Georgia Congressman Introduces Measure to End Defense Furloughs
Thousands of letters poured into Capitol Hill this month from federal workers across all 50 states as NFFE-IAM members and others demanded Congress deliver a solution to reckless Defense furloughs. Now it…
Read MoreDefense Rebuffs Unions, Elected Officials, in Maintaining Working Capital Fund Furloughs
Late last month, NFFE and other unions joined a bipartisan group of 31 members of Congress in requesting that Defense cancel furloughs for nearly 180,000 Working Capital Fund (WCF) employees. This week,…
Read MoreAs Congress Stalls, NFFE-IAM Members across the Country Take Action to Stop Furloughs
While Congress was on vacation the week before the 4th of July holiday, thousands of NFFE-IAM members and their fellow federal workers were taking action. The Furlough Red Zone Campaign, launched by…
Read MoreFurlough Aid Requests Rise Dramatically at Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund
Lakewood, CO (July 9, 2013) – Federal employee furloughs have doubled the amount of the Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund’s emergency assistance loans just in the month of June. The program…
Read MoreSign Our Letter to Tell Congress: Stop the Furloughs at Defense!
Starting July 8th, mandatory furloughs for upwards of 700,000 Department of Defense workers will go into effect. Each worker is required to take 11 unpaid furlough days – one per…
Read MoreNew Edition of the ‘Federal Employee’ Newsletter Now Available!
This year’s second edition of the National Federation of Federal Employees’ (NFFE) quarterly newsletter, the Federal Employee, is now available! Featuring a detailed view of the updated organizing and recruiting strategic…
Read MoreNew Legislation Seeks to Align Blue Collar Wage Areas with White Collar Locality Areas
Last week in Washington, Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced a bill, the Locality Pay Area Equity Act(H.R. 2450), to address an unfairness in pay for many blue collar federal employees throughout…
Read More31 Members of Congress Send Letter to Defense Demanding Answers on Furloughs
A bipartisan group of 31 House members sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently demanding answers on the proposed furloughs of thousands of Defense Working Capital…
Read MoreNational President Dougan Pens Letter to Congress Requesting Critical Funding for Federal Labor Relations Authority
Budget cuts, staff reductions, and rising workloads. This may sound familiar to millions of federal employees working at dozens of federal departments and agencies over the past few years. For…
Read MoreNFFE Unveils New Roles for National Organizing Department in Updated Strategic Plan
As we revealed in May of this year, NFFE completed an update of its strategic plan for building membership. To better serve you the NFFE National Office has created a more…
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