Tony Reardon
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Employees at the Health and Human Services Department picketed outside the agency's headquarters Thursday afternoon, demanding that HHS leadership resume collective bargaining negotiations with the National Treasury Employees Union.
October 26, 2018 -
Faced with budget cuts, a reduced workforce, and aging computer systems, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig has outlined his strategy for leading the agency in an all-hands email to employees.
October 04, 2018 -
House Republicans said they've reached a tentative deal on a federal pay raise for 2019. Federal employee unions and House Democrats, however, are cautious about the agreement.
October 04, 2018 -
After several years of premium rate increases that reached as high 6.4 percent, participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program will see more modest increases in 2019.
September 26, 2018 -
With the federal district court's late-Friday ruling, unions are declaring victory and asking agencies to immediately return to the status quo before the president issued his three executive orders. But change may be a long time coming.
August 27, 2018 -
The president's recent executive orders are accelerating messy and heated collective bargaining negotiations between the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU).
August 10, 2018 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said it received bargaining proposals from the Health and Human Services Department that exclude previously-negotiated articles on telework, alternative work schedules and performance awards.
July 12, 2018 -
A federal judge will hear a motion for summary judgment on several federal unions' objections to the president's recent executive orders in U.S. District Court on July 25.
June 20, 2018 -
The Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee differed from the president's budget proposal and suggested a pay raise for civilian employees in 2019.
June 19, 2018 -
The executive order directs agencies to renegotiate union contracts and suggests that agencies set more concrete time limits for these discussions.
June 01, 2018 -
The National Treasury Employees Union is also suing the president and Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon over recent executive orders.
June 01, 2018 -
The American Federation of Government Employees has sued the president, the Office of Personnel Management and OPM Director Jeff Pon over the administration's executive order on official time.
May 31, 2018 -
President Donald Trump signed three executive orders Friday aimed at reducing the time it takes to fire poor-performing federal employees and overhauling federal employees union rights, including limits to official time.
May 25, 2018 -
The debate over official time may heat up again, as the Trump administration continues to suggest changes to the current civil service system.
May 17, 2018 -
Tony Reardon, the national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, encourages agencies to continue to be an attractive option for future generations.
May 07, 2018