July 12, 2016
July 12, 2016 The Honorable Tom Tidwell Chief, U.S. Forest Service Yates Building, 5th Floor, NW Wing 201 Fourteenth Street, SW Washington, DC 20250 Dear Chief Tidwell, Last week, the…
July 6, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. 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…
June 28, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. On Friday, Beth Cobert, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), announced that the agency has taken several measures to address cybersecurity…
June 24, 2016
A PERIODIC FLYOVER OF NOTABLE LABOR & EMPLOYMENT CASES Rainey v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10254 (Fed Cir. 2016). Summary: The employee alleged retaliation for whistleblower…
June 21, 2016
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…
June 17, 2016
Earlier this month, representatives from NFFE’s National Office traveled to Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, Fla. to make final arrangements for NFFE’s 50th National Convention this September. This visit to…
June 14, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. Contract negotiations can be an agonizing experience for many NFFE Locals and Councils, spending months or years battling Agency management over various contract provisions.…
June 9, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. 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…
June 3, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. Robert, 28 years old, had just been hired as a federal firefighter. During orientation, he learned that firefighters were in a special retirement system…
May 31, 2016
Get the bulletin board-ready story, here. 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…
