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National Education Union: Changes to Technical Education are Welcome But Require Proper Investment
LONDON, England, July 29 -- The National Education Union issued the following statement by General Secretary Daniel Kebede:
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Changes to technical education are welcome but require proper investment
Commenting on the announcement of plans to launch new technical education pathways, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"Andy Burnham's first announcement should have been that he will end austerity in education. These proposed changes to technical education are welcome, but they will hit the skids unless there is sufficient investment in schools.
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LONDON, England, July 29 -- The National Education Union issued the following statement by General Secretary Daniel Kebede:
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Changes to technical education are welcome but require proper investment
Commenting on the announcement of plans to launch new technical education pathways, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"Andy Burnham's first announcement should have been that he will end austerity in education. These proposed changes to technical education are welcome, but they will hit the skids unless there is sufficient investment in schools.
"Supportand investment for schools, colleges and young people must come first. The FE sector is severely underfunded and the government have not fully funded teacher pay for next year. Where will the teachers, lecturers and physical infrastructure to support these new routes come from without proper funding?
"Schools are being forced to find pound sterling460 million in cuts collectively this academic year. After years of underfunding, asking schools to keep doing more with less is simply not sustainable. This is the approach that cost Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson the confidence of the profession. If we are serious about raising standards and giving every child the education they deserve, funding must come first.
"Broader options and flexibility for students are in principle a positive step forward, but if the government's plans close doors for young people by narrowing their options at 14 this may place limits on their future opportunities. This will disproportionately hit the most disadvantaged. It is right to focus on improving the escalating NEET issue but education is about more than simply a pipeline to work.
"Young people with SEND are 80 per cent more likely to be NEET and any changes to the curriculum, careers guidance or work experience availability must be inclusive and accessible for all.
"We look forward to working with the new Prime Minister and Secretary of State to help ensure the pitfalls of the past can be avoided."
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Original text here: https://neu.org.uk/latest/press-releases/changes-technical-education-are-welcome-require-proper-investment?_locale=en
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NFFE Delivers Payouts to Local 919 Following Successful $5 Million FLSA Settlement
WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Union] -- The National Federation of Federal Employees issued the following news release:
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NFFE Delivers Payouts to Local 919 Following Successful $5 Million FLSA Settlement
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Earlier this month, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) visited Local 919 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA to deliver payouts to employees following a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) settlement regarding overtime pay for workers at the base's Naval Hospital and Dental Center.
After years of dedicated efforts by your NFFE National and Local 919
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WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Union] -- The National Federation of Federal Employees issued the following news release:
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NFFE Delivers Payouts to Local 919 Following Successful $5 Million FLSA Settlement
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Earlier this month, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) visited Local 919 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA to deliver payouts to employees following a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) settlement regarding overtime pay for workers at the base's Naval Hospital and Dental Center.
After years of dedicated efforts by your NFFE National and Local 919leadership, and The Law Offices of Snider & Associates, NFFE Local 919 successfully resolved its 2024 Overtime Grievance with the Department of the Navy. As a result, $5 million in damages were recovered on behalf of the bargaining unit.
For many years, management failed to properly designate and compensate certain employees in accordance with applicable overtime compensation laws. Consequently, many bargaining unit members were not fully compensated for overtime work performed. Hundreds of employees who worked between May 5, 2014, and March 13, 2024, benefited from this resolution.
NFFE National President Randy Erwin, Secretary-Treasurer Max Alonzo, and other NFFE National staff were proud to personally deliver settlement checks to Local 919 members, some upwards of $20,000. If you believe you were affected by this settlement and owed backpay, please visit nffe919.org/settlement/ for more information.
"This is an incredible victory for our union and Local 919," said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. "NFFE will always pursue justice when management is not following the law. In this case, we are so proud to have won backpay for our members who rightfully earned those dollars by working overtime and not being properly compensated. This is a true testament to the power of being a NFFE member."
NFFE and Local 919 leadership, both past and present, worked tirelessly over many years to achieve. As we celebrate this important victory, we also recognize it as one of many significant successes achieved by NFFE Local 919 in recent years. We encourage all eligible employees to becoming members of NFFE at nffe.org/e-dues/.
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Original text here: https://www.nffe.org/nffe_news/nffe-delivers-payouts-to-local-919-following-successful-5-million-flsa-settlement/
AFGE Endorses Kentucky's Charles Booker for U.S. Senate and Zach Dembo for U.S. House in November Election
WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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AFGE Endorses Kentucky's Charles Booker for U.S. Senate and Zach Dembo for U.S. House in November Election
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AFGE says Booker and Dembo will fight for working people in Congress
INDIANAPOLIS -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Charles Booker for election to the U.S. Senate and Zach Dembo for election to the U.S. House representing Kentucky in the 2026 midterm election. The general election is Nov. 3.
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WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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AFGE Endorses Kentucky's Charles Booker for U.S. Senate and Zach Dembo for U.S. House in November Election
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AFGE says Booker and Dembo will fight for working people in Congress
INDIANAPOLIS -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Charles Booker for election to the U.S. Senate and Zach Dembo for election to the U.S. House representing Kentucky in the 2026 midterm election. The general election is Nov. 3.
