Archive for the ‘In the News’ Category

Thursday, January 21, 2010
(National Federation of Federal Employees)
Yesterday, employees in the U.S. Forest Service Human Resources Management (HRM) department in Albuquerque, NM voted in favor of representation by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Nearly 65% of the bargaining unit turned out to vote yesterday, a very high turnout for a union election.
“Yesterday’s victory [...]

October 26, 2009
By Alex M. Parker
With work wrapped up on the 2010 Defense authorization bill, federal workforce representatives are focusing on what could be the next big fight on Capitol Hill — the civilian pay raise.
The House passed an appropriations bill in July that would give civilian employees a raise of 2 percent — a [...]

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Today, President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. Included in the bill was a provision to repeal the controversial National Security Personnel System (NSPS). The bill also contained several small provisions impacting retirement benefits for the federal workforce.
The NSPS provisions in the bill dictate a repeal of the system, and [...]

Oct 23, 2009
The Senate has passed a bill that would end the National Security Personnel System.(NSPS) and make it more difficult to award sole-source contracts. The measure would authorize spending $550.2 billion on Defense Department programs in fiscal 2010.
On Oct. 22, the Senate approved the fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act’s conference report by a [...]

Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the conference report on the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Act, which includes provisions to repeal the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) and convert the over 200,000 employees enrolled under the program back into existing pay systems.
The legislation also contains provisions giving retiring employees enrolled in the [...]

“If Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) had his way, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program would end and federal employees would be forced to purchase insurance through the new state-based health exchanges that are a centerpiece of the health reform bill.
The ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee quietly offered the amendment that would boot [...]

From Bill Dougan, National Secretary-Treasurer
It is with great sadness and regret that I confirm the passing of NFFEs beloved national president, Richard N. Brown, who was found unresponsive in his apartment in Arlington, VA yesterday afternoon.  To all who knew him, Rick was a strong leader, a dedicated trade unionist, and a friend.