NTEU’s Checklist to Make Federal Jobs More Attractive

Improvements to pay, benefits, flexibility and protections would make the federal government better equipped to compete for workers, NTEU told Congress last week.

In testimony submitted to a House panel, National President Doreen Greenwald called for a series of changes to help recruit and retain highly skilled employees. They include an average 2025 pay raise of 7.4 percent; more and better data on the effectiveness of telework; paid family leave; and maintaining guardrails to protect merit system principles.  

“It is essential for the federal government to recruit and retain the best and brightest to provide quality services to the American people,” Greenwald wrote.

Read more and learn about NTEU's fight for these issues on Capitol Hill.