Federal Workers Alliance Will Fight for Federal Workers

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Submitted by Jesse Russell on January 14, 2010 - 3:38pm
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Lede: A new government-wide union coalition formed this week will advocate for federal workers. Doug Cunningham has more on the story.

By Doug Cunningham

Unions in the new Federal Workers Alliance represent 300,000 federal workers. The alliance is modeled after the United Department of Defense Workers Coalition in 2004 that won a fight opposing elements of the National Security Personnel System. This new federal workers alliance includes 21 national labor organizations, ranging from AFSCME to the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department to the Teamsters and American Federation of Teachers. Two of the biggest federal employee unions – American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union are not yet members. This new coalition will focus for now on proposed civil service reforms. The new coalition’s members have vowed not compete with each other to represent federal workers.