Sep 27, 2016Convention, Day One Recap
On the first day of the convention, delegates heard from a variety of speakers, including: Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, Sen. Jon Tester, IAM Legislative Director Hasan Solomon, Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Fischer, National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) President David...
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Sep 14, 2016ACTION ALERT: Stand Up to Corporations Raising FLTCIP Premiums
With Congress imposing countless austerity programs on the federal workforce, the FLTCIP price spike comes at a time when federal employees have already sacrificed $182 billion in the name of federal deficit reduction. Rising healthcare costs are just one of the many reasons Congress and the...
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Sep 9, 2016Convention Delegates and National Candidates Now Available for Review
In just over two weeks, elected delegates from NFFE Locals across the country will descend on sunny Lake Buena Vista, Fla. for NFFE's 50th National Convention. A lot of planning goes into executing a successful convention, and NFFE National Staff have been eagerly preparing for the quadrennial...
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Sep 8, 2016NFFE Helps Chart Path Forward at IAM Grand Lodge Convention
Aspirational, well-informed strategic planning is the key to success in any organization. And that is exactly what delegates at the Grand Lodge Convention have been tasked to do this week. Convention delegates were broken out into industry clusters to discuss challenges the Union faces as well as...
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Sep 2, 2016It is Our Work that Binds Us
Every day men and women go to work to do the things that make our country great. Whether they wear a military uniform, suits or dresses, overalls, scrubs or religious garb, they share a common desire to do their part to make our country, and our world, a better place to live.
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Aug 30, 2016NFFE Takes on the U.S. Forest Service in Court over FOIA Practices
Despite the notorious USFS public information practices, NFFE has made numerous requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on issues ranging from agency expenses incurred during contract negotiations to simple position descriptions for employees in the Cherokee National...
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Aug 29, 2016Legal Eagle, August 2016 Edition
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Aug 24, 2016NFFE Secretary-Treasurer Erwin Elected Co-Chair of Federal Workers Alliance
Following a successful five-year tenure as the Chairman of the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), NFFE National President William R. Dougan recently announced the resignation of his Chairmanship ahead of his anticipated retirement following NFFE’s 50th National Convention this September. And...
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Aug 19, 2016Assistance is Available to Union Members Affected by Louisiana Flooding
NFFE realizes that members of NFFE Local 1904 and their families have suffered loss and face uncertainty, now and moving forward, and may require urgent help. NFFE stands in solidarity with all members who have suffered from natural disaster, and is ready to provide support and assistance through...
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Aug 12, 2016NFFE Forest Service Council Achieves Protections for All Workers
The NFFE Forest Service Council has been working for years to get the Forest Service to implement anti-bullying policies or committing to an environment that fosters respect for individual values and appropriate conduct among all employees throughout the Agency. And finally, the most recent round...
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Aug 11, 2016Proposed Bylaws Amendments and Resolutions Now Available for Review
As delegates prepare to head to sunny Orlando, Florida for NFFE's 50th National Convention, the NFFE National Office has been spending much of 2016 making detailed arrangements to ensure Convention operations run smoothly. One of those responsibilities is to collect and distribute proposed bylaws...
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Aug 3, 2016NFFE Strongly Opposed to Commission on Care Report
The report highlights the supposed long-term issues in the VHA Care System relating to staffing, facility consistency, capital needs, and health care disparities. The report also makes a major recommendation to replace the current VHA with a new entity, to be known as the VHA Care System. In the...
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Jul 29, 2016NFFE's National Convention is Only Two Months Away -- Be Prepared!
With NFFE's 50th National Convention less than two months away, staff and members alike have been busily preparing to ensure a smooth and efficient week of important union business. Delegates from across the country will convene in sunny Orlando, Florida from September 25-29, 2016 to receive...
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Jul 26, 2016Legal Eagle, July 2016 Edition
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Jul 19, 2016NFFE and Allies Fight Legislation Gutting Federal Employee Due Process Rights
While supporters of this bill touted gimmicky provisions such as a moratorium of federal employees viewing porn on government computers, the vast majority of the bill was made up of arbitrary and punitive attacks on the due process rights of federal employees. As we continue to defend against the...
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Jul 12, 2016NFFE Letter to USFS Chief Tidwell Regarding Civilian Conservation Corps Program
The blame for the recent closure of Treasure Lake and Ouachita Civilian Conservation Centers, as well as the chronic poor performance of other Centers, falls squarely on the shoulders of the inept leadership at the CCC National Office. NFFE will not stand idly by and let the lack of leadership...
