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Washington, D.C.—A federal court status conference with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and the Justice Department involving the long-running special salary rates case has been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 18. NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley said that while she understands the frustration of those current and former federal employees who ...
Washington, D.C.—Legislation announced by Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) seeking to improve the ability of the federal government to attract and keep skilled workers is of significant interest to the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), said NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley. Announced during a press conference to launch the Partnership for Public Service, ...
Washington, D.C.—In light of the dramatic increase in security concerns around the nation, including the threat of contracting anthrax, the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has asked the federal government’s chief personnel officer for information about measures the government is taking to protect members of the federal workforce. In a ...
Washington, D.C.—In a candid assessment of the impact of sharply rising health care premiums, the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today told Congress that not only are rising costs making health coverage “prohibitively expensive” for some federal employees, they are a key factor in making jobs in the federal sector ...
Washington, D.C.— The loss and possible destruction by a federal contractor of as many as 40,000 tax-related documents, including not just tax returns but checks in payment of taxes, “is yet another example of the dangers of the foolhardy rush to contract out federal work,” the president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today. NTEU ...
Washington, D.C.—The concept of improving government service to the public is one that federal employees have long supported, but without adequate funding for federal agencies, it will remain “a most difficult goal to achieve,” the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers said today. In commenting on a lengthy report by the federal ...
Philadelphia, PA—The leader of the union representing some 150,000 federal employees told more than 350 delegates to the organization’s national convention today that they and every member of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) “must prepare for a coordinated, grassroots stand against the arbitrary contracting out of federal jobs.” In her keynote ...
Washington, D.C.—Any attempt by Congress to address concerns about personnel costs in the Customs Service by attacking night differential pay without looking at the expanding workload demands placed on Customs employees is “misguided and wrong,” the head of the union representing more than 12,000 Customs employees told a House subcommittee today. In ...
Washington, D.C.—The president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today declared a matter of “common sense and simple justice” passage 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 ...
Washington, D.C.—Congress should take immediate steps to increase the accountability of the federal contractor workforce and determine whether they are delivering the services they promised, on time and within budget, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union today told lawmakers at a congressional hearing on contracting out. “Even though more dollars ...
Washington, D.C.— In a letter to the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the leaders of the two largest unions of federal workers have expressed their “profound concern about the strong pro-contractor bias” shown by the Bush administration in connection with several issues dealing with the contracting out of federal jobs. Presidents Colleen ...
Washington, D.C.— The announcement by Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont that he will leave the Republican Party “holds the potential for a healthy and more thorough review of the agenda of the Bush administration,” the leader of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers said today. Sen. Jeffords has said he will serve as a political independent, ...
Washington, D.C.—President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today lashed out at a Bush administration proposal to divert into the general treasury $207 million in fee revenue generated by the Patent and Trademark Office, calling it “a disastrous and reckless plan.” NTEU represents about 2,250 PTO employees. Kelley said NTEU ...
Washington, D.C.—In a letter to a key member of Congress, President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) urged that a congressional review of the contracting out of governmental services focus on “the problems of waste and overstated savings” resulting from “the lack of accountability” in the current system. In a letter to Rep. ...
Washington, D.C.—The head of the nation’s largest independent union of federal workers today sharply criticized the Bush administration for proposing steps that almost certainly would expand federal contracting out, a move that came only two days after establishment of an independent panel mandated by Congress to review the policies and procedures governing ...
Washington, DC - NTEU National President Colleen M. Kelley said a reported proposed pay increase of 3.6 percent for federal civilian workers in 2002 is "unconscionable," following reports that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is directing agencies to plan their 2002 budgets with a 3.6 percent raise for employees. "In this time of great budget ...
Washington, D.C.-The labor-management partnership effort that has propelled the most far-reaching modernization of a government agency in more than 50 years was honored last night with a Hammer Award from the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR). The award-a $6 hammer, a ribbon and a note from Vice President Al Gore, all in an aluminum ...
Washington, D.C.-A sharp decline in enforcement actions by the Internal Revenue Service over the past year, including audits of tax returns, is "very strong evidence" of the need for Congress to provide the IRS with the additional funds it needs to meet its varied and critical responsibilities to the nation's taxpayers, including not just enforcement of the ...
Washington, D.C.-With another in a long string of successful organizing victories in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) now is the exclusive collective bargaining agent for every union-eligible employee in this key government agency. In the most recent successful vote, which was tabulated today by ...
Washington, D.C.-The head of the nation's largest independent union of federal employees today called on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to "take swift and decisive action" to contain escalating health care premiums for federal employees, retirees and their families. President Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said a ...