobs some two-and-a-half weeks ago by the shutdown. I am pleased that it looks ...

Washington, D.C.—Pending congressional approval of the Senate leadership’s agreement ending the government shutdown, federal employees are eager to get back to performing the important work of the public, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said today. “For 16 days, while federal workers were furloughed, Americans were ...

Washington, D.C.—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today offered strong support for two bills introduced, respectively, in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate providing for retroactive pay for federal workers furloughed because of the government shutdown. In separate letters to Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Reps. James Moran (D-Va.) and Frank ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today called on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to revise draft rules for an upcoming phased retirement program to ensure that as many federal workers as possible will be eligible. “I encourage another review of the limitations on eligibility contained in the draft regulations,” said NTEU ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the union representing tens of thousands of frontline homeland security employees applauded yesterday’s action by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund an additional 1,850 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees at the nation’s 329 land, air and sea ports of entry in the coming fiscal year. The funding is contained ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) is urging members of the House of Representatives to vote ‘no’ on H.R. 807, which is scheduled to come to the floor for a vote on Thursday. The legislation would require the Treasury Department to pay bondholders of American debt first, before any other obligation after the debt ceiling has been ...

Washington, D.C.—Budget cuts under sequestration, both short-term and long, will sharply worsen the effects of understaffing in Customs and Border Protection (CBP), even as active and proposed port expansion programs seek to address the growth in international trade and travel, the leader of the union representing tens of thousands of frontline security ...

Washington, D.C.—The use of continuing resolutions, sequestration, debt ceiling showdowns and other delays in necessary legislative action until the last possible moment “lead to waste in a system that cannot afford even the smallest amount of waste,” the leader of the largest independent union of federal employees told a key Senate committee today. “Between ...

Washington, D.C.—By proposing another $181 billion in cuts to their pay and pensions along with a 10 percent reduction in their numbers, the fiscal 2014 budget blueprint made public today by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will hurt the ability of the federal workforce to provide services to the American public, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has been informed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that agency-wide furlough notices of up to 14 days will be issued in mid-March, underscoring the union’s concerns over the draconian impact of sequestration on national security. In all, CBP told NTEU, it will have to make $754 million in ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has been informed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that agency-wide furlough notices of up to 14 days will be issued in mid-March, underscoring the union’s concerns over the draconian impact of sequestration on national security. In all, CBP told NTEU, it will have to make $754 million in ...