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Jul 6, 2016NFFE Continues Fight for a Real Pay Adjustment
Last month, NFFE joined forces with 20 organizations representing federal employees in calling for lawmakers to approve a much-needed 5.3 percent pay adjustment for federal employees in 2017. The currently-proposed 1.6 percent pay adjustment by Congress is woefully inadequate and fails to account...
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Jun 28, 2016OPM Continues Offering Protections for Victims of Data Breach
On Friday, Beth Cobert, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), announced that the agency has taken several measures to address cybersecurity issues exposed in the wake of last summer’s data breach. Also announced was an increase in insurance protection for those effected...
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Jun 24, 2016Legal Eagle, June 2016 Edition
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Jun 21, 2016NFFE-IAM VA Members Protect Employee Due Process Rights at Agency
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will no longer use the expedited firing process for Senior Executives as outlined in the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, following constitutional questions raised by the Department of Justice (DoJ). This...
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Jun 17, 2016Stage is Set for 50th National Convention, is Your Local Ready?
Delegates in attendance of this year's Convention will be pleasantly surprised by the flexibilities offered by the host hotel, as well as the countless amenities and amusement park offerings directly surrounding the Buena Vista Palace Hotel (owned and operated by Hilton, so eligible attendees...
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Jun 14, 2016Collaboration Drives NFFE Indian Health Service Council Contract Negotiations
Contract negotiations can be an agonizing experience for many NFFE Locals and Councils, spending months or years battling Agency management over various contract provisions. However, the same cannot be said about the NFFE Indian Health Service (IHS) Council’s recently-bargained Master Contract,...
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Jun 9, 2016NFFE Forest Service Council Challenges Agency over Shameful Hiring Practice
Amidst active contract negotiations, and after months of urging the U.S. Forest Service to end flawed hiring practices which limit who can apply for jobs in the Agency, NFFE's Forest Service Council (FSC) decided they needed to take a new approach with negotiations. And on June 7, 2016, the FSC...
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Jun 3, 2016Broken Promises: Seeking Justice for Injured Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers
Congress enacted 5 U.S. Code (U.S.C.) 8336.6(c) retirement benefits due to the hazardous nature of the occupation but no provisions were made should these employees be injured and unable to return to a hazardous duty position. In May, NFFE FSC representatives were on Capitol Hill asking Congress...
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May 31, 2016NFFE-IAM Members Storm Capitol Hill to Fight for Federal Employees
Earlier this month, NFFE-IAM members from Locals across the country gathered in Washington, DC for a week to meet with members of Congress to discuss the issues important to federal employees at the 2016 IAM Legislative Conference. Every year, federal employees are forced to endure increasingly...
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May 27, 2016Debt of Gratitude
As we gather together with friends and family over Memorial Day weekend, please take a moment to remember and to offer prayers for all of the men and women who lost their lives while in service to the United States of America. They gave their lives defending our country, and for that we owe them...
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May 25, 2016NFFE Fights to Protect VA Members from Congressional Attacks
While federal employees are forced to endure attack after attack from the current anti-worker Congress, one agency has experienced a particularly toxic stream of attacks in recent years. Following a national scandal in 2014, nurses and doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been...
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May 20, 2016Legal Eagle, May 2016 Edition
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May 2, 2016President Obama Issues Proclamation for Public Service Recognition Week
The well-being of our people depends on the passion and dedication of our workforce, and my Administration has worked to recruit, uplift, and empower exceptional civil servants. In an effort to fully realize the belief that all of us have the capacity to make a meaningful difference and...
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Apr 8, 2016NFFE-IAM Members Attend AFL-CIO’s Inaugural Women’s Global Leadership Program
On March 13-16, 2016 fifty Union women from throughout the country gathered together in New York City for the AFL-CIO’s inaugural Women’s Global Leadership Program. The program brought together Union sisters from both the private and public sectors to learn about the global labor movement while...
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Apr 5, 2016REMINDER: Select Delegates for NFFE’s 50th National Convention
One of the most important aspects of NFFE’s 50th National Convention is the gathering of delegates from around the country to chart out the direction of the Union, in addition to electing our national officers, make changes to the union’s bylaws, and participate in discussions with some of the...
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Apr 1, 2016Red River Army Depot Locals Team Up to Host Celebratory BBQ
Texas—a place known for cowboys, BBQ and a beaming sense of pride among its residents. But something many outsiders would not attribute to Texas are proud Unionists. Yet in the northeast corner of the state, on the Texas-Arkansas border, lies the town of Texarkana, Tx—home to hundreds of proud...
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