October 2, 2015
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…
October 1, 2015
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…
September 29, 2015
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…
September 23, 2015
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,…
September 17, 2015
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…
September 16, 2015
Under a new bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, federal employees would receive six weeks of paid parental leave for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a…
September 9, 2015
Coming off one of the best months in Congress for federal employees (Congress was on recess, so they were not able to harm the federal workforce), Congress is back in…
September 3, 2015
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated in the United States on September 5, 1882 in New York City. The purpose was to acknowledge and honor the social and economic…
August 28, 2015
Last month, the Department of the Army announced that 17,000 Department of Army civilian employees will be cut as a part of a larger Department-wide force structure decision that will…
August 21, 2015
Earlier this year, NFFE, along with the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) and the American Federation of government Employees (AFGE), secured a massive legal win – reaching an…
