Ask your members of Congress to support Hazardous Duty Pay for CBP Employees at the ports of entry
Contact your members of congress by clicking here and send a pre-formulated letter stressing the importance of passing legislation to include hazard pay for our Frontline Heroes. Only takes a couple of minutes!
Sign Our Petition to Restore Adjusted Work Schedules
OFO employees are stepping up to urge CBP and DHS to help protect health and safety by restoring the adjusted work schedules at ports along the borders. If you haven’t signed, now is the time to join the thousands of your colleagues who have. Sign the petition to show that you, too, are extremely concerned about CBP’s protection of the health of CBP Officers on the border.
The petition states, in part:
We, the undersigned employees of Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations, request that DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf and CBP Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, immediately rescind this decision and allow the ports to develop reduced schedules that put a priority on the health and safety of their workforces without jeopardizing port operations.
By signing the petition you are exercising your fundamental and legally protected right to be heard on matters impacting your working conditions.
You can access and sign the petition here and share this link.
Nearly 11,000 employees have also sent letters to their members of Congress about restoring the weather and safety leave.
There is growing support from Capitol Hill. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12), Filemon Vela (D-TX-34), Brian Higgins (D-NY-26) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS-2), the Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, have already sent letters to CBP and DHS urging them to reinstate these adjusted work schedules that help ensure your safety.
The petition states, in part:
We, the undersigned employees of Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations, request that DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf and CBP Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, immediately rescind this decision and allow the ports to develop reduced schedules that put a priority on the health and safety of their workforces without jeopardizing port operations.
By signing the petition you are exercising your fundamental and legally protected right to be heard on matters impacting your working conditions.
You can access and sign the petition here and share this link.
Nearly 11,000 employees have also sent letters to their members of Congress about restoring the weather and safety leave.
There is growing support from Capitol Hill. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12), Filemon Vela (D-TX-34), Brian Higgins (D-NY-26) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS-2), the Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, have already sent letters to CBP and DHS urging them to reinstate these adjusted work schedules that help ensure your safety.
NTEU in Court Defending Victory Over Executive Orders
NTEU is in a federal appeals court today defending our victory against the president’s anti-employee executive orders (EO).
As expected, the government appealed NTEU’s victory last year invalidating the most egregious provisions of the orders. Among other things, the EOs aim to limit federal employee rights, collective bargaining rights and the ability of unions to represent employees in workplace issues.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument on the appeal today. NTEU and other unions will argue that multiple provisions of the executive orders violate the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the lower court’s decision agreeing with NTEU should be allowed to stand.
NTEU’s lawsuit has garnered strong support from powerful allies. Four current and former members of Congress, including two who helped write the Civil Service Reform Act, are supporting our case. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rep. Peter King (R-NY), former Rep. William Clay, Sr. (D-MO) and former Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) filed a legal brief supporting the unions’ case.
As expected, the government appealed NTEU’s victory last year invalidating the most egregious provisions of the orders. Among other things, the EOs aim to limit federal employee rights, collective bargaining rights and the ability of unions to represent employees in workplace issues.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument on the appeal today. NTEU and other unions will argue that multiple provisions of the executive orders violate the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the lower court’s decision agreeing with NTEU should be allowed to stand.
NTEU’s lawsuit has garnered strong support from powerful allies. Four current and former members of Congress, including two who helped write the Civil Service Reform Act, are supporting our case. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rep. Peter King (R-NY), former Rep. William Clay, Sr. (D-MO) and former Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) filed a legal brief supporting the unions’ case.
Chapter 173 Wins first place for Communications overall award for second time in a row!
At this years 2020 NTEU National Convention, Chapter 173 won first place overall for the Communications award for a second time! This is a huge honor as all agencies that NTEU represents attend the Convention and all Chapters are in the running. In years past, we have come close but never achieved first place overall. NTEU Nation President Tony Reardon credited 173 TV, The Loop, Chapter 173 Stress Busters and our social media activity as factors that put Chapter 173 on top! We are very proud of this achievement and look forward to earning it again at the next Convention. We are continuing to find ways of improving our communication with the chapter and are looking at creative and innovative ways to improve. Stay tuned.