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Washington, D.C.— Federal employees are as committed as ever to their jobs and the missions of their agencies, but recent attacks on pay, retirement and an uncertain political climate have led to declines in morale, a hazardous trend for our nation. “Despite attacks on their pay, their retirement security and continued threats of government shutdowns, federal ...

Washington, D.C.— A strong majority of Americans value highly the services provided by the government workforce and believe the wealthy in the country should pay their fair share before sharp cuts are made in federal agency resources and in the number of employees providing those services. These are among the key findings of a survey conducted for the National ...

Washington, D.C.— A report released today by the White House confirms the devastating impact sequestration would have on federal jobs, our fragile economic recovery and the vital services Americans depend on, said the leader of the nation’s largest independent federal union. The sequester will cut $1.2 trillion over 10 years, roughly $55 billion from Defense ...

Washington, D.C. — The leader of the nation’s largest independent federal union today asked President Obama to reject a proposal by Republican congressional leadership seeking to increase retirement contributions of middle class federal employees to pay for a one-year extension of reduced student loan interest rates. “As you know, current employees are in the ...

Washington, D.C. — The House of Representatives did a “disservice to our nation and the American people” with today’s vote approving the misguided fiscal 2013 budget resolution by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), said the leader of the nation’s largest independent federal union. “This budget resolution attacks the very people who protect ...

Washington, D.C.—In large part through its attacks on the federal workforce, the misguided fiscal 2013 budget proposal made public today by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), raises a very real threat of significantly reduced service to the public, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said. “The Ryan ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today warned that the country’s civil service which today protects borders, travel, food, veterans, investments, the safety net and much more will not be able to provide these critical services if the multi-billion-dollar cuts in federal personnel and benefits contained ...

Washington, D.C.—Long delays caused by inadequate staffing at U.S. ports of entry are extraordinarily costly to the American economy, and are projected to result in lost output of more than $86 billion over the next 10 years, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) told a House subcommittee today. In testimony submitted to the House ...

Washington, D.C.—The heart of a stronger America is a strong, vibrant and vocal federal workforce, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees told a large group of her union’s members today. “When you strip away all the hyperbole you hear on the evening news, in Congress and on the campaign trail, it is all of you, your ...

Washington, D.C. –The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called on House members to reject the payroll tax holiday bill, H.R. 3630, because it unfairly singles out federal employees to offset fully half the cost of the bill’s provision extending unemployment compensation benefits while there are no offsets for the ...

Washington, D.C. –The Federal Postal Coalition, representing five million federal and postal employees and retirees, is calling on the House of Representatives to reject pending transportation legislation containing a provision that funds portions of the bill with cuts to federal pensions. The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) is a member of this ...

Washington, D.C. –The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today called outrageous a congressional plan to fund an extension of unemployment compensation benefits as part of a payroll tax holiday bill with cuts totaling $15 billion to federal employee pensions. “It is absolutely outrageous that federal employees—already sacrificing $60 billion ...

Washington, D.C. –The head of the union representing more than 24,000 frontline homeland security employees called on Congress to provide Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the staffing and resources needed to properly secure, regulate and facilitate trade at our nation’s ports of entry (POEs) and collect the revenue the government needs. “Customs ...

Washington, D.C. — National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley agreed with one major conclusion of a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report—that highly-educated federal workers earn significantly less than their private sector counterparts—but cautioned against accepting the report as a definitive statement on federal ...

Washington, D.C.— Today, the Senate took the right course of action in defeating, for the second time, an onerous proposal by Senate Republicans that would have funded a payroll tax holiday by punishing middle-class federal employees while failing to ask anything of our nation’s wealthiest, said the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union ...

Washington, D.C.—A proposal by Senate Republicans which indicates a clear determination to fund a payroll tax holiday on the backs of middle-class federal workers while shielding the wealthiest among us from any sacrifice at all drew sharp criticism today from the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees. In a letter to senators, ...

Washington, D.C.—The Federal-Postal Coalition—a group that includes the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)—today warned that the negative effects of a Senate Republican proposal targeting federal employees and their agencies would be felt throughout the economy and very likely lead to private sector job loss and wage deflation. In a letter to senators, ...

The leader of the nation’s largest independent federal employees union today called on members of Congress to reject legislation that proposes an ill-advised reduction of the federal workforce threatening vital government services. “This bill is simply wrongheaded, misguided and based on false assumptions,” said Colleen M. Kelley, president of the National ...

Washington, D.C. — The president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) condemned a misguided bill approved today by a House committee that threatens vital government services that the American people depend on and expect. The bill, H.R. 3029, sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), seeks a 10 percent reduction of the federal workforce by ...

Washington, D.C. —The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today voiced her strong opposition to super committee recommendations by the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that would severely impact the pay and retirement of federal employees. President Colleen M. ...