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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington, D.C.—In offering her congratulations to the newly-confirmed director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said today she welcomes his “wisdom and insight” into the operation of the federal government. In a letter to OMB Director Peter R. Orszag, President Colleen M. ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the union representing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) employees today offered congratulations to new Chair Mary Schapiro on her Senate confirmation and said she is confident the agency head will find the workforce there “to be one of the most professional, dedicated, competent and hard-working of any public or private ...

Washington, D.C.—The biennial workplace survey of federal employees by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released today reveals the enormous opportunities open to the incoming Obama administration to improve the federal workplace and thus service to the public, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said. “There ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today welcomed a legal victory upholding veterans’ preference rights, but expressed disappointment at the unwillingness of a federal appeals court panel to address the validity of a federal hiring program being used by agencies to sharply undercut the merit-based hiring ...

Washington, D.C.—In a move that underscores the importance of the case to federal employees, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) will participate in oral arguments, set for Oct. 10, before a federal appeals court in a matter threatening to erode merit-based civil service competitive hiring practices. The case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

Washington, D.C.—The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) decision to return into the hands of agency employees the work of managing and storing taxpayer files was applauded today by the president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) who has called for this move since the IRS contracted out the work two years ago. “This marks the first time since this ...

Washington, D.C.—Yesterday, Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) at one of the nation’s busiest airports took advantage of an opportunity to discuss a range of workplace issues—including the urgent need for collective bargaining rights—with a key member of the House of Representatives. The meeting, at the invitation of the National Treasury Employees Union ...

Atlanta—Two key members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday met with frontline Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees to see first-hand the challenges they face in providing security for air travelers at one of the nation’s busiest airports. The meeting, at the invitation of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), came during ...

Atlanta—Two key members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday met with frontline Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees to see first-hand the challenges they face in providing security for air travelers at one of the nation’s busiest airports. The meeting, at the invitation of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), came during ...

Washington, D.C.—To dispel negative stereotypes and increase awareness of the important contributions federal employees make to the country, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has launched its first-ever public service campaign including television and radio public service announcements, media relations and grassroots efforts. The campaign, entitled ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today welcomed overdue action by the General Services Administration (GSA) to raise the mileage reimbursement rate to 58.5 cents per mile for federal employees using their personal vehicles on government business. At the same time, she expressed her clear disappointment that the ...

Washington, D.C.—The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a fiscal 2009 funding bill that would provide federal civilian employees with a 3.9 percent pay raise—a full percentage point higher than that proposed by the White House, and an amount in step with a 2009 military pay raise moving through Congress. At the same time, in marking up its version ...