Tony Reardon

White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

Federal unions have seen a roughly 20% increase in bargaining unit membership governmentwide, with close to 80,000 feds joining a union between 2021 and 2022.

Unions

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NTEU President Tony Reardon retiring

Federal Newscast

Revived bills would alter feds’ payment obligations during shutdowns, federal first responders’ pensions

Workforce

NTEU prioritizes bills to expand federal pay, benefits, but anticipates challenges ahead in Congress

Congress

NTEU expects ‘challenging environment’ for IRS as House GOP targets $80B to rebuild workforce

Unions

How lawmakers are looking to change the COLA for federal retirees

Retirement

Lawmakers renew calls to offer paid family and medical leave to federal employees

Workforce

Agencies, unions should work together to correct any bargaining unit eligibility errors

Unions

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Pay

House GOP prioritizes end to ‘unnecessary’ federal programs, cutting $80B from IRS

Congress

FLRA proposes reinstating limited timeframe when feds can cancel union dues payments

Unions

CBP’s $17 billion budget means a bigger focus on the border

In today’s Federal Newscast: A $17 billion dollar budget for CBP means a bigger border focus. The Merit Systems Protection Board releases a report on sexual…

Federal Newscast

AFGE files grievance over VA facilities limiting time off for employees to vote

The largest federal employee union is claiming several Veterans Affairs Department facilities unfairly limited or denied administrative leave to employees…

Unions

Advocacy groups raise concerns about federal pay system amid growing wage gap

Pay

The Federal Salary Council reported that federal pay fell further behind private sector pay, from a pay gap of 22.47% in 2021 to 24.09% in 2022.