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WASHINGTON – Federal employees would receive an average 4.3 percent pay increase next year under legislation introduced today and endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union.  Passing the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, would be a positive sign that lawmakers ...

WASHINGTON – Federal employees on average earned 24.72 percent less this year than workers in similar private sector jobs, according to a report by the Federal Salary Council released today. The pay gap is an important data point in the debate over federal salaries and clearly shows the government needs higher wages to compete with the private sector for the ...

When the initiative expanded to the Mississippi Delta area, Chapter 13 (IRS Mississippi) President Tonja Johnson was immediately supportive, but she noticed it was missing something: the voices of IRS employees and members of the community. Johnson, who happens to be both, presented IRS management with concrete ways to make the initiative more successful ...

The National Treasury Employees Union has endorsed Kamala Harris for President of the United States. NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald announced the decision after extensive research into the candidates’ records regarding the federal workforce, and consultation with NTEU members and chapter leaders across the country. “When it comes to treating federal ...

NTEU is grateful to have this opportunity to submit this statement of our views on Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations for two agencies under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction where the employees are represented by NTEU -- the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Food & Drug Administration The Administration has ...

                Chairman Amodei, Ranking Member Cuellar and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As National 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 ...

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 employees at 34 federal agencies, including over 675 instructors and support personnel at the Federal Law ...

WASHINGTON – Customs and Border Protection, already short-staffed at the ports, must dramatically ramp up hiring before the number of officer retirements more than triples in 2028, according to the National Treasury Employees Union. To prepare for the massive loss of veteran CBP Officers, the agency needs additional resources over the next three years to ...

WASHINGTON – Federal agencies would be better equipped to compete for workers with improvements to pay, benefits, flexibility, protections and hiring, according to testimony submitted to Congress today by NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald. “It is essential for the federal government to recruit and retain the best and brightest to provide quality ...

WASHINGTON – Any future administration determined to politicize the federal workforce will not be able to randomly fire career civil servants without cause under new regulations proposed by NTEU and finalized today by the Office of Personnel Management. “With these regulations, President Biden’s administration has strengthened the guardrails around the ...

WASHINGTON – Federal agencies considering moving offices to distant locations would have to first consult employees, analyze the cost and ensure that the move would not result in massive staff departures or loss of diversity, under requested regulations endorsed by NTEU. A pending petition with the Office of Personnel Management urges OPM to establish rules to ...

WASHINGTON – National Treasury Employees Union members from around the country arrive on Capitol Hill this week to speak with their elected representatives about issues and legislation that are important to their paychecks, their families and their workplaces.   The NTEU Legislative Conference opened this morning with remarks by NTEU National President Doreen ...