• NFFE National President Randy Erwin Challenges Outgoing Rep. Jason Chaffetz's (R-UT) Attacks on Federal Employees

June 27, 2017

Rep. Chaffetz: “I’m frustrated the unions weren’t more willing participants in trying to find that balance to get rid of the truly bad apples. … I wish they had the same vision I have … I wish they could see that one bad apple would truly infect a thousand. I wish they were more concerned about protecting the mass of federal employees by getting rid of the one who is causing all the disruption. … They seem to protect every employee no matter what, and that hurts the whole.”

Randy Erwin: “Our interest is in preserving due process so that good employees have the protections they need to do their jobs on behalf of the American people without fear of unfair or politically motivated reprisal,” he said. “Those protections are essential to the functioning of our democracy. Our union has no interest in rigging the system to insulate genuine problem employees from the possibility of removal. Nobody benefits from that. … It is safe to say that we do not share Representative Chaffetz’s vision for the federal workforce.” 

Read the whole story, here.

• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Holds Day-Long Markup Hearing on Chairman Shuster’s AIRR Act (H.R. 2997)

June 28, 2017

House Republicans pushed through committee, in a 32-25 vote, a six-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration that includes a plan to hand over the operations and regulation of the nation’s air traffic control system to private corporation. Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), and author of the dangerous and profiteering AIRR Act (H.R. 2997), hopes the bill gets to the House floor next month. However, it is likely that the bill will face opposition from other House Republicans.

• NFFE Delivers Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Expressing Concern with prospective FY 18 National Defense Authorization Act  

June 28, 2017

NFFE National President Randy Erwin sent a letter to Chairman John McCain (R-AZ), Ranking Senator Jack Reed (D- RI) and the Senate Armed Services Committee to address three problematic provisions in the FY18 NDAA: 

1. Converting General Schedule employees into Term employees at the DOD.

2. Converting DOD's civilian workers from Title V to Title X.

3. Removing Davis-Bacon and Service Contract Act requirements at the DOD.

Read the letter, here.

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