October 31, 2011
NFFE is proud to congratulate the members of NFFE Local 2109 at the Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, NY, who came in First Place with their submission to the annual IAM…
October 27, 2011
Last week, NFFE National Vice President Timothy Ostrowski joined House Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) at a press conference in Troy, NY announcing the Congressman’s support for the Stop Excessive Payments…
October 26, 2011
NFFE is proud to announce the online debut of the IAM’s latest federal employees video. Featuring NFFE-IAM members from San Francisco to New York and everywhere in between, the video…
October 21, 2011
For the first time in two years, our nation’s 1.9 million retired civil service employees will receive a cost of living adjustment. Consistent with the release of September’s Consumer Price…
October 19, 2011
Last week, leaders from throughout NFFE gathered at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Center in Placid Harbor, MD, to discuss the possibility of fundamental change to our Union’s organizing and…
October 18, 2011
As House Republicans issued a letter calling for massive reductions in federal pay, benefits, and workforce size last week, Congressional Democrats sent a letter of their own calling for “super…
October 18, 2011
In a letter to the congressional “super committee” last week, House Committee on Oversight and Government Darrell Issa (R-CA) laid out a long list of proposals targeting federal workers for…
October 5, 2011
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced last week that federal workers’ health care premiums will increase by 3.8 percent next year. The increase will cost employees an additional $4.25…
October 4, 2011
An urgent message from AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel: You don’t hear from me often. I spend most of my time on Capitol Hill, meeting with members of Congress, making…
October 3, 2011
On the heels of a recent report that found that government contractors cost taxpayers nearly double the amount of federal workers, a new survey has found a big part of…