February News 

Donald Trump offers buyout to federal workers; Tim Kaine, and NTEU President Doreen P. Greenwald reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcCtIANT6ho.

President Trump signed an executive order tonight instructing agencies to work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to severely reduce staffing levels and limit future hiring through large scale reductions-in-force. Continue Reading https://www.nteu.org/member

This immediate onslaught of anti-worker, anti-union and anti-government policies has obviously sparked fear and uncertainty among federal employees, but it has also sparked public outrage as many Americans question whether some of these actions are illegal or even unconstitutional. Members of Congress have been speaking out in support of federal employees on the House and Senate floors, at town hall meetings and in the media. 

This week, 25 members of the House Labor Caucus held the House floor to highlight the important work that federal employees do and call out the baseless attacks and union-busting from the Trump Administration. 

NTEU Members Join 'Save the Civil Service' Rally on Capitol Hill

NTEU members and National President Doreen Greenwald joined a rally on Capitol Hill calling on Congress to protect the civil service and preserve the rights of federal workers https://www.nteu.org/blog/2025/02/12/NTEU%20Members%20Join%20Rally?hatchact=non-government-computer

MD Senators Van Hollen and Alsobrooks will host a Telephone Town Hall on Wednesday, February 12 at 7:30pm (EST)

To join the call, you can sign up to be dialed in here. By signing up you will receive a call to join our telephone town hall at approximately 7:30 on Wednesday night – the deadline to sign up to receive this call is Wednesday morning at 9:00 am. 

If you’d like to listen in but not join the call via phone – or if you miss the sign-up deadline – you can also join the livestream of the town hall from Senator Van Hollen's website here.

To join our call, you can sign up to be dialed in here. 

For more on what we've been doing in the past few weeks, please click here to read my previous newsletter.

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February 5 2025 

We will fight for you, utilizing every tool available to us - 

One of the first actions federal employees take when they begin their careers is to swear an oath to defend the Constitution and faithfully discharge their duties. 

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In Solidarity,

President, NTEU Chapter 228

Don’t Be fooled. Don’t follow OPM group’s Guidance.

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February 5 2025 

This threat to the federal workforce is a threat to us all, National President Doreen Greenwald warns in an op-ed published by Government Executive.  

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Write to your Represenative https://www.nteu.org/takeaction/nteuaction

I am writing as your constituent and as a friend of federal employees to ask you to support America's civil servants by speaking out speaking out against efforts to drastically cut the size of the federal workforce and to take away employee rights, benefits, and protections. Continue Readiing .https://www.nteu.org/takeaction/nteuaction

REFORMING THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE TO BETTER SERVE AMERICANS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) workforce optimization initiative. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-works-to-remake-americas-federal-workforce/

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