Hundreds of Federal Employees Win Union Representation

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Government Executive

By Eric Katz

Several hundred federal employees at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can now collectively bargain for the first time, after selecting union representation last week.

About 370 CFTC employees will be represented by the National Treasury Employees Union, after the workers overwhelming selected the group in elections held over the last two weeks.

“We welcome these CFTC employees to NTEU,” NTEU National President Colleen M. Kelley said. “They looked at NTEU’s record of success at other financial agencies and will now have the same level of representation for themselves. NTEU is proud to represent them and ready to get started.”

NTEU already represents employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other financial regulatory agencies, which Kelley said gives the union the experience it needs to succeed with CFTC.

FULL story at link.



NTEU President Colleen Kelley said the union is welcoming about 370 CFTC employees. AFGE

Read more: http://www.govexec.com/management/2014/11/hundreds-federal-employees-win-union-representation/98066/

[csziggy]

1. This is great - surprised it sank like a rock, though.

Mostly replying to K&R. But I am surprised that good union is completely ignored.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Unions at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be a bigger story....