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Thursday, January 28, 2010
(National Federation of Federal Employees)
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a three-year discretionary spending freeze on federal funding that is not related to national security. The freeze is proposed to take effect in Fiscal Year 2011.
A number of agencies and social programs are not impacted by [...]

Friday, January 15, 2010
(National Federation of Federal Employees)
Thursday, William R. Dougan, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, attended the White House Forum on Modernizing Government, an afternoon event focused on improving the efficiency of government services. Participating were some of the greatest minds in the federal and private sectors, including federal labor [...]

Earlier this week, President Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. While a full repeal of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) dominated headlines, one largely underreported aspect of the bill – and arguably one of the most important for federal employees throughout the civil service – was a provision extending credit for accrued [...]

We would like to announce the election of several new officers.
NFFE Local 858 Board of Trustees:

Jeff Bazille
Maureen Ferentz
Kathy Tiefel

Conductor/Sentinel:

Monica Lee

A union filed grievance on awarding holiday pay hours equal to normal time scheduled was filed, argued, and briefed over that last few months. We have been notified by the arbitrator to expect his decision Thursday or Friday in the mail. We will keep up updated on the latest news.

In an effort to provide transparency to the CBA negotiation process, we will be posting regular updates on contract negotiations. After all, it is yours, bargaining unit’s, conditions of employment that are being decided at the negotiation table. You can also come and observe negotiations in person, just let someone from the Union negotiation team [...]

A generally productive day back at the table… although not without its share of disagreements.  The discussions started with identical language found in both team’s proposals, mainly in the requirements for job announcements section, and quickly yielded results with only minor details left.  After those common sections were addressed, the management team suggested something of [...]