February 17, 2011
Yesterday, NFFE National President William R. Dougan penned the a letter to the House of Representatives, opposing the Issa amendment to the 2011 Continuing Resolution. The amendment would bar all…
February 16, 2011
Last week, Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2011, H.R. 657, a bill that would freeze federal hiring and slash the workforce through attrition. Co-sponsored…
February 15, 2011
Last week, House Representatives Carolynn Maloney (D-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Gerald Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, a bill to extend four weeks of paid…
February 11, 2011
Brothers and Sisters, What we are seeing this week in Madison, Wisconsin is the beginning of something unlike anything we have seen in generations. Governor Scott Walker, and his anti-union…
February 11, 2011
Responding to growing pressure from conservative members of the party, House Republicans yesterday announced that they will pursue an additional $26 billion in cuts to federal agency budgets this fiscal…
February 10, 2011
One extremely valuable, but often overlooked, tool that every NFFE Local can utilize is the sign-in sheet. Sign-in sheets should be kept near the entrance to your union office, and…
February 9, 2011
This morning, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) released a list of 70 budget cuts committee Republicans will propose for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011. The first round…
February 4, 2011
Yesterday, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, announced that House Republicans intend to slash $74 billion dollars from the federal budget in the remainder of Fiscal…
February 4, 2011
Thanks for reading the first installment of NFFE’s Organizing Tip of the Week! Going forward, NFFE will post one piece of recruitment advice every week so that all NFFE members…
January 28, 2011
The National Executive Council is proud to announce that the 49th NFFE National Convention will be held next year in the city of Portland, Oregon. Scheduled for October 1-4, 2012,…
