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The CDC announced Sunday that gatherings of 50 or more people should be canceled for the next eight weeks. In order to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect federal employees and their families, Reardon argued the guidance should immediately be applied to federal workplaces.    "The half-measures taken so far are not enough because too many government ...

Chairman Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member Fleischmann and 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 27,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement ...

Washington D.C. – Customs and Border Protection needs an additional $160 million in fiscal year 2021 to hire 1,110 new officers, specialists and technicians at the nation’s ports of entry, NTEU National President Tony Reardon told Congress today. The president’s 2021 budget did not request funding to hire any new CBP personnel to work at the understaffed ...

Washington D.C. – The Federal Labor Relations Authority, in a 2-1 decision, has overturned 40 years of labor-management law and indulged the administration’s ongoing effort to try and weaken federal employee unions. The FLRA’s decision, released today, was requested by the Office of Personnel Management and reverses the FLRA’s position, since a 1981 ruling, ...

Chairman Foster, Chairwoman Fletcher, Ranking Members Norman and Weber, and distinguished members of the Subcommittees, thank you for the opportunity for NTEU to make this statement on behalf of the Department of Energy (DOE) employees we represent. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that ...

Chairwoman Torres Small, Ranking Member Crenshaw, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 27,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) ...

Washington D.C. – The vast majority of federal employees are bracing for another government shutdown by cutting back on spending and growing increasingly anxious about their families’ financial well-being, according to a new survey of more than 6,200 members of the National Treasury Employees Union. “The pain from the record shutdown one year ago is just too ...

Chairwoman Torres Small, Ranking Member Crenshaw, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 27,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture ...

Washington D.C. – The possibility of setting a new government funding deadline for mid- or late-December is already creating shutdown anxiety in federal employee households around the country, said NTEU National President Tony Reardon. Reports say congressional leaders are considering extending the current Nov. 21 deadline another few weeks to buy more time ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employees on average earn 26.71 percent less than their counterparts in the private sector, according to new figures released by the Federal Salary Council. The council, which includes NTEU National President Tony Reardon, heard alarming testimony Tuesday from federal agencies that are having trouble hiring because of the ...

Chairman Connolly, Ranking Member Meadows and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for allowing NTEU to share its thoughts on how the government can build the most effective workforce, attract skilled and talented individuals, and engage federal employees throughout their careers. As National President of NTEU, I represent 150,000 federal employees in 33 ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employees from dozens of agencies banded together and turned their lunch hours into a high-powered rally Tuesday at the Capitol, calling for an end to the attacks on their rights and their unions. NTEU National President Tony Reardon and local NTEU member and Health and Human Services employee Dannine Johnson were among the speakers ...

 Washington, D.C.—The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) 2017 Legislative Conference opened today when more than 350 federal employees from around the country gathered to rally support for fair pay, secure pensions, a commitment to agency missions, affordable health insurance and workplace fairness. Activities at the three-day conference include ...

Reardon penned a sharply-worded op-ed for GovExec explaining how these disparaging comments from Mick Mulvaney, who also serves as Office of Management and Budget director, mark a new low for an administration with an established track record of attacking federal employees. “Mulvaney has now clearly stated, as administration policy, that relocating federal ...