A lifelongresident of Louisville's West End, Charles Booker worked for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and West Louisville FoodPort before being elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2018.
Booker won the Democratic primary in May for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitch McConnell. He's running for the Senate because it is time to end the status quo in Washington that's left workers behind.
"Charles Booker understands the struggles that workers face. His upbringing and struggles shaped who he is. He understands that unions are the only way workers have a real voice in the workplace," AFGE District 6 National Vice President Arnold Scott said. "Charles is the clear choice to stand with AFGE members and all workers."
A ninth-generation Kentuckian raised in Lexington, Zach Dembo won the Democratic primary in May for an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state's 6th Congressional District.
Dembo has dedicated his life to public service and fighting for people - serving as a U.S. Navy Judge Advocate during four years on active duty, as Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's policy advisor and legislative director, as a federal prosecutor in D.C. and Lexington, and more. In Congress, he'll fully support the PRO Act, advocate for workplace safety standards, fund apprenticeship programs, protect unemployment benefits, defend the right to collectively bargain, and stand with federal workers.
"Zach Dembo is a lifelong public servant who understands the value of public service. Through his service in the Navy to being a federal prosecutor, he cares about this nation and the public we serve," Scott said. "We need more public servants and veterans in Congress. We look forward to working with Zach to fight for our members."
AFGE previously endorsed Rep. Morgan McGarvey for reelection to his seat representing Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District.
Nearly 35,000 federal workers live in Kentucky - caring for veterans, supporting the military, and getting Social Security recipients their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents nearly 46,000 federal employees in District 6, which includes Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.
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Original text here: https://www.afge.org/link/3bec16edbf494aef82bd1bee65b0f847.aspx
Wiki Workers United US/CWA Will File for NLRB Election After Wikimedia Foundation Declines Voluntary Recognition
WASHINGTON, July 28 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:
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Wiki Workers United US/CWA Will File for NLRB Election After Wikimedia Foundation Declines Voluntary Recognition
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San Francisco, Calif. -Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) has released the following statement after announcing today that it will file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after the Wikimedia Foundation declined the union's request for voluntary recognition:
We are deeply disappointed
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WASHINGTON, July 28 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:
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Wiki Workers United US/CWA Will File for NLRB Election After Wikimedia Foundation Declines Voluntary Recognition
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San Francisco, Calif. -Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) has released the following statement after announcing today that it will file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after the Wikimedia Foundation declined the union's request for voluntary recognition:
We are deeply disappointedthat the Wikimedia Foundation has taken the low road by declining our request for voluntary recognition, despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of employees have signed union authorization cards indicating support for the union. Thousands of workers across the tech and nonprofit sectors have achieved voluntary recognition through this "card check" method. Our demand of the Wikimedia Foundation was simply that they live up to their values and be the high-road employer that they purport to be. They refused.
While the Wikimedia Foundation touts to the public that they plan to take a neutral stance in our organizing efforts, they have already proven that not to be the case behind the scenes. When the Foundation rejected our request for voluntary recognition this week, they immediately sent out to employees and the public statements couched in classic union-busting rhetoric, rhetoric undoubtedly provided by outrageously expensive union-avoidance law firms. This insulting and wasteful use of Foundation resources is both an insult to Foundation employees and to the Free Knowledge Movement as a whole.
Insisting that our right to organize be adjudicated by the National Labor Relations Board is not a neutral choice; it has nothing to do with election procedures or employee choice. It has everything to do with delaying the process and stalling the vote in order to give time to the union busters to launch a potentially coercive anti-union campaign against Foundation employees. Nonetheless, we are proud of our colleagues for reaching this point, and we remain committed to securing our union through a traditional NLRB process.
About CODE-CWA
The Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE-CWA) is a network of worker-organizers and their staff working every single day to build the voice and power necessary to ensure the future of the tech, game, and digital industries in the United States and Canada. CODE-CWA is a project of the Communications Workers of America which represents hundreds of thousands of workers throughout tech, media, telecom, and other industries who stand together to fight for justice on the job and in our communities.
About CWA
The Communications Workers of America represents working people in telecommunications, customer service, media, airlines, health care, public service and education, manufacturing, tech, and other fields.
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Original text here: https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/wiki-workers-united-uscwa-will-file-nlrb-election-after-wikimedia-foundation-declines
Report Finds Interpreters Face Unsafe, Stressful Working Conditions at Multinational TP
WASHINGTON, July 28 [Category: Union] (TNSrep) -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:
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New Report Finds Interpreters Face Unsafe, Stressful Working Conditions at Multinational TP
TP interpreters are organizing a union with CWA to address low wages and unsustainable working conditions, which impacts service quality for clients of LanguageLine Solutions and ZP Better Together.
