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“Resurrecting Schedule F in the next Republican administration is designed to get rid of even more federal employees than anyone realized…”
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro at the New York Times: "People will lose their jobs,” the think tank’s president says about federal workers. “Hopefully their lives are able to flourish in spite of that."
SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s Irrational Hostility to Telework Continues: Union Invokes Arbitration over Impossible Standard for Remote Telework Applications
If there was a silver lining to the pandemic at the SEC it was this: over three years, frontline staff demonstrated beyond any doubt that the Agency is able to meet its mission successfully working almost 100% remotely. Nevertheless, Chair Gensler’s… read more
4/29/11: In response to a national grievance filed by Chapter 293 in February, the SEC last week delivered to the Union a summary data set for the performance ratings that were distributed to employees in connection with the recently completed pilot… read more
In a rush to the finish, the House and then the Senate both approved the final package of funding bills for the current fiscal year ending the constant threat of a shutdown caused by repeated continuing resolutions.
Congressional leaders release text of budget deal including SEC, House to vote tomorrow…
Yesterday, congressional leaders released the text for a legislative package that includes six of the 12 annual appropriations bills: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice,… read more
The President has signed the short-term continuing resolution (CR) passed by Congress last week that extends government funding deadlines.
In honor of Black History Month, the union is celebrating Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning nine of the 10 cases she argued, and the first to serve as a federal judge...
Congress sent a short-term spending bill to President Biden that would avert a partial government shutdown until March...
By Erich Wagner at GovExec.com: Telework at federal agencies continues to fuel better employee engagement and retention while creating cost savings in areas like real estate and energy, the Office of Personnel Management found in its latest… read more
That’s a wrap? Congress kicks it without passing fed pay bill, so White House’s 5.2% pay boost on deck
By Nathan Abse at GovExec.com: So, 2023 is just about history. And Congress, having spent most of our last trip around the sun in political paralysis not surprisingly ran out the year’s clock in the same hardly decorous manner...This year, since… read more
President Biden signed the CR to fund agencies at current FY 2023 levels for two months.
Senate passes the “laddered” Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend government funding.
During open season in November, NTEU members will again have access to Consumers’ Checkbook’s online Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees and Annuitants.
Government funding is still set to expire on November 17, but little progress has been made since Congress passed a CR at the end of September.
NTEU joins the nation in commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October15.
"May I offer my congratulations to the members of organized labor on this 1960 Labor Day. American labor has insisted upon, and won, the highest wages and best working conditions in the world. You have not been content to sit still and let… read more
"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."
--Albert Einstein
The leadership of NTEU Chapter 293 wish you and yours a safe and happy Independence Day! On the Fourth, let us keep those who… read more
House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY 2024 Financial Services and General Government Funding Bill with Draconian Cuts
This week, Republicans on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), which determines funding for the Treasury Department, including the SEC, IRS and other NTEU-represented agencies, and has… read more
Juneteenth National Independence Day is Monday, June 19. NTEU will join the nation in celebrating this important holiday marking the end of slavery.
