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We’re back! Join us in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the 2022 NAAE Convention! NAAE Convention May 22-25, 2022Embassy Suites 17th Street- Rooms: $1591100 SE 17th St, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316For more information contact Esther Serrano. 2022 NAAE Convention Flyer

Bargaining Unit Employees! Please contact us immediately if your telework or remote work agreement was denied. You most likely have been denied contrary to the guidance within the Departmental Regulation and entirely against the spirit of the Secretary’s vision for a new USDA. Spread the word!

A Message from Our President News Shorts Vaccine Mandate Checking Your “Pulse” LM Forms The Legal Side Convention How to Join the Union November 2021 Newsletter

2021 Religious Accommodation Packet 2021 Reasonable Accommodation Packet (Medical)

As you are aware, the President has issued an Executive Order requiring all federal employees to be fully vaccinated by November 22, 2021. COVID testing is no longer part of the government’s plan for teleworkers or those who refuse to vaccinate.  There will be only two exemptions to this mandatory policy, for those proving they meet religious or medical qualifications (Reasonable Accommodation). We do

The past week many of you have shared your opinions with the Executive Committee of NAAE on the impending Agency policy addressing COVID in the workplace. Some BUEs strongly support this policy but others have expressed concerns about the implementation of this policy. We want you to know the Agency has engaged NAAE in periodic

Good day, Bargaining Unit Members! It’s been brought to our attention that outside sources are contacting our bargaining unit members for representation opportunities. You may have received an email link, a survey monkey questionnaire, or other contact from these sources. We encourage you to be open and honest- on the survey and with us, your

Attention Bargaining Unit Employees! Your NAAE Executive Committee is hosting a Zoom meeting on: April 24, 2021 at 2pm EDT. Please contact Kim Mann at kmann@scopelitis.com for registration. You’ll need to provide your name and a personal email address to attend. We’ll be discussing the following and much more.  In addition, we’ll reserve a considerable

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BEHIND BASELESS REMOVAL PENALTY? NAAE represents a Black technician in her quest to quash her supervisor’s proposal to terminate her employment with PPQ based upon cooked-up evidence of GOV misuse and submission of inaccurate records. This proposed discipline comes from her White male supervisor who spent days spying on her and, without her

PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE SAVES SOME FROM ONE-AND-DONE POLICY. During 2020, NAAE in its representative capacity has, on several occasions, had to confront the Agency’s zero-tolerance policy for employees discovered misusing their government computers or cell phones, such as for viewing porn, streaming, or gambling. In every instance, the Agency imposed the maximum allowable penalty, removal from