December 23, 2024 - Cranston, RI

FUSE and NAGE met with Senator Jack Reed on Dec. 23^rd to discuss layoffs, eliminating telework, contracting out gov’t jobs, eliminating employee’s rights through conversions to “schedule F”, and other attacks on federal employees currently being planned by the incoming administration. 

Senator Reed fully supports NUWC employees and said that he will do everything he can to minimize the negative impacts that these radical policies may have.  He believes that most of the layoffs and other cuts will be focused on the Washington, DC area, and hopefully will not impact defense department employees outside of the capital region.   Senator Reed also believes that Senators from other states with large populations of DoD employees will push back on the administration’s plans to layoff workers and make other changes to employee’s rights, entitlements and benefits. 

The Senator asked us to let him know whenever we receive information about potential layoffs, reductions in telework, or other changes that negatively impact our members, and he assured us that he will continue working hard to keep NUWC strong and minimize the impact of the new administration’s anti-government-employee policies. 

Union representatives in attendance were FUSE President Dale Dandrea, FUSE Vice President Neil Jackson, NAGE Local R1-134 President Patrick Lavery, NAGE RI Director Paul Saccoccia, and NAGE attorney Gary Gentile. 

March 8, 2017 - Newport, RI

FUSE / NAGE Local R1-144 successfully negotiated a settlement with NUWC Newport management today that ended a 5-month stand-off over Incentive Pay increases and bonuses that began in Oct. 2016.  The settlement ensures that over 2,000 FUSE bargaining unit members will receive the pay increases and bonuses they earned in Fiscal Year 2016, which were unlawfully withheld by management while the parties negotiated their FY16 contract.