NFFE Applauds Bipartisan Congressional Bloc Appeal for Wildland Firefighter Special Pay Rates and Staffing Problems
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees is praising a bipartisan group of lawmakers who sent a letter requesting that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) establish special pay rates for federal wildland firefighters in order to address severe staffing shortages.
Read MoreNFFE, IAFF Secure Critical Workers’ Compensation Program for Federal Firefighters
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) join Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Department of Labor (DOL) officials in Los Angeles as they announce changes to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) for federal firefighters.
Read MoreNFFE Praises OPM Strategies to Promote Worker Organizing and Empowerment Buttressed by Biden Executive Order
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) applauds Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja for issuing three memoranda to all federal agencies that outline strategies to strengthen the federal workforce.
Read MoreUnion Urges Biden Administration to Prevent Detention Facility Closure in San Diego; Warns that Shuttering Facility Would be Significant Blow to Public Safety and Make the Criminal Justice System in Region Far Worse, Not Better
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is publicly calling on the Biden Administration to save the Western Region Detention Facility (WRDF), a resource that is essential to public safety in Southern California.
Read MoreNFFE Applauds Biden’s Pick for Federal Blue-Collar Wage Committee
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) applauds the Biden-Harris Administration for naming Janice R. Lachance as Chair of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC).
Read MoreNFFE Testifies in Senate to Promote Merit Systems Principles and Warn Against Dark Money Political Appointees
National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Executive Director Steve Lenkart testified in a Senate hearing to promote Merit Systems Principles and caution lawmakers of corruption from political appointees.
Read MoreNFFE President Erwin Applauds Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court
Today, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) National President Randy Erwin applauded the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, President Biden’s nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Read MoreNew Bill Aims to Needlessly Curtail Collective Bargaining Rights on Return-to-Office Plans, End Telework for Federal Agencies
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is opposing legislation introduced by Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) that seeks to bypass current collective bargaining agreements and interfere with ongoing negotiations between federal labor unions and agency management regarding return-to-work plans for federal employees.
Read MoreNFFE-IAM and Bipartisan Senate Bloc Push for Expedited Creation of Special Claims Unit to Process Firefighter Workers Comp Claim
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) stands with a group of bipartisan Senators, led by Sen. Feinstein (D-CA), in urging the Department of Labor to accelerate the formation of a special claims unit to process workers’ compensation claims submitted by wildland and structural firefighters.
Read MoreFederal Employees Union Praises Biden Administration Report Outlining Recommendations to Empower Workers and Help Unions Thrive
Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) is praising a Biden Administration report issued yesterday from the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment that details nearly 70 recommendations to President Biden for ways the Administration can improve worker organizing and collective bargaining for both public and private sector employees.
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