NFFE Receives Leaked Trump Memo Allowing Defense Department to Kill Unions for No Reason
Ignoring a century of complementary relationships between union workers and the Defense Department, the leaked January memo refers to an obscure authority allowed under national security law that can supersede labor law when the president, or in this case, the now-delegated secretary of defense, feels labor rights interfere with the interest of the nation.
Read MoreTrump Shows True Colors about Dislike of Feds Through FY 2021 White House Budget Proposal
This week, the White House released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 detailing how it sees the future of the Executive Branch and the government writ large. While the White House budget proposal is viewed as a largely ceremonial practice fraught with political messages, it also carries strong notions of what the president may allow or veto in that year’s appropriations bills.
Read MoreHealth Care Professionals at Arkansas VA Outpatient Clinic Join NFFE-IAM
The IAM Organizing Department succeeded in expanding the IAM’s footprint in the health care industry when an overwhelming majority of doctors, dentists, nurses, dieticians and other health care-related professionals at…
Read MoreNFFE Leaders Convene at Winpisinger Training Center to Chart Path Forward in Organizing and Executive Order Mitigation
Last week, leadership and staff of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) met at its annual organizing and recruitment strategic planning session at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education…
Read MoreMax Alonzo Named NFFE National Business Representative/Organizer
The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is proud to announce that Max Alonzo of NFFE Local 376 will serve as the new National Business Representative/Organizer (BR/Organizer) for NFFE locals…
Read MoreCharles Vickery of NFFE Local 1442, Letterkenny Army Depot, Appointed to NFFE’s National Executive Committee
The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is proud to announce that Charles “Chuck” Vickery, vice president of NFFE Local 1442, Letterkenny Army Depot, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, has been appointed…
Read MoreBusiness Representative Gary Johanson Retires After Incredible 14-Year Career that “Defined His Life”
Not many people can claim to have had a bigger influence on the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) than Gary Johanson. Gary, who retired from his National Business Representative…
Read MoreRemembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Brothers and Sisters, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day of remembrance of one of the greatest civil rights and racial equality advocates in the history of the United…
Read MoreNFFE Forest Service Members Volunteer and Deploy to Help Australia Fight Wildland Fires
Shortly after Christmas, U.S. Forest Service employee and NFFE Local 2086 member Brian Stearns received the call to deploy to Australia to assist overwhelmed firefighters who are fighting one of…
Read MoreWhat a Week! Big Wins, Strange Defeats, a Pay Raise, And a Bill to Fund the Government for FY 2020
This was one for the record books. Literally. While juggling the demands of impeachment, Congress managed to get full-year funding for FY 2020 done and pass the critical 2020 National…
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