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U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) The GOP Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking more than two dozen federal agencies for the names of individual employees allowed to do union-related work on federal time. U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) alleges no wrongdoing, but is probing the use of “official time,” which
Read moreIAM Flight Attendants hit Capitol Hill demanding a mandatory 10 hour rest period be added to the FAA Reauthorization bill. IAM Flight Attendants from across the country joined hundreds of other cabin crew members from multiple unions on Capitol Hill for a “Rally for Rest” which visited all 541 Congressional offices last week in an
Read moreIAM-endorsed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came away with a clean sweep of all five Democratic primaries held Tuesday, March 15. Victories in Missouri, Illinois, Florida, Ohio and North Carolina put Clinton even further on her path toward the Democratic nomination. “Good paying jobs are the ticket to the middle class and we’re going to stand
Read moreEqual pay for equal work is at the top of the list of economic concerns for working women, according to the AFL-CIO’s recently released National Survey Study of Working Women. The survey of over 23,000 working women found that gender pay inequality beat out 20 other social and economic issues facing women today. Rounding out
Read moreWildland 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
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