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Washington, D.C.—Approval by the House of Representatives of the 2003 Treasury Appropriations Bill that contains a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees “is a very positive step” in efforts by the federal government to address its serious recruitment and retention problems, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers ...

Washington, D.C.—More than 40 federal agencies rely on employees of the Customs Service to ensure compliance with import laws and regulations affecting their missions, a responsibility that underscores the importance of keeping Customs as a separate entity within a Department of Homeland Security, the leader of the union representing Customs employees said ...

Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees hailed as “critically important steps in the right direction” yesterday’s approval by the Senate Appropriations Committee of a 4.1 percent 2003 pay raise for federal civilian employees and language that would block the use of quotas by the administration in determining ...

Washington, D.C.—Given the anti-union and anti-worker actions of this administration since its first days in office, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has “no confidence whatsoever” in promises by Bush administration officials that they will respect the civil service rights of federal employees placed in a new Department of Homeland Security, NTEU ...

Washington, D.C.—The reasons the “quiet crisis” in public service “has escalated to a fever pitch” over the past dozen years are clear, National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley told a meeting of the National Commission on Public Service today. “Inadequate pay and benefits, blind contracting out targets, artificially restricted ...

Washington, D.C.—National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley has applauded the Senate Treasury Postal Appropriations Subcommittee for voting in opposition to the administration’s use of arbitrary quotas to make contracting decisions. She also welcomed yesterday’s vote by the subcommittee in support of a 4.1 percent 2003 pay raise for ...

Washington, D.C.—President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today said the majority report of the public-private Commercial Activities Panel (CAP), which studied federal contracting out practices, “misses an opportunity to make meaningful recommendations that could measurably improve” the government’s sourcing policies and ...

Washington, D.C.—A federal judge has given preliminary approval to the proposed settlement of the long-running special salary rates case reached by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and the Office of Personnel Management, the leader of NTEU said today. Under terms of the settlement, some 212,000 current and former federal employees would share in ...

Lack Of Agency Funding, Concerns Over Job Security Prime Factors In Low Workforce Morale, Kelley Says Washington, D.C.—The leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said today a new report documenting declining morale among the federal workforce underscores her repeated calls to provide federal agencies and their employees with ...

Washington, D.C.—One of the most important ways to get the full benefits of the modernization effort underway at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is to substantially modify a law that unfairly targets only IRS workers and threatens them with the loss of their jobs, the leader of the union representing IRS employees told a key House subcommittee ...

Washington, D.C.—While gains have been made in both productivity and efficiency at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), the leader of the union representing more than 2,300 PTO employees said the agency and its employees could do even more except for the unfair diversion of fee income from patent and trademark applicants into the general treasury. That was ...

Washington, D.C.—In a wide-ranging and blunt assessment of government efforts to deal with its human capital crisis, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today attacked as a major impediment the administration’s “blind targets” for contracting out federal jobs. “Would you seriously consider employment with the federal ...

Washington, D.C.—In a spirited noontime demonstration, more than 250 members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) marched and chanted yesterday at the Washington headquarters of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in opposition to agency plans to cut as many as 700 jobs. NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley told the cheering crowd that ...

Washington, D.C.—As the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) concluded a highly-successful and effective legislative conference, NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley encouraged union members from around the country to build on the momentum of their Capitol Hill visits as the key to continued progress on issues of importance not just to the federal workforce ...

Washington, D.C.—Next Wednesday morning, National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Colleen M. Kelley will tell a key Senate committee that the rush to contract out an increasing number of federal jobs is unwise public policy—and at noon she’ll lead a Capitol Hill rally of hundreds of federal employees opposed to the Bush administration’s quota-driven ...

Washington, D.C.—The president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) applauded the introduction in the U.S. Senate of legislation that would extend law enforcement officer status to thousands of federal employees whose principal duties involve law enforcement, including more than 13,000 Customs Service and Internal Revenue Service employees ...

Washington, D.C.—The terrorist attacks of last September focused the attention of Americans on the vital question of who they trust to do the work of the public. And the jobs that were performed in the aftermath of those events have led increasing numbers of people to recognize the value and contributions of government workers, the leader of the nation’s ...

Washington, D.C.—A bipartisan group of House members today urged President Bush to reverse his decision in an executive order to effectively dissolve two locals unions at the Department of Justice (DOJ), a step supportive of the sharp criticism of the president’s action expressed earlier by the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal ...

Washington, D.C.—President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) outlined a determined stand against administration plans to contract out a growing number of federal jobs when she told cheering union members at a Capitol Hill rally that “our goal must be to eliminate arbitrary goals” set by the White House of moving government jobs ...

Washington, D.C.—The administration’s arbitrary quotas for privatizing hundreds of thousands of federal jobs will significantly disrupt operations at such key agencies as the Internal Revenue Service and Customs Service, the head of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers told a Senate committee today. President Colleen M. Kelley of the ...