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SOURCE: www.apwu.org The APWU and the Postal Service have agreed to a freeze on excessing while contract negotiations continue, union President Cliff Guffey has announced. “Throughout the bargaining process, the APWU has sought to negotiate a contract that would protect [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov NACOSH meeting scheduled for Jan. 19-20, 2011 WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced appointment of five new members to the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. The department’s emphasis on worker safety [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.www.vva.org Washington, D.C.–The Defense Department’s (DoD) failure to comply with the law in releasing records that show it has blocked disabled veterans from receiving disability compensation and other benefits, earned as a result of service to our nation has [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.schakowsky.house.gov WASHINGTON, DC (December 15, 2010) — Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in support of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Thank you, Madam Speaker.  I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2965, [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov CalPERS letter to HHS outlines efforts to implement Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage and lowering premium costs for enrollees Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received a letter from the California Public Employees’ Retirement [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.afge.org 90-day hiring freeze a prelude to significant staffing cuts WASHINGTON – The American Federation of Government Employees voiced serious concern about a 90-day hiring freeze instituted today throughout the Marine Corps. The freeze affects all internal and external [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.nteu.org Washington, D.C.—As the Senate moves forward in considering year-end tax-cut legislation, the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) welcomed inclusion of NTEU-supported language extending a $230 transit subsidy for employees, including federal workers, who commute to [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order requiring C.S. Capital Management Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., and owner Paul H. Saylor to restore $1,090,000 to the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Plan as restitution [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.sanders.senate.gov WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 – The Senate today voted 53 to 45 for a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to provide $250 payments to some 58 million Social Security recipients and disabled veterans, but the vote fell seven [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.www.narfe.org FOR INFORMATION: 703 838 7760 x201 leg@narfe.org National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) President Joseph A. Beaudoin today urged the House of Representatives to include retired public service employees in H.R. 5987, legislation to be considered [...] Read More