NTEU's 'Telling Our Stories' campaign grew from the idea that our members do interesting and important work for our country—but it often goes unnoticed. We wanted to change that—and the best spokespeople to talk about your jobs are you!
Read MoreHistoric Passage of Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees
Passed by the Senate on December 17, 2019, the 12-week paid parental leave program is part of a defense bill that the president is expected to sign into law. The House approved the legislation last week. The program, beginning in October 2020, will allow federal employees to use paid leave for the birth, adoption or fostering of a child…
Read MoreWaPo Article Praises Federal Employees & Union Efforts
Yesterday's Washington Post carried an essay reflecting on NTEU and other federal unions' court challenge to President Trump's anti-employee, anti-union executive orders, characterizing the efforts as the real resistance to President Trump's illegal actions.
The article quotes NTEU President Tony Reardon….
Read More2.02% Pay Raise Expected for 2017
Earlier in the year the President announced a 1.0% across-the-board pay raise for federal General Schedule (GS) employees. Now, under different authority, the President transmitted to Congress his plan to provide an additional 0.6% average locality pay increase for federal GS employees.
In the Washington-Baltimore area, this means GS employees will receive a 2.02% pay raise after January 1, 2017.
According to the Office of Personnel Management, the....
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