Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424 Washington, D.C. – Today, NFFE President Randy Erwin was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police after refusing to leave the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, demanding a meeting to end the shutdown. President Erwin was arrested with AFGE President J. David Cox, IFPTE President Paul Shear,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424   Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) joined other federal labor organizations at Nationals Park—where the Major League Baseball team the Washington Nationals play—to demonstrate against the partial government shutdown. Senate Republicans chose Nationals Park as the location for their annual retreat,…

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM), joined with the Machinists Union (IAMAW), National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) SEIU, the National Weather Service Employees Organization (NWSEO), and Snider & Associates, LLC, in filing a lawsuit against the federal government in response to the government shutdown.…

White House and Congress Accept Shutdown Fate; Federal Families to Pay the Price this Christmas Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), representing over 110,000 federal civil service employees, expressed outrage at the failure of the White House and Congress to reach agreement to keep the government open during the holidays.  The…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany Holder Phone: 202-216-4424   Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), representing 110,000 federal employees across the country, joined the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) in filing a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in…

Wednesday, September 5, 2018   Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, August 30, 2018, members of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Veterans Affairs Council discovered illegal surveillance conducted by a member of the management team during negotiations at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), in Atlanta, Georgia.  The illegal surveillance—conducted through a mobile phone…

Friday, June 22, 2018   Washington, D.C. – This week, the National Federations of Federal Employees (NFFE) joined a coalition of labor organizations representing hundreds of thousands of federal employees in expressing their concerns about potential punitive actions against federal labor relations (LR) professionals. In a letter to Special Counsel Henry Kerner, NFFE and others advised…

  Wednesday, June 13, 2018     Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), representing 110,000 federal employees across the country, joined 12 other unions in suing President Trump and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in response to three executive orders issued by President Trump on May 25, 2018. In the…

Wednesday, June 13, 2018     Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), representing 110,000 federal employees across the country, joined 12 other unions in suing President Trump and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in response to three executive orders issued by President Trump on May 25, 2018. In the suit,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cory Bythrow, Communications Director Phone: (202) 216-4458 Washington, D.C. – With furloughs underway for over 650,000 Department of Defense (DoD) workers, serious questions have been raised about the potential for yet another round of temporary forced layoffs in fiscal year 2014. A major point of contention has developed over DoD”s initial…