Dear NAGE Federal Division Members,We are calling on every member to attend an important Virtual Townhall Meeting on Wednesday, May 21st at 6:00 PM(ET). Your presence is vital—and you must register in advance to attend. Register Here Join us for an important meeting to discuss recent legislative developments affecting federal employee benefits. Congress has passed a budget resolution requiring $50 billion in […]
Government Executive – GovExec.com The Trump administration may recommence stripping the union rights of two-thirds of the federal workforce, for now. The two Republican-appointed members of a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday issued a stay of an April preliminary injunction that blocked the Trump administration’s efforts
Government Executive – GovExec.com April 29, 2025 Even when taken at face value, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman said the White House did not meet the evidentiary bar to prove that collective bargaining was incompatible with national security considerations for the majority of federal agencies. A federal judge on Monday wrote that President Trump’s controversial
NAGE has officially launched their NAGE E-dues system at www.nagefederal.org This online system makes it easy, fast, and secure for members to sign up for dues deduction. By switching to E-dues, members ensure that NAGE can continue to fight to protect their rights and voice at work and make sure our voice in Washington stays loud and
Late Thursday evening, NAGE and a group of federal employee unions filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s attempt to strip federal workers of their rights to union representation. The lawsuit “alleges that Trump’s executive order is a retaliatory attempt to punish federal employee unions that have been engaging in constitutionally protected speech.” For more
NAGE (nage.org) and many other federal unions are preparing lawsuits to oppose the largest attack on federal employee’s rights since the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) was enacted in 1978. On Thursday (3/27/25), a new Executive Order (EO) was issued that basically eliminates federal unions and rescinds all negotiated agreements and rights provided by the
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FUSE and NAGE met with Senator Jack Reed on Dec. 23rd 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
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) filed a “Consolidated Complaint and Notice of Hearing” against NUWC Newport management today for failing to negotiate in good faith with FUSE/NAGE Local R1-144, in violation of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The complaint resulted from an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge filed by the union in Feb.
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
