FUSE meeting – Nov. 5, 2025 @ 6pm – Green Valley CC, Portsmouth, RI

The Federal Union of Scientists & Engineers (FUSE / NAGE Local R1-144) cordially invites all employees represented by FUSE to attend a Union meeting & dinner on Wednesday, November 5th at Green Valley Country Club, 371 Union St., Portsmouth, RI, beginning at 6:00 pm.   Subjects to be discussed include:   – Impacts of Executive Order 14251 […]

NAGE/SEIU Federal Division Condemns Shutdown Threats and Permanent Job Cuts

Director Lee Blackmon joins AFGE in calling out the administration’s reckless and unlawful actions against federal workers. NAGE/SEIU Federal Director Lee Blackmon calls on Congress to end the shutdown immediately. WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 8, 2025) – At a joint press conference with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), NAGE/SEIU Federal Division Director Lee Blackmon

Government Shutdown Begins – Protect Yourself Against Shutdown & RIF Attacks – Enroll Now!

Dear NAGE/SEIU Federal Division Employees, Your job security and protection have never been more critical than they are today. The administration plans to use the government shutdown as a way to further reduce the federal workforce through Reductions in Force (RIFs). Make no mistake: NAGE/SEIU membership is your strongest job security.  While the administration attacks federal workers,

Government Shutdown and RIF Update – Join Us for Critical Solidarity Meetings

September 29, 2025 Dear NAGE/SEIU Members and Bargaining Unit Employees, It appears that a government shutdown is imminent. If Congress does not pass a Continuing Resolution (CR), the shutdown will begin at midnight on Tuesday, September 30th. We have also learned that the administration intends to use the shutdown as an opportunity to reduce the

Lawmakers pursue parallel paths toward blocking Trump’s anti-union order

While House Democrats and unions are working over the August recess to secure signatures on a discharge petition to force the chamber to consider a bill overturning the president’s edict stripping two-thirds of federal employees of their collective bargaining rights, the House NDAA includes language blocking its implementation at the Pentagon. Government Executive – GovExec.com

Another judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s effort to pre-clear anti-union EO

Government Executive – GovExec.com Both of the White House’s efforts to secure declaratory judgments in advance of formally stripping more than 1 million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights have now failed. A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s effort to attain the judicial greenlight to enforce a March executive

All provisions targeting federal worker benefits, unions stricken from Senate reconciliation package

Government Executive – govexec.com The Senate parliamentarian previously ruled that most of the proposals aimed at cutting federal employees’ retirement benefits and civil service protections violated a rule to ensure reconciliation bills are budgetary in nature. The Senate voted late Saturday to open debate on Republicans’ budget reconciliation package, which aims to cut federal spending

Trump’s anti-union executive order has been blocked, again

Government Executive – govexec.com A federal judge in California tailored his decision around the administration’s violations against labor groups’ First Amendment rights, avoiding thornier questions about presidential power. A federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday once again blocking President Trump’s executive order to strip two-thirds of the federal workforce of their

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