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When a pilot a month ago deliberately crashed his private plane into a Texas office building housing some 200 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees, the men and women inside that building reacted with incredible bravery and acts of heroism, the leader of the union representing IRS employees told a House subcommittee today. “I think that hearing what went ...

Washington, D.C.—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today applauded the signing by President Obama of a fiscal 2010 omnibus appropriations measure containing a number of NTEU priorities, including the continuation of a government-wide moratorium on public-private competition for the jobs of federal workers. In addition, the legislation ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees has sharply criticized a media report implying that federal workers are substantially overpaid compared to their private sector counterparts. “The only meaningful way to measure public and private sector pay against each other is to compare salaries for similar jobs,” ...

Washington, D.C.—The fiscal 2010 homeland security appropriations bill signed into law today by President Obama contains yet another prohibition preventing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from moving ahead with a personnel system that would undercut and erode employees’ workplace rights, the leader of the union representing tens of thousands of ...

Washington, D.C.—Today, for the second time in three months, the leader of the National Treasury Employee Union (NTEU) and a delegation of its Transportation Security Administration (TSA) union leaders met with senior TSA management to continue their work in identifying ongoing workplace issues at TSA. Topics ranged from split shifts and Employee Advisory ...

Washington, D.C.—Four members of the House of Representatives are seeking the support of their colleagues to advance an issue that continues to be an important goal of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)—extending the age for health care coverage for dependent children under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). The House ...

Washington, D.C.—The continuing battle by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) to end agency misuse of the Federal Career Intern Program (FCIP) has taken another step forward with a favorable procedural ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). As sought by NTEU, the board reversed a decision by an administrative judge, ruling that a 30 ...

Washington, D.C.—With the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), federal employees lost not only a stalwart champion of their rights, but a man whose vision of public service inspired so many to make their own commitment to serve our country, the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today. “Sen. Kennedy and NTEU worked together on ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has won an important victory in its continuing fight to prevent federal agencies from undercutting the merit-based hiring process by misusing a program originally created as a limited, special focus hiring program, known as the Federal Career Intern Program (FCIP). The decision of U.S. District ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has welcomed new House legislation that would help to reform the federal A-76 contracting out process and reduce efforts to privatize government work. The CLEAN UP Act was introduced by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and is similar to legislation currently pending in the Senate. NTEU ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) strongly supports congressional legislation introduced by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) that would limit government privatization efforts and initiate reform of the entire federal A-76 process. NTEU has joined a consortium of other federal employee unions in signing a letter of support for the ...

Washington, D.C.— In an attempt to save the economic livelihood of about 1,500 employees at the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Andover, Mass., service center who are facing the loss of their job this year, a group of six members of Congress has asked the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to ensure preference to Andover ...

Washington, D.C.—Front-line employees at the nation’s border crossing points charged with the important responsibilities of helping protect the county and facilitate its vital trade simply do not have sufficient resources, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union told a key House subcommittee today. These employees are “capable and committed to the ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today welcomed as a good first step word that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), acting in line with requests by NTEU and members of Congress, will create 200 new jobs this year at its Andover (Mass.) Service Center. Roughly 1,500 positions related to the paper processing of tax ...

Washington, D.C.—A key House committee today marked up legislation containing provisions to improve the treatment of federal retirees covered under different retirement systems, a step applauded by the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees. The bill also contains other provisions addressing in positive ways matters important to ...

Washington—Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), who has long experience in federal workplace issues, told a gathering of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) that it is “a new day for federal employees,” and that in the new administration, “unions are important partners toward ensuring worker insights are considered.” Akaka, the chairman of the Senate ...

Washington—With a 20 percent annual attrition rate and key personnel management programs failing year after year, it is clear that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees have a critical need for the meaningful voice in their work lives that full collective bargaining rights, strongly supported by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today offered its support for bipartisan legislation that would remove a disincentive for some federal employees looking to phase into retirement by working part-time schedules toward the end of their government careers. The measure, introduced by Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-Wisc.) and Sen. George ...

Washington, D.C.—The change that has come to America is welcome news, and with so much to be done, the federal workforce is positioned to influence and shape their country’s future in positive ways perhaps as never before, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today told union leaders from across the federal government and ...

Washington, D.C.—Fifteen senators and House members from Massachusetts and New Hampshire have called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to delay, at least until 2012, the planned shutdown this year of paper tax return processing at its Andover and Fitchburg, Mass., facilities and retain the current workforce rather than putting those employees out of their ...