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Washington, D.C.?The national president of the union representing Customs Service employees today strongly reiterated her call for Congress to provide Customs with more funding on a continuing basis to allow the border control agency to provide the additional staffing "that so clearly is required along our nation's northern border in this dangerous ...

Washington, D.C.-Higher pay in the form of "special salary rates" for three classifications of federal information technology (IT) workers in grades 5 through 12 is "a good short-term tool" to help the government attract and retain the computer professionals it needs now and over the next few years, the head of the nation's largest independent union of federal ...

Washington, D.C.-The first-ever collective bargaining agreement for employees at the National Center for Health Care Statistics (NCHS) was signed today by National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) National President Colleen M. Kelley and Director Dr. Ed Sondik of NCHS. Included in the agreement is a provision that the agency will bargain over "permissive" ...

Washington, D.C.?In the wake of a report showing substantial tax delinquencies among members of Congress and their staffs, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today urged Congress to act so that those enforcing the nation's tax laws are not treated more harshly than those who write those laws. NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley said the way ...

Washington, D.C.?The results of a congressionally?ordered study on the effectiveness of a law designed to ensure that federally?regulated banks do a better job in making mortgage loans available to low and moderate income families underscores and reaffirms the support the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has long attached to the program, the union ...

Washington, D.C.?The proposal by Texas Gov. George W. Bush to open the jobs of some 450,000 federal workers?a quarter of the federal workforce?to the private sector would only make worse "an already?costly set of circumstances," the head of the largest independent federal employees union said today. President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury ...

Long Beach, CA?Resources for front?line employees of the Customs Service are falling far short of what is needed to keep up with "dramatic increases" in trade volume, drug?smuggling and public travel, and that puts at serious risk the ability of this vital government agency to do its job, the leader of the union representing Customs employees said ...

Washington, D.C.-President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today expressed her support of the action by the Senate Appropriations Committee to roll back increased retirement contributions by federal employees and to extend for another year a program of child care subsidies in the federal workplace. The provisions were ...

Washington, D.C.-The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), one of the first major labor unions to endorse Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman's initial bid for the Senate, today strongly endorsed his selection to be presidential candidate Al Gore's vice presidential running mate. NTEU National President Colleen M. Kelley said Senator Lieberman, who is ...

Washington, D.C.-The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and the federal government have set a target date of Nov. 30, 2000, for reaching an agreement on how to pay current and former "special rate" federal employees the millions of dollars in back pay owed them, NTEU National President Colleen M. Kelley announced today. More than 188,000 special rate ...

Chairman McSally, Ranking Member Vela, 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 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed at 328 ...

Chairman Hoeven, Ranking Member Shaheen, 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 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed at ...

Chairman Carter, Ranking Member Roybal-Allard, 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 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed ...

Chairman Lankford, Ranking Member Heitkamp and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on pay issues on behalf of the 150,000 federal employees represented by NTEU at dozens of federal agencies. As President of NTEU, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this critical issue with the Subcommittee, particularly owing to the ...

Chairman Miller, Ranking Member Vela, 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 25,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed at 328 ...

Chairman Hoeven, Ranking Member Shaheen, 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 24,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed at ...

Chairman Lankford and Ranking Member Heitkamp, thank you for the opportunity to share my views with the Subcommittee. As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union, I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal employees at dozens of federal agencies. While our members perform a wide variety of functions and hold diverse ...

Chairman Carter, Ranking Member Roybal-Allard, 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 24,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed ...

Chairman Meadows, Ranking Member Connolly, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing NTEU to appear before you to discuss tax compliance issues in the federal workforce. I am Maureen Gilman, Legislative and Political Director at NTEU, and am here today on behalf of our National President, Colleen Kelley. Mr. ...

Chairman Schatz, Ranking Member Scott, 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 24,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists stationed at 329 ...