http://www.afgelocal1923.org American Federation of Government Employees Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:52:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By STEPHEN LOSEY | Last Updated: February 26, 2010 Federaltimes.com Senior Obama administration and federal labor officials met today in the first attempt at forging labor-management partnerships at 200 federal agencies. A new National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations is overseeing the effort, and today appointed a four-member working group to review ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/03/02/labor-management-council-holds-first-meeting/ By Alyssa Rosenberg Govexec.com February 26, 2010 At the first meeting of a new national council on federal labor-management relations on Friday, participants debated how agencies should structure collaborative projects, and how to measure improvements in federal labor relations. Under an executive order signed by President Obama in December, agencies must create ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/03/02/trust-issues-raised-at-first-meeting-of-labor-management-council/ Source: FederalDaily.com, February 24, 2010Labor leaders, members of the administration, and healthcare and industry advocates took their case to the Hill Feb. 23 as they provided testimony on a bill that would increase oversight of how prices are set for prescription drugs provided to Federal Employees Health Benefits Program beneficiaries.Witnesses ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/03/01/witnesses-weigh-in-on-bill-to-hold-down-fehbp-drug-prices/ Source: FederalDaily.comFebruary 23, 2010DoD intends to waste little time in moving employees out of the National Security Personnel System, the department’s ill-fated pay-for-performance effort.The department announced that it was poised to begin moving most of the approximately 220,000 NSPS employees out of the system within a matter months, with the ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/03/01/most-nsps-conversions-to-be-completed-ahead-of-schedule-dod-says/ Hundreds Rally to Call for Collective Bargaining Rights for TSOsWashington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2010 – In a creative move reminiscent of its 2003 act to charter the first Transportation Security Administration Local, the American Federation of Government Employees yesterday filed a petition to hold a union election that would make ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/03/01/afge-files-petition-to-exclusively-represent-tsa-employees/ February 19, 2010Transportation Security AgencyAFGE launched several Legal Clinics around the country in an effort to provide immediate legal assistance to our Transportation Security Officers (TSOs). AFGE continues its fight for the collective bargaining rights for our TSO brothers and sisters. For more information, please visit us at www.tsaunion.net. EEO Attorney ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/03/01/afges-latest-wins/ January 31, 2010 By Ralph Smith Source: Fedsmith.com Federal employees are now starting to see the results of the 2010 federal employee pay raise in their checks as the new year begins. Civilian employees received an average pay raise of 2% this year and the military received an average pay increase of 3.4%. ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/02/02/negotiations-starting-on-2011-pay-raise-how-about-14/ By RICHARD WOLF January 26, 2010 Federaltimes.com Two senior administration officials said the upcoming 2011 budget proposal, to be released next Monday, includes a three-year freeze on "non-security" spending. The officials with direct knowledge of the budget requested anonymity because it has not been released yet. The freeze would not apply to ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/01/27/obama-to-propose-3-year-freeze-on-%e2%80%98non-security-spending/ By Ed O'Keefe Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 25, 2010 maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps The percentage of union members in the federal workforce essentially stayed flat in 2009 compared with the previous year, although the number of union ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/01/25/number-of-federal-union-workers-rose-slightly/ By Alyssa Rosenberg  Source: GovExec.com January 21, 2010   The Pentagon has tapped a Navy career senior executive to wind down the National Security Personnel System and to design a new performance management system for its civilian employees. "He's coming in to a very tough job," John Palguta, vice president of the nonprofit ... http://www.afgelocal1923.org/2010/01/25/pentagon-taps-career-navy-executive-to-dissolve-nsps/