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Pay Freeze: Everybody in the Pool!
There is serious talk that nervous politicians will make another run at legislation that would freeze federal pay next year. So how do rank-and-file feds feel about the prospect? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey finds you might be surprised.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , pay freeze , SEA , Shelley Metzenbaum , John Berry , Norm Ornstein , Scott Gould , Carol Waller Pope
NTEU slams federal pay freeze
President Colleen Kelley sends letter to Congress.
Tags: pay and benefits , NTEU , federal pay
GOP lawmakers pitch fed workforce reduction bill
Some Republican members of Congress are making an election-year pitch to reduce the Federal worker headcount, and save money. But would it really do that?
Tags: management , pay and benefits , House , Federal Workforce Reduction Act , John Salamone , Federal Management Partners , Jackie Simon , AFGE , NTEU , OMB , Barack Obama , outsourcing , insourcing , brain drain , retirement wave , Max Cacas
Are federal employee unions too political?
On Tuesday, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wrote a column regarding the federal pay freeze and union membership. Well, he got a good number of emails from readers and listeners, some of whom said they think unions are too political. On this week's Your Turn, Causey talked with Colleen Kelley of the NTEU and Judy Park of NARFE to get their thoughts.
Tags: pay and benefits , Your Turn , NARFE , NTEU , Judy Park , Dorothy Ramienski
Feds are organizing labor-management forums
The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations miss a deadline to report to President Obama by at least 30 days. They need more time to figure out how to give managers and rank-and-file feds a place where they can sit down and discuss common problems.
Tags: management , National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relat , OPM , John Berry , Jeff Zients , Darryl Perkinson , FMA , NTEU , President Obama , Max Cacas
NTEU files motion to end internship program
Employee union claims agencies have abused their privileges and OPM has done nothing to stop them. NTEU says the Federal Career Internship Program flies in the face of merit system hiring principles.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , IRS , CBP , DHS FDIC , NTEU , internship program , FCIP
HReinvented: Employee unions call for tweaks to the system
AFGE and NTEU see areas where OPM could improve the federal human resources processes, but believe a major overhaul is not necessary. AFGE calls for more steps in the GS system and a broader use of career ladders. NTEU wants managers to receive more and better training on the how to best use the current HR processes.
Tags: HReinvented , management , John Berry , OPM , John Gage , AFGE , NTEU , HR reforms , KSAs
White House gets major kudos from one federal union
We're hearing loud applause from at least one group for the proposed return to the definition of "inherently governmental."
Tags: managment , National Treasury Employees Union ,
NTEU concerned about fed worker safety
One of the largest Federal employee labor unions is in the second day of its three-day legislative conference, held yearly in Washington. The National Treasury Employees Union is pressing for things like collective bargaining rights for Transportation Security Administration screeners while also expressing its concern for the safety of all feds at their workplaces.
Tags: newsstand , employee safety , NTEU , IRS , Austin , TIGTA , TSA , Barbara Mikulski , Nita Lowey , collective bargaining rights , Jeffrey Zeints , OMB , chief performance officer , Max Cacas
AFGE fires first salvo in bid to organize TSA screeners
Ever since the founding of the Transportation Security Administration, two federal employee unions have vied for the right to organize and represent TSA screeners at the bargaining table. Now, one of those unions has filed a petition to do just that, even though neither TSA or its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, have yet to officially endorse collective bargaining for the screeners.
Tags: P&B , AFGE , John Gage , NTEU , TSA , Federal Labor Relations Authority , President Obama , Max Cacas
