May 15, 2018
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) expressed outrage at a bill scheduled for a vote this week in the U.S. House that, if passed, would allow for the privatization of veterans’ care and services to private providers inexperienced at treating veterans. In addition, the bill…
March 29, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018 Washington, D.C. — Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) reacts to President Trump’s decision to fire Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin, a known opponent of the effort to privatize health and medical services at the VA. “Dr. Shulkin, as an experienced medical practitioner who governed the…
February 28, 2018
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Washington, D.C. — Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) celebrated a victory against an effort to privatize the nation’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. The effort, led by several major airlines, proposed to remove the ATC system from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to a private entity largely controlled…
February 9, 2018
Friday, February 9, 2018 Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) applauds Congress on passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) to reopen government after a brief pre-dawn shutdown, allowing Federal employees to report to work Friday morning. “Without a minute to spare, Congress pulled off an agreement to keep the government working…
January 31, 2018
Wednesday, January 31, 2017 Washington, D.C. – Today, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) National President Randy Erwin expressed strong support for the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, introduced by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), which would give federal workers a 2 percent adjustment to their base pay and a 1.2 percent average increase…
January 31, 2018
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) speaks out against comments made by President Trump during his State of the Union speech delivered in Congress last night. During his speech, President Trump called upon Congress to give Cabinet secretaries the ability to reward good workers and remove…
January 22, 2018
Monday, January 22, 2018 Washington, D.C. – Today, in a scramble to find an agreement to reopen U.S. government offices around the world, Congressional leaders in both chambers from both parties voted on a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government through February 8. The president is expected to sign the CR today which…
December 21, 2017
Thursday, December 21, 2017 Hundreds of Federal Firefighters to Spend Christmas on Fire Line as Historic Thomas Fire Rages On Washington, D.C. – More than 1,000 federal wildland firefighters will spend this holiday season far from home fighting one of the largest wildfires in the history of the United States. The Thomas Fire, the largest wildfire in…
December 1, 2017
Friday, December 1, 2017 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4182, the “Ensuring a Qualified Civil Service Act of 2017,” which, if passed into law, allows extended probationary periods of two years or more for new federal employees. The bill also creates a new two-year probation period for current employees who…
October 3, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Washington, D.C. – At a time when the country is busy executing several major wildfire and hurricane recovery operations, the Department of Labor (DOL) Job Corps administration is set to close several facilities that provide auxiliary manpower for wildland firefighting and disaster recovery operations. Citing budget concerns, the Job Corps facility in Golconda, Illinois…
