District Court for the District of Columbia,
and alleges that the final regulations fly in the face of congressional intent
expressed in the Homeland Security Act (HSA) , which established the
department. The final regulations, however, do just
the opposite, removing from all DHS employees longstanding statutory rights to
bargain collectively and participate, through their elected union
representatives, in decisions affecting them, the suit alleges.
NTEU is the largest independent federal union, representing 150,000
employees in 30 agencies and departments , including more than 15,000 legacy
Customs employees who are now part of the DHS Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection (CBP).

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CIS Workers Join ICE and Border Patrol in Union Representation

WASHINGTON, The Federal Labor Relations Authority
recently granted the American Federation of Government Employees sole
representation of Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) employees ."
The longstanding rights are being replaced with a "one-sided regime under
which the majority of important conditions of employment are not subject to
negotiation," Kelley added.
For more information, visit the NTEU DHS web site at http://dhs.

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Kelley .

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"We look forward to working with USCIS Director Emilio T.

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NTEU is joined in the suit against DHS and its secretary, Tom Ridge, along
with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its director, Kay Coles
James, by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the National
Association of Agriculture Employees (NAAE), and the National Federation of
Federal Employees (NFFE).

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The regulations also strip from employees meaningful rights to third-party
decision -making on key matters affecting their work lives and place that
responsibility, instead, in a DHS -controlled internal labor relations board.

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AFGE is the largest federal employee union representing 600,000 workers in
the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia,
including the largest constituency of DHS employees, comprising Customs +
Border Protection; Border Patrol; Immigration + Customs Enforcement; Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center; FEMA workers; civilian U.

Unions which are diversified and include government workers as well as workers in other sectors should be listed under Regional/North_America /United_States/Society_and_Culture/Labor
with an @link here.

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NTEU Other Homeland Security Unions File Federal Lawsuit to Stop DHS From Implementing Unlawful Personnel Regulations

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Coast Guard and TSA.
AFGE has worked diligently to ensure the rights of all Department of
Homeland Security employees, and specifically has been involved in efforts to
ensure full law enforcement status for CBP officers.

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The union additionally
serves as the voice of workers in Customs and Border Protection , Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, FEMA, the U.S.
"There is absolutely no basis for stripping them of their rights while asking
them to help keep America and our way of life intact.

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Gonzalez and the
rest of CIS management to win recognition for the crucial role that CIS plays
in securing the homeland, and to ensure the hiring of additional staff to
handle the additional work that Congress is likely to give them," Gage added.
For a copy of the complaint, please contact NTEU.

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AFGE also is certified as the only union to represent employees of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.

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Unions which are *exclusively* representative of government workers should be listed here.

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"AFGE
now is certified as the exclusive representation of all non-professional
employees of CIS," AFGE National President John Gage said. Coast Guard
employees and TSA screeners.
"The employees losing their basic rights are the same men and women who
guard our borders every single day," said NTEU President Colleen M.

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"Through AFGE, all DHS
workers are speaking with one voice ," Gage said.
The suit was filed in U.
The HSA requires that the department's personnel system ensure that
employees may bargain collectively.

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WASHINGTON, The National Treasury Employees Union
(NTEU) today filed a federal lawsuit asking the court to declare unlawful --
and to prevent the implementation of -- final personnel regulations which
strip meaningful collective bargaining and other rights from all of the
civilian employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) .

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