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Chairwoman Sinema, Ranking Member Lankford, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today.  As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) ...

However, the June 10 guidance from the administration represents a solid start to the long process of making sure there will be improvements in safety protocols at the workplace and favorable updates to employees’ work schedules and conditions. NTEU will work to ensure that agencies follow this guidance. In particular, the guidance makes clear that no major ...

The 2022 budget proposal includes: - A 2.7 percent average pay increase for federal employees. While this is a step in the right direction, NTEU is working with Congress to pass the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act (H.R. 392 and S. 561) which would provide federal employees a 3.2 percent average pay increase next year. -A paid family leave program ...

WASHINGTON –The frontline federal workforce, made up of hundreds of thousands of middle-class civil servants from all 50 states, is battling low morale, heavier workloads and concern about agency missions, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). Overall, the findings illustrate the challenges NTEU faces to make ...

Washington D.C. – Federal employees would receive higher pay, expanded benefits and greater resources at the workplace under President Biden’s first budget proposal released today. The proposal includes a 2.7 percent average pay increase for federal employees in 2022, a paid family leave program that would help working Americans care for critically ill family ...

Washington D.C. – Bipartisan legislation to preserve the merit-based federal civil service, endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union, was approved today by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.    The Preventing a Patronage System Act, sponsored by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), would require the approval of ...

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 29,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade ...

Washington D.C. – After a year of maximum telework that successfully protected the health and safety of the federal workforce, two-thirds of frontline federal employees also report an uptick in productivity while working from home, according to a survey of National Treasury Employees Union members.  “First and foremost, telework saved lives. Coronavirus would ...

Chairman Connolly, Ranking Member Hice, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for today’s hearing.  As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents 150,000 dedicated federal employees across 34 agencies.  First I want to ...

Washington D.C. – The Office of Personnel Management should require federal agencies grant administrative leave for all federal employees who choose to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a request from members of Congress that is supported by the National Treasury Employees Union.  “Our federal employees have been challenged throughout this pandemic by ...