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Washington, D.C.—A plan by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to combine in a single employee the border protection responsibilities held by three highly-skilled specialists raises concerns that this will lead to a serious loss of expertise, the president of the union representing nearly 12,000 DHS employees said today. “It’s unclear to me how having ...

Washington, D.C.—A second administration report seeking to justify its increasing efforts to contract out government jobs to the private sector “adds very little” to a government report earlier this year that failed to provide any meaningful rationale for its massive privatization effort, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers ...

Washington, D.C.—The administration’s major revisions of the rules covering the contracting of government work to the private sector contain so many flaws and problems, the head of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said today, that members of a key House committee should work to block their implementation until the contracting process ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that major revisions in the rules covering the contracting of government work to the private sector set forth by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are illegal. The revisions make it easier for the president to carry out his agenda of shifting ...

Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today applauded approval by the House Appropriations Committee of language calling for civilian-military pay parity in 2004 as well as an amendment requiring the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report on how federal agencies are paying for OMB’s unfunded mandate that they conduct ...

Washington, D.C.—A key point in the National Treasury Employees Union’s (NTEU) federal lawsuit against changes in government contracting out rules “has been vindicated” by a correction published today in the Federal Register by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley said. The technical correction addressed circumstances ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called both “wise and fair” action by a key Senate appropriations subcommittee to support a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees in 2004. She called on Congress to approve the pay measure, which has already been approved by the House Appropriations ...

Washington, D.C.—There are potential ways to improve the federal government’s contracting process, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers said, but revisions announced today by the administration do nothing more than eliminate virtually all substantive rights of front line employees to compete for their jobs, and stack ...

Washington, D.C.—The president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today she is encouraged by a General Accounting Office (GAO) decision to seek public comments on whether the administration’s recent massive changes to federal contracting rules provide federal employees access to important GAO appeal rights. President Colleen M. Kelley, ...

Washington, D.C.—The passage of time and the rush of world events have not diminished for federal workers the painful memory of the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said upon the eighth anniversary of that tragedy. “Federal employees have used their pain over the murders ...

Washington, D.C.—It’s no wonder the government is experiencing a human capital crisis that threatens to worsen significantly, given the barrage of negative messages federal employees are getting regarding not just their pay and benefits but their job security as well. That was the thrust of a message delivered by President Colleen M. Kelley of the National ...

Washington, D.C.—Today’s markup by the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets of legislation that would permit the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to use accelerated hiring processes while providing newly-hired employees with broad civil service rights and protections is an excellent example of labor-management cooperation, the head of the union ...

Washington, D.C.—The ranking minority member of the House Civil Service Subcommittee today pledged to more than 350 members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) that he would work for federal civilian-military pay parity in 2004. “Anything less,” Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) told delegates to NTEU’s annual Legislative Conference “would send the ...

Washington, D.C.—President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today applauded probing questions by Senate Finance Committee members, and in particular from Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-AR), about pending legislation—H.R. 1169—introduced in the House at the request of the administration which would contract out tax collection ...

Washington, D.C.—There is a crisis in public service which the nation “cannot hope to solve absent a commitment to establish a fair process for setting federal salaries” that makes government employment competitive with the private sector, the leader of the largest independent union of federal employees said today. President Colleen M. Kelley of the National ...

Washington, D.C.—More than 350 NTEU local union leaders and activists from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C., for the opening session of the union’s annual legislative conference today. Attendees at the morning session heard from Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), ranking member of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), ...

Washington, D.C.—President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today said she is greatly disappointed with the administration’s proposed budget for fiscal 2004. She criticized the administration in particular for failing to recognize the importance of civilian-military pay parity, for proposing to make it easier to contract out ...

Washington, D.C.—As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially begins its operations today, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) stands ready to share ideas that will contribute to its success, NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley said. NTEU represents some 12,000 employees of the Customs Service who will be among the 170,000 employees from 22 ...

Washington, D.C.—The greatest impediment to a higher performing Internal Revenue Service workforce is the agency’s sharply increased movement toward having government contractors perform its important work, including tax collection, the leader of the union representing IRS employees told the public-private IRS Oversight Board today. President Colleen M. ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees today called “outrageous and just plain wrong” a decision by the administration, as carried in media reports, to reinstate substantial cash bonuses for political appointees at the same time it was limiting the 2003 pay raise for rank-and-file civilian federal ...