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Washington, D.C: -- The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and the Department of Energy (DOE) signed an agreement today on a new, four?step performance appraisal system at DOE headquarters that will use job standards developed with substantial input from employees. NTEU President Robert M. Tobias, who praised the efforts of Energy Secretary Bill ...

Washington, D.C.The long-time leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) will join Washington's American University as Practitioner?in?Residence where he will teach and study a wide range of issues dealing with the implementation of public policy. NTEU President Robert M. Tobias, who is not seeking re?election next month after 16 years as head of ...

Washington, D.C.-- The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) today said it supports the contention in a new public policy book that it takes much more to reshape the federal government effectively than merely reducing the number of federal employees and replacing them with outside contractors. NTEU President Robert M. Tobias, an early and vocal critic of ...

Washington, D.C.— The prospective loss of nearly 2,000 scientific and technical employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) over the next five years “should serve as yet another wake-up call” to the need for improved federal pay and adequate agency funding, the head of the union representing DOE employees said today. President Colleen M. Kelley of the ...

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 ...

Las Vegas, Nevada-In her first major address as National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), Colleen M. Kelley today pledged to continue on NTEU's long-time path of "using all of the tools available to us" to improve the lives of those represented by the nation's largest independent federal union. The newly-elected NTEU National ...

Las Vegas, Nevada - Delegates to the National Treasury Employees Union's (NTEU) 47' National Convention have overwhelmingly elected Colleen M. Kelley to lead the nation's largest independent federal sector union. Kelley, who becomes NTEU national president after service as the union's national executive vice president, received 93 percent of the votes cast. ...

Thank you Chairman Lynch for this opportunity to present the views of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) on HR 2517, the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009. NTEU is the nation’s largest independent federal sector labor union, representing workers at 31 government agencies. For over 70 years our union has been in the forefront of ...

Chairman Lynch, Ranking Member Chaffetz, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before this distinguished subcommittee. I would like to congratulate both of you in your new capacities as chair and ranking member of the subcommittee that has the important mission of overseeing the federal government’s workforce. These are ...

Good morning Chairman Lieberman, Ranking Member Collins and members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. My name is Colleen M. Kelley and I am National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). NTEU is the nation’s largest independent federal sector labor union, representing workers at 31 government ...

Chairman Akaka, Ranking Member Voinovich and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Colleen Kelley and I am the National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). NTEU represents some 150,000 federal employees in 30 different federal agencies and departments. I appreciate the opportunity today to discuss “The Perils of Politics ...