NFFE Newsroom


  • Pause, Reflect, Honor

    Brothers and Sisters,    Each year on November 11, Americans set aside 24 hours to pause, reflect, and honor our nation’s veterans. But to those of us who wore the…
  • Federal Employees Still Paid 35% Less than Matching Private Sector Work

    For the third time in three years, a study released by the Federal Salary Council shows federal employees making 35 percent less than comparable private-sector employment. The Federal Salary Council,…
  • Local 1031 Kicks Off New Recruitment Plan with Successful Event

    Primarily located at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, NFFE Local 1031 officers spend untold hours on the road ensuring that NFFE-IAM members receive first-class representation in all of…
  • NFFE Legal Team Helps Locals Win Major Cases

    Although they oftentimes work behind the scenes, NFFE-IAM members should know that NFFE’s Councils and Locals are supported by an in-house legal team. NFFE’s legal team is widely respected in…
  • IAM Conference Asks Attendees to Change the World

    If you’re crazy enough to think you can change the world, you probably can. Earlier this year, the IAM issued this challenge to its members and on October 7-11, 2015,…
  • Randy Erwin Appointed National Secretary-Treasurer of NFFE

    Following a retirement announcement from National Secretary-Treasurer (S/T) Bill Fenaughty in early 2015, NFFE National President William R. Dougan began to seek a qualified candidate to fill out the remainder…
  • Resiliency

    Brothers and sisters, The fortitude of NFFE-IAM members is something to be admired. In no other industry are employees routinely left guessing whether their employer will have the lights on…
  • NFFE Working to Avert Government Shutdown

    Amid the shocking news of Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner’s October resignation, the likelihood of a government shutdown in two days appears far less likely than it…
  • Time Running out to Stop Shutdown

    In seven days, the US government will plunge into a shutdown for the second time in two years. In the four years since John Boehner became Speaker of the House,…
  • NFFE Sends Open Letter to President to Implement LMWFA

    Last month, NFFE achieved an important victory as, after years of work, the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) was signed into law (Public Law 114-47). The new law makes…