NFFE Newsroom

On Wednesday, members of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) were invited to join Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh at a White House roundtable to promote worker organizing and collective bargaining within the federal workforce. 

Over the last several months, NFFE Local leaders throughout the country, often with the assistance NFFE national business representatives, headquarters staff, and NFFE Council leaders, have been focused on organizing and increasing membership in their Locals, and experiencing great success.

On Monday evening, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued additional information on the vaccination requirement for Federal Employees.

Today, OPM released two new guidance memos on the vaccine mandate: one applying the vaccine mandate to new hires and another on enforcement, including FAQs.

A big congratulations goes out to NFFE Locals CE 3, FL 7, FL 2189, FL 1865, and FL 1998!

The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is closely monitoring the situation on Capitol Hill regarding government funding, which is set to expire Thursday at midnight. NFFE has been in contact with congressional leadership, requesting that a clean Continuing Resolution (CR) is passed quickly, preferably today.

Has your agency engaged with you on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate yet? If not, NFFE locals should invoke our right to bargain the impact and implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate as soon as possible.

Yesterday afternoon, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force released new, updated FAQs for Vaccinations: https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/

On Monday, President Biden traveled to both Idaho and California to address extreme weather in the Western United States, which according to the President has produced a “code red” emergency ­– the ongoing wildfire crisis.

On Wednesday, September 9th, President Biden Signed into law an Executive Order (EO) requiring vaccination for federal employees against the COVID-19 disease. All federal workers must be fully vaccinated by November 22, 2021.