The results are in and here are NFFE Local 1998’s elected leaders. President: Lee Wentz Vice President: Boyd Hinton Recording Secretary: Jason Vick Secretary-Treasurer: Ryan Gallerani Conductor-Sentinel: Tony Shimmin Auditors: No Candidates Nominated Trustees: Anton Moyseyenko, Corinne Nielson and Robin Mullen Office Committee Members: Conor McGee, Dana Sibley and Tony Shimmin Senior Stewards AFO: Lu […]
Your NFFE 1998 Election Candidates List is Posted
The candidates for the 2019 NFFE 1998 Election are now available on this website for view by all registered NFFE 1998 website users. How do you become a NFFE 1998 Website registered user? If you are already a dues paying member, just click here and register for the website. *Or become a dues paying member by completing the SF-1187 […]
NFFE 1998 Elections Update
Good Afternoon from the Election Committee, In preparation for the upcoming union election, some nominators received notices regarding a deadline of October 18, 2019 for nominees to respond to their nomination. As with any large undertaking the Election Committee has fallen slightly behind, and as a result we are pushing back the deadline for nominees […]
Nominations For NFFE 1998 Elected Positions Due By October 13, 2019.
NFFE 1998 members, keep an eye out in the mail for election nomination notices. This is your opportunity to nominate who you want to represent you in the local for 2020 through 2022. Every elected role in Local 1998 will be up for election this year, but only those nominated can be voted on. Note […]
Labor Day Message from NFFE-IAM National President Randy Erwin
NFFE-IAM National President Randy Erwin has a Labor day video message to share with the hard working federal employees. Please click on “Read Post” to view the video.
Passport Workers Warn Agency is ‘Woefully Understaffed’ – ‘Pain Ahead’ for U.S. Travelers
Washington, D.C. – In recent years, the Bureau of Consular Affairs—the agency within the State Department that is responsible for issuing U.S. passports—has become significantly understaffed. Consequently, the amount of time needed to obtain a passport has increased dramatically for the millions of people requesting passports each year. Internal documents at the Department of State reflect […]
The New National Federation of Federal Employees 1998 Website
Welcome to the National Federation of Federal Employees 1998 Website. It has been a long, “fun” process getting everything in order to release this new website for our bargaining unit employees. With the previous website being limited in what was possible, our new website is going to give us many more possibilities to better serve […]
Grievance Filed for FLSA Violation
Earlier this month of March, 2019, a grievance was filed at the Dallas Passport Center on behalf of union steward Antonio Crestotholos. While on his break and on his own personal time, Mr. Crestotholos engaged a colleague in conversation. Management, making the assumption Mr. Crestotholos was conducting official Union business, proceeded to use the opportunity […]
NFFE Litigation Round-Up
NFFE-IAM is leading the fight for federal workers in three, distinct lawsuits. Read on to learn the latest on each lawsuit, and how NFFE-IAM members can participate. Illegal Executive Order Appeal As you may recall, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued guidance requiring agencies to rescind any implementation of three anti-employee executive orders (EO) […]
Gutting of Federal Workers’ Pay and Retirement in Trump Budget a ‘Race to the Bottom’ for All Americans
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) strongly condemns the fiscal year 2020 budget proposal from President Trump that decimates pay and retirement security for 2.1 million federal workers in a misguided attempt to lower the federal deficit on the backs of working people after passing deficit-exploding tax cuts for millionaires and […]