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05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work for SEC employees over this past year. Among the recipients of Leadership Awards was OIA attorney Michael Moore.
During the past year, Michael has continued to... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work on national programs this past year. Among the recipients of these awards was PLRO Staff Accountant Michael Nally.
Mike, who was unable to attend the conference... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's steward training conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work on national programs this past year. Among the recipients of these awards was SFRO Securities Compliance Examiner Jeff Lyttle.
Jeff, who was unable to attend the... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work for SEC employees during the past year. Among the recipients of Leadership Awards were Corp Fin employees James Giugliano, Corey Jennings, Kate McHale, Kevin... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work on national programs this past year. Among the recipients of these Leadership Awards was Joyce Segura of OIT.
Joyce was recognized for her participation on... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work on national programs this past year. Among the recipients of these Leadership Awards was Pat Copeland of the Division of Investment Management.
Pat was... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work for SEC employees over the past year. Among the recipients of Leadership Awards were Dan Barry, James Fay, Lawrence Pisto and Paul Prata from the Boston... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work for SEC employees over the past year. Among the recipients of Leadership Awards were Joel Crepea, Carol Fava, John Graubard, James Hanson, Will Ostrow and Azam... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work over the past year. Among the recipients of Leadership Awards were MIRO leaders Drew Panahi and Terry Tennant.
Drew and Terry, who were unable to attend the... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's steward training conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work over this past year. Among the recipients of Leadership Awards were LARO leaders Melissia Buckhalter-Honore, Sue Hannan and Karen Matteson.
Sue and Karen were both... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's national steward training conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their leadership roles over this past year. Among the recipients of these awards was Enforcement Attorney John Popham in the Fort Worth Regional Office.
John, who was unable to... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's national steward training conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their leadership roles over this past year. Among the recipients of these awards were Enforcement Attorney Dee O'Hair and Compliance Examiner Judy Kotula in the Chicago Regional... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's national steward training conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their leadership roles over this past year. Among the recipients of these awards was Senior Staff Accountant Deborah Shaw of the Atlanta Regional Office.
Deborah was recognized for... Read more ...
05/06/2012
5/6/12: During NTEU's National Steward Training Conference last week, several Chapter 293 leaders were recognized for their important work for SEC employees over the past year. Among the recipients of Leadership Awards were Olga Cruz-Ortiz, Noel Gittens, Tom Swiers, Alton Turner, Cate Whiting and... Read more ...
05/03/2012
The grim news that a complaint has been issued by an independent federal agency alleging that the SEC has violated the most basic statutory requirement in dealing with its own workforce – the duty to bargain in good faith with its employees' representatives – raises serious questions about SEC... Read more ...
04/26/2012
4/26/12: Congress must act quickly to reinstate parity between parking and mass transit benefits and provide much needed relief to hard-working, middle class Americans, NTEU National President Colleen Kelley told a House committee today.
“Many working people, who use public transportation to get to... Read more ...
04/25/2012
9/5/12: The SEC and NTEU recently jointly announced fitness center discounts for SEC regional offices. While the Union agreed to offer input on these modest discounts as an interim solution for regional employees, we are continuing to pursue a fitness center subsidy as a better longterm answer for... Read more ...
04/19/2012
4/19/12: Multiple Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolutions have been introduced in the Senate. Yesterday, the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) unveiled his own proposal.  His outline, which is not expected to be introduced as legislation, mirrors proposals the Simpson-... Read more ...
04/19/2012
4/19/12: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a business meeting yesterday at which they reported out HR 4363, which sets up a phased retirement program for federal employees. This idea was first suggested in President Obama’s FY 2013 budget and was included in the Senate... Read more ...
04/18/2012
4/18/12: The SEC's Office of Human Resources today informed Union officials that SEC employees who are given an intra-agency, voluntary transfer to another AD group will not be permitted to maintain their previously established Expanded Telework Program schedules. OHR informed NTEU that it is now... Read more ...
04/17/2012
4/17/12: NTEU National President Colleen Kelley today applauded long-delayed action by the General Services Administration (GSA) to raise the mileage reimbursement rate to 55.5 cents per mile for federal workers who use their personal vehicles in the performance of their duties. NTEU has been... Read more ...
04/02/2012
4/2/12: Last week, the SEC's Office of Human Resources sent out this SEC Today communication concerning the recent trial run of the new, so-called "evidence-based" performance management system. This message has generated some confusion and a lot of questions from employees. 
In its communication,... Read more ...
03/23/2012
3/26/12: Over the past several months, NTEU has noted a marked rise in formal disciplinary actions against SEC employees. This trend is disturbing -- not only due to the increased volume of cases, but also because of the nature of the matters. More and more often, the Union is seeing cases that... Read more ...
03/23/2012
3/23/12: Earlier this week, NTEU Chapter 293 formally requested from the SEC the ratings data related to SEC management's "evidence based" performance management system. As in past years, the Union has requested detailed information regarding ratings broken down by office, division, regional office... Read more ...
03/23/2012
3/23/12:  Yesterday, the Senate passed the House version of the STOCK Act to enhance transparency by elected officials and senior government executives. The legislation has been modified to accommodate privacy concerns NTEU raised for bargaining unit employees concerning the publication of their... Read more ...

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