NFFE is proud to announce that Steven Gutierrez, President of NFFE Local 1650, will serve as the new National Business Representative/Organizer (BR/Organizer) for NFFE Locals in the Western region of the United States.

A big congratulations goes out to NFFE Locals FL 1765, 1650, 2171, and 1836.

The Biden Administration announced that it plans to end certain COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees and contractors, aligning with the expiration of the public health emergency relating to coronavirus on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

Today, the San Francisco regional office of the U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority announced that the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) has been successfully elected as the union representative for the hundreds of U.S. Forest Service Employees on the Cleveland National Forest in Southern California. NFFE is proud to welcome over 110 new dues-paying members to Local 1650 and the broader NFFE family.

Watch the full video of NFFE’s press conference at the U.S. Capitol.

Last week, the White House and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo directing federal agencies to increase in-person work and scale back telework and remote work for federal employees when doing so would improve mission delivery and customer service. NFFE is committed to protecting telework for federal employees.

Last week, leadership from the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) spent several days in Juneau, Alaska to attend a new employee orientation for the United States Forest Service. The orientation was for new workers who will be stationed on the public lands and parks in Alaska, all of which are represented by NFFE Local 251.

Late last month, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) held a call to discuss the accomplishments of the union during 2022, and subsequent goals for 2023.

Last week, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) sent a letter to Congress to express concern on behalf of members regarding proposals to downsize the civilian workforce employed by the DoD. 

Yesterday, NFFE sent a letter to Congress urging the previous authors from last Congress to reintroduce the VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021. The bill would guarantee full collective bargaining rights for all clinicians working in the VA, allowing them to improve the VA’s ability to provide the highest standards of care for our veterans.