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Wildland firefighters and other seasonal federal workers are still being prevented from advancing into permanent government positions, writes National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) National President Bill Dougan in a letter to President Obama. Dougan is asking Obama to step in because he says the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is refusing to follow a
Read moreTuesday, March 1, 2016 Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) is a strong federal employee advocate in Congress Last week, Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) introduced the Federal Adjustments of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, H.R. 4585, a bill that would provide federal employees a 3.9 percent pay adjustment and 1.4 locality pay adjustment for all federal employees in
Read moreNewly appointed and facing low density and a large bargaining unit, FL 2102 Local Lodge President Roosevelt Davis wasted no time feeling daunted. Instead of succumbing to the pressure, he committed himself and his team to tackling the complex and challenging representational issues facing the doctors, nurses, and pharmacists of the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
Read moreAfter years of advocacy by NFFE, the IAM, and our Union allies pushing for a much-needed expansion to the locality pay system, 13 new General Schedule (GS) pay localities were announced in June of 2015. In addition to the new localities, 21 existing locality pay areas were expanded to include counties previously assigned to the
Read moreFederal employees are scheduled to receive a 1.3 percent pay raise in 2016, the Office of Personnel Management announced. One percent of the adjustment will up base pay and the remaining adjustment will go toward locality rates. This pay adjustment will be the first time federal employees in 13 new pay localities – an estimated
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