Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424 Washington, D.C. – Federal employee labor organizations will host a protest and press event on Capitol Hill to rally against the growing attacks on civil service protections in the Executive Branch.  Career civil servants are increasingly subjected to threats, unlawful punitive actions, and political intimidation.  Federal workers’…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Lenkart Phone: 202-216-4458 Washington, D.C. – In recent years, the Bureau of Consular Affairs—the agency within the State Department that is responsible for issuing U.S. passports—has become significantly understaffed. Consequently, the amount of time needed to obtain a passport has increased dramatically for the millions of people requesting passports each…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424   Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) expressed grave concern over the planned closure of the Centennial Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Nampa, Idaho.  The State of Idaho, in a bid with the College of Western Idaho (CWI), wants to close…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424 Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) rallied near the headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to protest the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the agency.  Several high-ranking members of Congress spoke…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424 Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is expressing support for the decision made by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reverse their plan to close 25 Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC) operated by the U.S.…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424 Washington, D.C. – Today, two pieces of legislation were successfully introduced and amended in both chambers of Congress in response to the recent announcement from the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer or close 25 Forest Service Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC)…

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Labor (DOL) announced today that it is closing the 25 Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCCs) that operate within the U.S. Forest Service at the Department of Agriculture (USDA).  DOL released a statement in coordination with USDA stating that some…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424   Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) strongly condemns the proposed change in leave policy for federal employees introduced in President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal to Congress. The proposal is to combine federal workers’ annual and sick leave into one…

Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) strongly condemns the fiscal year 2020 budget proposal from President Trump that decimates pay and retirement security for 2.1 million federal workers in a misguided attempt to lower the federal deficit on the backs of working people after passing deficit-exploding tax cuts for millionaires…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424 Washington, D.C. – Today, Randy Erwin, the national president of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) called on the White House and Acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert to expedite administrative procedures required to implement the 1.9% pay increase signed into law on February 15, 2019. In…