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Washington D.C. – The administration’s scheme to eviscerate the rights of federal employees took another alarming step with a decision that puts Health and Human Services employees at a significant disadvantage in forthcoming contract negotiations. The Federal Service Impasses Panel, over the objection of the National Treasury Employees Union, has now ...

As a Consumer Safety Officer for nearly nine years at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the employee—a member of Chapter 290 (FDA New York/New Jersey)—conducts investigations of animal tissue at farms in upstate New York. In May 2016, the employee asked for a 4/10 compressed schedule. This NTEU-negotiated schedule option allows employees to work four, ...

Washington, D.C.—Ongoing budget issues across the federal government are fueling increasing dissatisfaction within the federal workforce, according to rankings released today on the best places to work in the federal government. According to the rankings, overall job satisfaction among federal employees dropped to score of 57.8 on a scale of 100—the lowest ...

Washington, D.C.— Hoping to hit a home run for the administration in opposing the Nelson-Chafee-Breaux bipartisan compromise amendment to homeland security legislation pending in the Senate, a group of federal senior executives struck out in its understanding of what the amendment would do. Strike One: In a letter to senators, the Senior Executive ...

Washington, D.C.— The leader of the largest independent union of federal employees was quick to denounce an attempt made on the floor of the Senate today to paint the union as strictly partisan in its campaign donations. “NTEU donates money to federal candidates based on their support of federal employees and the issues important to federal employees,” said ...

Washington, D.C.-The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) demanded that the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) "stop undermining the interests of its own employees" and schedule a prompt vote on union representation. NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley yesterday told an enthusiastic rally of some 300 NTEU members and SEC employees outside ...

Chairman Ross, Ranking Member Lynch, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of the 160,000 federal employees represented by NTEU. The focus of today’s hearing, H.R. 122, introduced by Congressman Gingrey (R-GA), would severely limit the ability of federal labor representatives to carry out their ...