Buyers Beware: Deferred Resignation Offer
NTEU has reviewed the “Fork in the Road” email more closely.
We continue to strongly urge you not to take this alleged “deal.” It is not good for you or for the American people.
Don’t be threatened or coerced into resigning from your job. The American people count on you as a member of the non-partisan civil service to deliver for them. The country needs you now more than ever.
Here’s what we know:
Email Authenticity: Never trust an official email that is meant to circumvent—and undermine—the chain of command. You should be deeply concerned that the agency human capital offices were seemingly kept out of this process.
Clarity: The “deal” that OPM says it is offering you, its “deferred resignation program,” simply does not add up. It lacks any concrete guarantees.
Precedence: The way in which OPM is offering this incentive is unprecedented and there is no evidence at this point that it has the legal authority to do so. This indicates a desire to rush employees into making potentially irreversible decisions.
Legality: It isn’t even clear that an agency can legally put a federal employee who accepts OPM’s deferred resignation offer on paid administrative leave for the rest of the fiscal year.
Regardless of what OPM or your agency say, there is no guarantee what they will do or that it can be enforced if you resign, especially given the uncertainty above.
We stand firm with you and will take all appropriate action to protect your rights.
For the Faces of the Federal Workforce campaign, if you have a story to tell about a reduction-in-force, probationary termination, or another adverse event impacting your job since the inauguration of President Trump, please email memberstories@nteu.org. You can participate by recording a two-minute-or-less video or writing a brief statement of 200-400 words about your experience (statements may submitted anonymously). The Faces of the Federal Workforce landing page will launch on Monday, March 31. Working together, we will tell our stories strategically, compassionately, and in a way that changes the narrative around the federal workforce. Please feel free to reach out to Mike Givens, Director of Communications and Public Relations, with ideas or suggestions.
Doreen P. Greenwald National President
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Victory Blocking Harmful Collective Bargaining Executive Order Makes News
NTEU is making headlines for our victory last week stopping the administration from implementing its anti-union, anti-federal employee executive order excluding tens of thousands of NTEU members from the rights afforded them under the labor statute.
This is a big initial win in what will be a continuous struggle on behalf of our members.
Here are just some of the clips:
Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees (AP)
Judge blocks Trump’s anti-union executive order (GovExec)
Judge halts Trump’s order to end collective bargaining rights for many federal workers (CNN)
Court Blocks Trump's Federal Union-Busting Plan, Calling It 'Unlawful' (HuffPost)
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