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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 ...

Washington, D.C.—The necessary first step in any successful effort to reshape the federal government has to be a full accounting of the massive and growing contractor workforce that is increasingly performing the work of the American people, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal employees said today. President Colleen M. Kelley of ...

Washington, D.C.—There are meaningful ways to improve the federal government’s contracting process, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers said today, but revisions proposed by the administration to that process fall short. The government’s reckless proposals are a missed opportunity that does little more than eliminate the ...

Washington, D.C.— Legislation passed last night by the Senate to establish a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a “great disappointment” and is most notable not for what the bill contains, but for what is missing, NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley said. “The homeland security bill passed by the House and the Senate leaves employees who will transfer ...

Washington, D.C.—The president of the union representing some 98,000 employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today expressed the willingness of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) to work with newly-named IRS commissioner-designate Mark Everson on the “continuing and very important issues” facing the IRS and its employees. Everson, deputy ...

Washington, D.C.—The results of the midterm elections present federal employees with “both opportunities and challenges,” particularly on the key matter of educating newly-elected legislators about the substantial contributions to the nation of the federal workforce, the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today. “The work of NTEU on ...