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04/21/2009
The salary adjustments (raises) for SEC employees under the NTEU-negotiated merit pay settlement are scheduled to occur in June 2009. Under the settlement agreement, these salary adjustments are required to happen within ninety days of passage of the FY 2009 budget, which was signed into law by... Read more ...
04/21/2009
In March, over 350 NTEU members took part in the 2009 NTEU Legislative Conference. Participants attended workshops, heard speeches from key policymakers , met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and learned about issues of prime importance to NTEU’s 2009 legislative agenda.
The conference included... Read more ...
04/21/2009
As part of this year’s NTEU Legislative Conference in March, union representatives from several financial regulatory agencies represented by NTEU – the SEC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Credit Union Administration – met... Read more ...
04/21/2009
This week, Chapter 293 launched the next generation of its website here at www.secunion.org. The new site has been redesigned for ease of use, and contains a wealth of news and content for SEC employees on benefits, compensation, legislative matters, and more.
Please take a moment to check out the... Read more ...
04/21/2009
As the SEC faces what is perhaps the most challenging period in its history, its single most important asset continues to be its human capital – the stock of skills and knowledge embodied by the talented group of individuals who work at the agency and carry out its complex mission every day. For... Read more ...
04/21/2009
In February, President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package into law. Included in that package was an increase in the monthly public transit benefit allowance which went into effect on March 1. The SEC, however, has yet to increase the public transit benefit available to SEC... Read more ...
04/20/2009
This week, Chapter 293 launched the next generation of its website here at www.secunion.org. The new site has been redesigned for ease of use, and contains a wealth of news and content for SEC employees on benefits, compensation, legislative matters, and more.
Please take a moment to check out the... Read more ...
03/29/2009

One of the most important NTEU services that your union dues make possible is the union's tireless Congressional lobbying work on your behalf – and in particular its legislative work to obtain better pay and benefits. This critical work is accomplished in conjunction with Chapter 293’s... Read more ...
03/29/2009
Do you know what you can and cannot do under The Hatch Act? Back in 1939, the enactment of The Hatch Act was hailed as a critical step toward cleaning up government and ending political patronage. Its goal was to ensure a qualified, stable work force free from coercion and the constant threat of... Read more ...
03/25/2009
3/25/09: Today the House Budget Committee included language calling for pay parity in its budget resolution. The resolution calls for an equal level of pay increase in fiscal year 2010 for both military personnel and federal civilian employees. While the budget resolution needs to go though the... Read more ...
03/25/2009
3/25/09: NTEU national President Colleen Kelley today applauded the markup by a key House subcommittee of a bipartisan measure to provide federal workers with four weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
President Kelley, who has long promoted the idea of providing paid... Read more ...
03/19/2009
3/19/09: A key House committee yesterday marked up legislation containing provisions to improve the treatment of federal retirees covered under different retirement systems, a step applauded NTEU national President Colleen Kelley. The bill also contains other provisions addressing in positive ways... Read more ...
03/18/2009
3/18/09: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Kathie Ann Whipple today announced the appointment of NTEU Senior Deputy General Counsel Elaine Kaplan as the agency’s General Counsel.
With Kaplan’s appointment, OPM gains the expertise of an individual with more than 25 years of legal... Read more ...
03/13/2009
3/12/09: Yesterday President Obama signed into law the FY ‘09 Omnibus Appropriations Act which contains funding for key NTEU-represented agencies as well as important NTEU- supported provisions on contracting out.
The bill provides a total of $11.5 billion in funding for the IRS, including $5.1... Read more ...
03/11/2009
3/11/09: The Senate has joined the House in approving a fiscal 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill containing a one-year government-wide moratorium on new public-private job competitions for federal work.
The measure, which now goes to President Obama for his signature, also requires agencies to... Read more ...
03/09/2009
3/9/09: The chairman of a key House subcommittee dealing with federal employee issues last week promised prompt action on a measure to provide paid parental leave, and left the door ajar for potential changes in the administration’s recommendation concerning federal pay in 2010.
Rep. Stephen Lynch... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/27/09: NTEU Chapter 293 President Greg Gilman and new SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro met this week at SEC Headquarters in Washington. During the meeting, Gilman and Schapiro discussed a broad range of topics concerning the SEC's future, compensation and benefits, the merit pay system, personnel... Read more ...
02/28/2009
New Benefit! As part of NTEU Chapter 293's ongoing work negotiating additional benefits for you, the union recently obtained an agreement permitting SEC employees to join the Treasury Department Federal Credit Union (TDFCU). Thanks to Chapter 293 Steward Pat Copeland in D.C. for all of her hard... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/26/09: NTEU national President Colleen Kelley said today that she will seek discussions with the administration on the proposed federal pay raise and expressed disappointment that the budget does not reflect the long-standing tradition of parity in pay raises for federal civilian employees and... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/26/09: NTEU national President Colleen Kelley today characterized as very positive her initial face-to-face meeting with new agency chair Mary Schapiro, during which they discussed ways in which the agency workforce can contribute to the successful accomplishment of its mission.
“I found the new... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/26/09: NTEU national President Colleen Kelley yesterday applauded House approval of a fiscal 2009 omnibus appropriations measure that would take definitive steps to rein in runaway federal contracting.
The House-passed bill contains a one-year government-wide ban on new public-private job... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/20/09: Congressman Barney Frank appeared at the SEC at the invitation of NTEU Chapter 293 to speak to SEC employees on Thursday, February 19. His appearance was telecast to Headquarters and all of the regional offices at the agency. Congressman Frank spoke on a broad range of issues related to... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/11/09: A House measure introduced yesterday to provide annuity credit for unused sick leave to federal employees covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) would be an important step toward employee equity in the government, said NTEU national President Colleen Kelley.
President... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/2009: Congressman Barney Frank has accepted the invitation of NTEU Chapter 293 to speak to SEC employees on Thursday, February 19, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM EST. His appearance will be telecast in the Headquarters Auditorium. Regional office employees should ask their local steward for the location in... Read more ...
02/28/2009
2/9/09: During a speech at the SEC Speaks conference last week, new SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced the end of two policies of former Chairman Chris Cox in the Enforcement Division.
First, she has ended the two-year "penalty pilot" experiment. The staff will no longer be required to seek... Read more ...

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