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WASHINGTON – Federal employees across the country would receive an average 7.4 percent pay increase in 2025 under legislation introduced this week in Congress, a strong sign that lawmakers value the federal workforce and its important contributions to the American public.  The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act is sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz of ...

WASHINGTON – Federal employees will receive an average 5.2 percent pay increase next year, the highest raise for the federal workforce in 43 years (see the Office of Personnel Management 2024 pay tables).  “This is a well-deserved increase for our country’s federal workforce,” said NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald. “The data shows that federal salaries ...

WASHINGTON – Federal employees on average earned 27.54 percent less than private sector workers in similar jobs this year, according to an analysis released today by the Federal Salary Council.  The disparity has grown significantly in just one year, from 24.09 percent in 2022.  “The alarming new pay gap proves what federal employees have been feeling all ...

“One of the most important things the CFPB does is protect servicemembers and veterans,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, in his opening statement at a Nov. 2 hearing on financial protections for servicemembers and their families. Brown pointed to a 2006 Department of Defense report showing that payday, auto title, ...

WASHINGTON – A diverse coalition of labor unions, anticipating future threats to politicize the federal workforce, has joined NTEU in urging the Office of Personnel Management to adopt new regulations that safeguard the merit-based civil service and the Constitutional rights of frontline federal employees.   In comments filed with OPM today, the 14 unions ...

Chairman Green, Ranking Member Thompson, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement and ...

Washington D.C. – The political failure to re-open the federal government has become untenable for federal employees who cannot wait any longer for the paychecks they are owed, NTEU National President Tony Reardon said today. Since last week, Reardon has escalated his demands that Congress and the administration find a way to pay federal employees ...

WASHINGTON – A president hostile to the civil service could not take away the due process rights of frontline federal employees under a draft rule published today by the Office of Personnel Management.      Under the proposal, federal employees forced to move from the merit-based competitive service to the excepted service under a new Schedule F would retain ...

Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Neal, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony.  As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement and compliance ...

Chairman Murphy, Ranking Member Britt and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) CBP Officers, Agriculture ...

The Administration has requested a 10 percent increase ($372 million above the FY23 enacted level) for the Food & Drug Administration (FDA).  The total FDA budget request is for $7.2 billion of which $3.93 billion would come from funds appropriated by Congress, $2.5 billion from medical products user fees, and $700 million from tobacco user fees.  NTEU ...

Food & Drug Administration The Administration has requested a 10 percent increase ($372 million above the FY23 enacted level) for the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The total FDA budget request is for $7.2 billion of which $3.93 billion would come from funds appropriated by Congress, $2.5 billion from medical products user fees, and $700 million from ...

Washington D.C.  – Bipartisan legislation to keep the merit-based federal workforce from being politicized was introduced today and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union.  The Saving the Civil Service Act would prevent attempts to replace skilled, qualified career public servants with people chosen for their partisanship. The bill is sponsored by ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employees would receive an average 8.7 percent pay raise in 2024 under legislation introduced today and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union.   “Using fresh economic data, Congress and the administration can make federal pay adjustments that reflect current conditions, and this year’s proposal is on target,” said NTEU ...

Washington D.C. – The backlog of unprocessed tax returns at the IRS is now dramatically smaller according to an internal watchdog report, which is a testament to the surge of frontline employees committed to tackling the problem and making sure the agency is better prepared for the fast-approaching 2023 tax filing season.    The National Taxpayer Advocate’s ...