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October 2, 2012
Day one of the 49th NFFE National Convention is officially in the books, and the mood inside the convention hall here in Portland, OR could only be described as emotional.…
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October 1, 2012
It’s official – after four years of hard work by our locals and national office, the 49th NFFE National Convention is officially under way! Held at the historic Benson Hotel…
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September 21, 2012
The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) honors our fallen diplomats, working to recognize their service and sacrifice by providing educational assistance to surviving children through FEEA’s Diplomatic Fund.…
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September 20, 2012
With the presidential elections less than two months away, candidates have started to assert their positions on key federal employee issues. Republican nominee Mitt Romney offered his stance and other…
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September 18, 2012
“Devastating impact.” “Threat.” “Destructive.” These are the words the Obama White House chose to describe the $1.2 trillion in impending sequestration cuts in a recent report detailing the automatic reductions.…
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September 10, 2012
Several leading budget experts believe that next year’s massive sequestration cuts will result in furloughs and RIFs at many federal agencies, according a recent piece in Government Executive magazine. The…
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September 5, 2012
As summer comes to a close, we are now less than one month away from the beginning of the 49th NFFE National Convention. Scheduled for October 1-4, 2012, the union’s…
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August 31, 2012
We celebrate the proud history of all workers across the country this Labor Day. No matter what your job is, the collective efforts of us all make this nation strong…
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August 31, 2012
New estimates from the Professional Services Council, an organization of government contracting firms, suggest Defense and nearly all non-Defense agencies will see cuts in the 7-8% range when sequestration takes…
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August 30, 2012
(International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) This is the official announcement of the IAM’s Communicator class to be held December 9-14, 2012, at the William W. Winpisinger Education and…