CBP TO VOTE ON UNION REPRESENTATION...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 27, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: FedNews Online Customs and Border Protection employees will soon select which union will be the agency’s sole representative. The Federal Labor Relations Authority will mail ballots to approximately 21,000 eligible CBP employees May 9. Ballots must be returned by June 22, and the Authority...
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Social Security reform rejected...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 20, 2006 | Comments Off
By Amy Fagan THE WASHINGTON TIMES Last week, during the Senate budget debate, Republicans raised the issue of Social Security reform, and Democrats — surprised that the issue won’t go away — pledged to make it a major campaign issue this year. “The issue that won’t die,”...
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Wave of federal workers to retire...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 19, 2006 | Comments Off
Some agencies streamline hiring as longtime staff prepare to leave By Melissa Harris The wave of federal workers originally hired to spy on the Soviet Union, launch the Great Society and regulate everyone from polluters to drugmakers in the 1960s and 1970s is beginning to age out of the work force,...
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AFGE JOINS SENIORS, DISABLED AMERICANS A...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 15, 2006 | Comments Off
Union Says Program is a Disaster and Enriches Businesses at Consumer’s Expense (WASHINGTON)—The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) today joined hundreds of concerned citizens and numerous advocacy groups at a rally to protest against the Bush administration’s Medicare Part D plan...
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Labor relations ruling threatens Pentago...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 14, 2006 | Comments Off
By Karen Rutzick Defense Department officials are moving ahead with a planned human resources overhaul by placing 11,000 nonbargaining-unit employees into a new pay structure in late April. But a legal snafu over the labor relations portion of reforms could complicate matters as the department tries...
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AFGE LEADERSHIP CITES STAFF SHORTAGES, U...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 14, 2006 | Comments Off
  AFGE National President John Gage recently returned from San Diego, where he toured a number of U.S. ports including San Ysidro, the country’s largest port. With Gage were AFGE National Vice President Eugene Hudson; Local 2805 President Ed Bell, Vice President Henry Rodriguez, and Treasurer...
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DOD UPDATES PAY BANDS...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 13, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: fednews-online.com The Department of Defense has released an updated version of the National Security Personnel System’s pay scale. NSPS spokesperson Joyce Frank said the pay scale was updated to reflect FY 06 appropriations and the status of a current lawsuit challenging the System. (See...
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No Confidence in Rumsfeld...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 8, 2006 | Comments Off
  Source: AFL-CIO After a federal judge ruled that the federal Defense Department’s so-called National Security Personnel System (NSPS) doesn’t come close to ensuring bargaining rights for the department’s more than 700,000 workers, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is appealing the decision.   Imposed...
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Government Smart-Card Project Hits Snags...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on March 7, 2006 | Comments Off
Source: Washington Post By Stephen Barr The government’s smart-card project appears at risk of falling behind schedule. Federal agencies are supposed to begin issuing government-wide identification cards that can vouch for the identity of federal employees and most contractors in October, but...
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