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Washington, D.C.—The head of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today described as “absolutely outrageous” information contained in a government report that some 33,000 federal contractors owe more than $3 billion in back taxes. “At the minimum,” said President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), “every ...
Washington, D.C.—In a major victory for First Amendment rights at a time when the federal government is increasingly seeking to restrict such rights under the guise of security, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) will conduct a public rally protesting certain White House actions on the federal sidewalk outside of one of the largest federal buildings ...
Washington, D.C.—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today criticized as “premature and speculative” government estimates of savings from contracting out—and warned that continuing efforts to turn over federal work to the private sector is taking a substantial toll on the institutional knowledge agencies need to fulfill their ...
Washington, D.C.—The head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today reiterated her strong objections—echoed by earlier criticisms from members of Congress and from within the agency itself—to an Internal Revenue Service plan to sharply cut back the important face-to-face and telephone assistance it offers the nation’s taxpayers. “When this plan ...
Washington, D.C.—The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today warned that taxpayers are facing two harsh blows from the Internal Revenue Service that will wipe out a great many of the important gains the agency has made in its customer service in recent years. The agency’s planned cutback in assistance to America’s taxpayers is coming as ...
Washington, D.C.—It’s clear that managers and supervisors in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with front-line employees, have a number of serious concerns about the design and implementation of a pay-for-performance system at DHS, the leader of the union representing thousands of border security employees said today. That’s a key finding of a ...
Washington, D.C.—Even as a government report details wide-ranging deficiencies with Internal Revenue Service controls over tax payments and taxpayer information —including oversight of its contractors—the agency is unwisely moving ahead with its plan to privatize the collection of tax debts, the leader of the union representing IRS employees said ...
Washington, D.C.—The criminal indictments of six former employees of one of the nation’s major banks sharply underscores the danger to taxpayers in current plans by the Internal Revenue Service to turn over tax debt collection to private contractors, the leader of the union representing tens of thousands of IRS employees said today. “As this case shows, there ...
Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today expressed its deep concern over a decision made last week by the Department of Energy (DOE) to contract out the work of facilities employees to a private contractor. The decision by the agency would move the work of electricians, maintenance mechanics, engineering technicians and others in ...
Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has won an important arbitration victory in its continuing effort to secure higher pay for employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). An arbitrator awarded more than $15 million in back pay and interest to be distributed to as many as 1,800 employees who were previously paid special ...
Washington, D.C.—The introduction of bipartisan legislation that would extend law enforcement officer (LEO) status to certain employees of the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was welcomed today by the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). NTEU President ...
Washington, D.C.—Even as Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) warned that federal employees and supportive legislators have “a tough road ahead of us,” he encouraged members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) to keep pressing ahead on key issues because the union has “a lot of strong supporters on (Capitol) Hill” on workplace issues of importance to the ...
Washington, D.C.—The necessary and hard work of building bipartisan congressional support on federal employee issues plays a vital role not only in the lives of federal workers, but in the life of the country as well, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees told a large gathering of union members today. President Colleen M. ...
Washington, D.C.—A key member of the congressional leadership today urged members of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers to explain to the American people across the country why it’s so important for the views of federal employees on workplace issues to be heard. “No one is better versed in the details” of federal programs and issues ...
Washington, D.C.—When more than 400 National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) chapter leaders and activists from around the country meet with their federal legislators this week, they will carry with them the concerns and views of tens of thousands of federal workers on issues that impact the entire nation. The issues range from the privatization of federal ...
Washington, D.C.—Proposed changes to regulations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) simply reinforce an empty gesture made by Congress last year that leaves federal employees in a second-class status when it comes to protesting government contracting out decisions, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers said ...
Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision permitting government agencies to exempt themselves from a federal law requiring them to pay overtime to federal employees. In an amicus brief filed in a class action suit involving attorneys of the Department of Justice ...
Washington, D.C.—In the face of a growing atmosphere of suppressing of employee voices in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has asked an independent federal agency to uphold the right of federal workers to speak freely about matters impacting public safety and security. The union’s friend-of-the-court ...
Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) will ask a federal court to declare unlawful—and to prevent the implementation of—final personnel regulations stripping meaningful collective bargaining and other rights from all of the civilian employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a suit to be filed in U.S. District Court for ...