7/8/25 - Budget Reconciliation Bill Passes Without Cuts to Pay, Benefits

Jul 22, 2025

ICYMI: Budget Reconciliation Bill Passes Without Cuts to Pay, Benefits

Last week, the President signed H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, into law after it narrowly passed in Congress. The bill passed without the proposed cuts to employee pay, benefits, and rights.

NTEU and our allies were successful in our fight to remove several anti-worker provisions from the bill, including those requiring employees to pay more for their retirement or become at-will, charging unions for the use of agency resources and time representing employees, charging employees a fee to bring cases to the MSPB, cutting employee retirement benefits, requiring unions to pay a 10 percent service fee to the government for the payroll deduction of union dues, and others. The text retained the border security funding language, including the House-passed provision to hire an additional 5,000 CBP Officers.

This could not have been done without the hard work of NTEU members, other federal employees and our family and friends calling and writing their members of Congress demanding they exclude attacks on federal employees from the reconciliation bill.

NTEU Op-Ed: The People—and the Law—Will Insist That CFPB Survive

In an op-ed published in Government Executive, National President Doreen Greenwald warns that by targeting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the executive branch exposed its flagrant disregard for the people’s representatives in Congress, the laws they pass to protect their voters from financial harm, and the public servants who have dedicated their careers to its virtuous mission.

Greenwald also addresses threats to other federal agencies. "If a president objects to a federal law, they need to take it up with Congress, not fire everyone hired to implement it. This logic applies to nearly everything the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is destroying."

Read the full op-ed.

From the NTEU Bulletin
Members Act to Reopen FDA Labs in Detroit, Puerto Rico

NTEU members around the country are not relenting to the administration’s attacks on their jobs and the important work they do for the American people. They are fighting back—and winning.

Read how members from Chapters 210 (HHS Atlanta) and 230 (HHS Chicago) successfully advocated to get the Food and Drug Administration labs in Detroit and Puerto Rico reopened in the latest NTEU Bulletin.

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Around NTEU: Giving Back, Trainings, Advocacy and Showing Pride

Pictured top, Chapter 17 (IRS Utah) started three food pantries in workplace breakrooms to support federal employees and their families during these uncertain times. Beyond providing food, Chapter President Avery Jackson hopes this can be a resource to help reduce stress, boost morale and build camaraderie.

Pictured left center, Chapter 30 (IRS Washington) recently hosted stewards from across Washington for a three-day union steward training on representing members. Throughout the week, the chapter also connected directly with members by hosting two outreach events including a ‘Coffee and Donuts’ gathering and an after-work happy hour.

Pictured right center, Chapter 84 (IRS Central Florida) visited Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fl.) to advocate for issues impacting federal employees and their unions.

Each week, Chapter 97 (IRS Fresno Service Center) members pictured bottom, wear their NTEU gear to celebrate NTEU's Fed Strong Friday campaign. The chapter also hosts a raffle.

Are you participating in Fed Strong Friday? Send us your photos representing our union and watch our social media for your feature.

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