
January 2, 2012
(International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers) This is the official announcement of the 2012 IAM Newsletter & Website Contest. It is open to all local and district lodges in…

January 2, 2012
(International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers) This is the Official Call for the 2012 Basic Newsletter Development course at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center at Placid…

December 16, 2011
Federal workers can breathe a sigh of relief because Congress was able to reach a tentative agreement to fund the government. The outlines of the agreement are still murky, but…

December 14, 2011
Tuesday the House passed a Republican bill, H.R. 3630, which included a one-year pay freeze extension and major cuts to federal retirement benefits. The bill passed by mostly party line…

December 12, 2011
Here we go again. Washington politicians are trying to play politics with federal workers over extending the payroll tax cut. As you read this they are considering a pay freeze…

December 8, 2011
Yesterday, NFFE and 25 other members of the Federal Postal Coalition came together to send a letter to Capitol Hill urging elected officials to take pay freeze extensions and workforce…

December 2, 2011
Wednesday evening, a flurry of activity in the federal labor community began as reports emerged that Republicans in the U.S. Senate would introduce a bill to pay for the extension…

December 2, 2011
Some Republicans in the Senate are pushing a proposal to extend the current pay freeze for federal employees another three years, for a total of five consecutive years, to offset…

November 28, 2011
Federal workers and managers had much to give thanks for this holiday as President Obama announced Wednesday his reauthorization of a 2010 executive order calling for labor-management partnerships throughout the…

November 22, 2011
Yesterday the Congressional Super Committee, a bipartisan group of 12 legislators tasked with finding $1.2 trillion in spending reductions by November 23rd, officially threw in the towel. You heard that…