Unions

  • In part 2 of the special investigative series, Diane Sellers said she faced another round of retaliation just this past January when management moved her into a new position without cause. Sellers and two other career agency officials say they are facing a hostile work environment because they blew the whistle on potential misconduct. SBA says there is no evidence of HR violations or creating phony positions.

    February 08, 2011
  • Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole granted collective bargaining rights to the nation\'s 40,000 airport screeners. The decision comes eight months after Pistole became TSA administrator.

    February 07, 2011
  • NTEU says it\'s eager to move on to the next two steps — a union representation election, then bargaining a contract. We get details from NTEU President Colleen Kelley.

    February 07, 2011
  • John Gage is president of the American Federation of Government Employees, one of the unions vying to represent the 40,000 Transportation Security Officers who have been granted collective bargaining rights.

    February 04, 2011
  • Agency administrator John Pistole determined workers can hold a vote on whether to be represented by a union. Pistole\'s memo details four areas that will fall under collective bargaining if employees approve it.

    February 04, 2011
  • Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) Former Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (D-Conn.) President & CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Bob Weiner Former Clinton White House Senior Aide Ron Pollack Executive Director, Families USA

    February 02, 2011
  • John Gage AFGE National President Dr. Fredrick Snow President, Grantham University James Green Author, \"Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America\"

    January 28, 2011
  • Federal employee unions are preparing themselves for what could be a legislative battle over federal spending and job cuts. AFGE will lead a nationwide effort to change the conversation about the financial and social impact of federal employees. AFGE\'s president says verbal attacks against feds are the worst he\'s ever seen and he is disappointed that lawmakers aren\'t doing more to stop them.

    January 26, 2011
  • Union membership has declined across the board in 2010 despite a substantial rise in public sector union workers compared to their private sector counterparts.

    January 21, 2011
  • The Republican Study Committee introduced the Spending Reduction Act that would eliminate USAID and three other small agencies. It also would take spending back to 2006 levels in fiscal 2012. The legislation also would cut or reduce spending in 100 programs such as agency travel budgets and require the collection of unpaid taxes from federal employees.

    January 21, 2011
  • Bryan Lowry President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals Former Rep. Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) President & CEO, Common Cause

    January 19, 2011
  • What comes next for the federal government\'s internship programs? Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, discusses the end of FCIP and the new Pathways Program. January 14,2011

    January 14, 2011
  • Witold Skwierczynski President, AFGE National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals Joseph Riedel Member, AFGE VA Local 2798 Tim McManus Vice President of Education and Outreach, Partnership for Public Service

    January 13, 2011
  • Federal employee and management groups sent a letter to President Obama urging him to reject proposals to cut workforce benefits made by the Deficit Commission. The letter comes on the heels of a new bill to codify many of the commission\'s recommendations.

    January 13, 2011
  • Rep. Gerry Connolly\'s bill claims to increase transparency in life insurance payments.

    January 12, 2011