June 21, 2012
Let’s face it – it’s been a rough two years for federal employees. Between the pay freeze, RIFs, budget reductions, and retirement cuts, we are all just about at the…
June 19, 2012
Last Thursday, June 14th, a Senate panel advanced a spending bill that is suspected to further extend the pay freeze for federal employees in light of a recommended pay raise.…
June 19, 2012
NFFE is asking federal workers to support the cause of one man for the sake of many. His name is John Lauer, NFFE-IAM member and seasonal wildland firefighter with the…
June 12, 2012
NFFE is encouraging all federal workers to sign this petition in support of extending health insurance benefits to seasonal wildland firefighters. Every year these dedicated women and men protect homes…
June 11, 2012
In a surprising move last week, the House of Representatives voted to freeze their own pay through 2013. The vote came after two years of non-stop efforts to freeze federal…
June 6, 2012
One of the major headlines in the federal workforce community in recent months was the decision to increase reimbursement rates for top government contractor executives by tens of thousands of…
June 4, 2012
Last week, House and Senate Republican leadership penned a letter to President Obama offering their proposals to prevent student loan interest rates from increasing. Their plan for funding the extension?…
June 2, 2012
Dr. Joseph “Edward” DeJean is by every standard a good doctor. A career physician and federal employee, Dr. DeJean worked as a radiologist at the New Orleans VA Medical Center…
May 29, 2012
(Federal Employees Education & Assistance Fund) We have now arrived at the final week of FEEA’s May fundraiser, and thanks to 161 feds who so far have donated a total…
May 18, 2012
A recent amendment targeting official time, an essential component of effective labor-management relations in the federal sector, was defeated in the House of Representatives this week after an intense call-in…
