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10/05/2012
Chapter 293 will hold its annual meeting for Union members on Tuesday, October 16, from 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM, EDT. The meeting will occur at the Headquarters Main Auditorium in Washington, D.C., and it will be videocast to the regional offices. An interpreter for the hearing impaired will attend the... Read more ...
10/01/2012
10/1/12: NTEU this week requested that the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP) assert jurisdiction over the impasse in the negotiations between the Union and the SEC over a new collective bargaining agreement. After a year and half of negotiations, the SEC and the Union are at impasse over... Read more ...
09/25/2012
10/1/12: Chapter 293's Election Committee has certified the results of the 2012 chapter elections. The winners of the contested elections are as follows:
Executive Board Representatives, HQ Professional: Noel Gittens, Mickael Moore and Kevin Stertzel; and
Executive Board Representative, HQ At... Read more ...
Executive Board Representatives, HQ Professional: Noel Gittens, Mickael Moore and Kevin Stertzel; and
Executive Board Representative, HQ At... Read more ...
09/20/2012
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a report this week outlining the sequester, or automatic budget cuts, that will go into effect on January 2, 2013 pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011, unless Congress acts to cancel them. The budget cuts will total $109 billion for 2013, $54... Read more ...
09/17/2012
August 3, 2012 emails
August 17, 2012 email from Lacey Dingman to management.
August 17, 2012 email from Lacey Dingman to management.
09/05/2012
A little over a year after giving the following special Labor Day message on September 5, 1960, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988 granting collective bargaining rights to federal employees:
May I offer my congratulations to the members of organized labor on this 1960 Labor Day... Read more ...
May I offer my congratulations to the members of organized labor on this 1960 Labor Day... Read more ...
08/30/2012
9/5/12: In a decision last week, an independent federal arbitrator ruled that SEC management in the New York Regional Office ("NYRO") violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") between the SEC and NTEU by reassigning a part-time Staff Accountant and mother of two to a full time schedule... Read more ...
08/23/2012
8/23/12: Last week, NTEU Chapter 293 filed a national grievance against the SEC seeking an order compelling the agency to stop its use of the numerical ratings from the FY 2011 pilot run of the so-called "evidence based" performance management system ("EBP"). The Union expects that it will be... Read more ...
08/22/2012
8/22/12: Yesterday, the White House issued its alternative pay plan which would implement a 0.5% pay raise for civilian federal employees in January 2013. However, the White House has asked Congress to delay the effective date of the raise until the expected CR expires, which is anticipated to be... Read more ...
08/21/2012
What Are “Performance Management” and “Pay for Performance” Systems and How Does the SEC Intend to Use Them?
“Performance management” and “pay for performance” (the latter sometimes referred to as “merit pay” at the SEC) are frequently used interchangeably. Although they are often linked, they are... Read more ...
“Performance management” and “pay for performance” (the latter sometimes referred to as “merit pay” at the SEC) are frequently used interchangeably. Although they are often linked, they are... Read more ...
08/21/2012
8/23/12: The last week of scheduled mediated negotiating sessions between the SEC and NTEU over the Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") came to an end earlier this month. The SEC failed to come to agreement with the Union's bargaining team on several issues that are important to SEC employees.... Read more ...
08/21/2012
8/23/12: The recent independent survey of the SEC regarding the agency's new, so-called "evidence-based" performance management system ("EBP") clearly demonstrates what SEC employees have been talking about for the last couple of years around the water cooler: the new system is too complicated, ... Read more ...
08/14/2012
8/23/12: The results of an SEC employee survey about the SEC's so-called "evidence based" performance management system ("EBP") are in -- and the SEC received a failing grade.
Last year, the Union negotiated an agreement with the SEC concerning a second "pilot run" of the EBP for the 2011 rating... Read more ...
Last year, the Union negotiated an agreement with the SEC concerning a second "pilot run" of the EBP for the 2011 rating... Read more ...
08/02/2012
8/2/12: Earlier today the Senate Finance Committee approved legislation, the “Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012,” that would extend a number of tax provisions that have expired or will expire at the end of this year, including a provision that would reinstate parity between the... Read more ...
08/01/2012
8/1/12: As you are aware, NTEU and BJ’s Wholesale Club has teamed up to offer a discount on BJ’s annual memberships. The August enrollment period for our members to take advantage of this discount has been extended through September 30, 2012.
BJ’s is a discount wholesale club that offers... Read more ...
BJ’s is a discount wholesale club that offers... Read more ...
08/01/2012
8/1/12: Yesterday, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 828, the “Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2011,” which requires federal employees to be fired if they have a tax debt.
NTEU believes that requiring federal employees, already subject to a two year pay freeze, to be terminated... Read more ...
NTEU believes that requiring federal employees, already subject to a two year pay freeze, to be terminated... Read more ...
06/28/2012
6/28/12: A conference committee working on the Transportation bill, H.R.4348, has reached agreement on that bill. The NTEU-supported phased retirement proposal for federal employees is included in that conference agreement. Under this proposal, which was also included in the President’s FY 2013... Read more ...
06/25/2012
6/25/12: SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro today posted this notice to all SEC employees as part of a settlement with the Federal Labor Relations Authority of a bad faith bargaining unfair labor practices charge against the agency.
In this case, the FLRA alleged that the SEC engaged in what is known as “... Read more ...
In this case, the FLRA alleged that the SEC engaged in what is known as “... Read more ...
06/20/2012
6/20/12: The SEC this week entered into a settlement agreement with the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) and the National Treasury Employees Union resolving an unfair labor practices complaint filed against the SEC. The matter had been scheduled for an evidentiary hearing on June 26. The... Read more ...
06/06/2012
6/6/12: This week, the Federal Labor Relations Authority issued another unfair labor practice complaint against the SEC for failure to bargain with the union over changes to employees' job duties in the Los Angeles Regional Office (LARO). The matter has been scheduled for an evidentiary hearing on... Read more ...
06/06/2012
6/6/12: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government approved its FY 2013 appropriations measure today. The bill does not allocate funding for a 2013 federal pay raise, but also does not require a pay freeze for 2013. It includes a small $50 million increase in... Read more ...
06/04/2012
6/4/12: Late last week, NTEU National President Colleen Kelley sent this letter to President Obama urging opposition to a proposal to use federal employee pension contribution increases to offset student loan interest rate reductions. The proposal came in the form of a letter from House Speaker... Read more ...
05/30/2012
5/30/12: A new report released this week by the Partnership for Public Service shows that federal employees’ satisfaction with their compensation is dropping, but also that levels of satisfaction vary widely between federal agencies. The report provides further evidence of persistent problems with... Read more ...
05/23/2012
5/30/12: Over the past year, the SEC has quietly transformed its Employment Relations unit in the Office of Human Resources. Many of the new staffers, including several managers, who now work in this important office come from another agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component... Read more ...
05/16/2012
5/16/12: Yesterday, Congressman Barney Frank gave a speech on financial regulation at the SEC at the invitation of NTEU Chapter 293. During his visit, Congressman Frank also accepted an award from the Union.
Frank visited the Boston Regional Office for the lunch event which was videocast to all of... Read more ...
Frank visited the Boston Regional Office for the lunch event which was videocast to all of... Read more ...