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WASHINGTON, July 28 [Category: Union] (TNSrep) -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:
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New Report Finds Interpreters Face Unsafe, Stressful Working Conditions at Multinational TP
TP interpreters are organizing a union with CWA to address low wages and unsustainable working conditions, which impacts service quality for clients of LanguageLine Solutions and ZP Better Together.
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(NEW YORK, N.Y.) -As interpreters employed by French multinational TP (formerly known as Teleperformance) continue to fight for a union in the United States, the CommunicationsWorkers of America (CWA) released a new study, Speaking of Safety: Remote Interpreters Report Unsafe, Stressful Conditions and Burnout at French Outsourcer TP.
The report (https://cwa-union.org/speaking-safety), unveiled during a virtual press conference held on July 28, surveyed 245 TP interpreters across two TP subsidiaries, LanguageLine Solutions (LLS) and ZP Better Together, between April and June of 2026 on health and safety issues. Findings include:
* More than three quarters of respondents (76%) strongly disagreed that TP provides enough time between calls for workers to recover.
* More than seventy percent of respondents feel emotionally drained from their work either every day (51%) or a few times a week (20%).
* Nearly three quarters of respondents experience back or neck pain daily (41%) or at least weekly (32%).
"These constant back-to-back calls and sitting in my chair for a longer period of time make my body ache," said Madhurima Ganguly, a Bengali LanguageLine Solutions interpreter. "I developed tailbone pain from sitting in one position constantly. I have to take pelvic floor physiotherapy, which is hard to find and expensive."
"We help patients receive devastating diagnoses, families making life-changing medical decisions, victims reporting abuse, and individuals navigating emergencies and court proceedings," said Yves Carmel Valerus, a Haitian Creole LanguageLine Solutions interpreter. "We carry those emotions with us from one call to the next, yet we are expected to immediately move on as though nothing happened. We are human beings, not machines."
"I'm incredibly grateful for the work LanguageLine Interpreters do to help immigrant New Yorkers navigate our bureaucracy," said New York City Councilmember Lincoln Restler. "The conditions outlined in this report are deeply troubling. As a holder of these contracts, the City has a responsibility to ensure workplace conditions improve. As Chair of the Committee on Contracts, I will do everything in my power to hold Language Line accountable."
Interpreters at TP LLS demanded in April to establish an elected health & safety committee, but the company refused. A 2025 survey of LLS interpreters found that interpreters face stressful working conditions and low pay, leading to high turnover and putting at risk the quality of service they are able to provide.
Workers at LLS are organizing a union with CWA to address low wages and unsustainable working conditions, which also impact service quality for clients. In 2022, TP agreed with UNI Global Union to enter a Global Agreement on Social Responsibility, which afforded workers the right to organize a union free of management interference and intimidation. While TP implemented this agreement in other countries, the company has refused to fully implement the agreement in the United States and refuses to include the United States in any renewal of the agreement.
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About CWA: The Communications Workers of America represents working people in telecommunications, customer service, media, airlines, health care, public service and education, manufacturing, tech, and other fields.
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Original text here: https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/new-report-finds-interpreters-face-unsafe-stressful-working-conditions-multinational
Government's Own Records Reveal Racial Profiling in Federal Immigration Stops
KEENE, California, July 28 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
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Government's Own Records Reveal Racial Profiling in Federal Immigration Stops
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Plaintiffs are asking the court to block ongoing federal immigration raids based on newly disclosed records, body-worn camera footage and sworn testimony from government officials.
LOS ANGELES - Last night, plaintiffs in Vasquez Perdomo v. Mullin asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from conducting suspicionless and racially discriminatory immigration stops, pointing to a dramatically
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KEENE, California, July 28 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
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Government's Own Records Reveal Racial Profiling in Federal Immigration Stops
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Plaintiffs are asking the court to block ongoing federal immigration raids based on newly disclosed records, body-worn camera footage and sworn testimony from government officials.
LOS ANGELES - Last night, plaintiffs in Vasquez Perdomo v. Mullin asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from conducting suspicionless and racially discriminatory immigration stops, pointing to a dramaticallyexpanded evidentiary record that contradicts the government's account of its enforcement operations and shows agents relied on race and ethnicity in deciding whom to stop.
The motion for preliminary injunction follows months of expedited discovery that produced:
* internal government directives encouraging agents to increase arrests of people who were not immigration enforcement targets;
* sworn testimony acknowledging that apparent Hispanic ethnicity played a role in enforcement decisions about whom to stop and detain;
* internal communications and body-worn camera footage in which agents used racist slurs to refer to people who appear Latino and low-income or working-class;
* operational records that plaintiffs say reveal "targeted" operations have served as a pretext for detentions based on race; and
* other evidence that shows that unlawful practices have continued even after the government claimed its operations had changed.
In a video cited in the filing, one agent said to another: "Yeah, just plug us in wherever you see some tonks...," while other agents guessed whether people were "wet" simply based on appearance. "Tonks" is a derogatory and violent term understood to refer to the sound of a flashlight striking a migrant's head. "Wet" is short for "wetback" and is a racist slur historically directed at Mexican and other Latino immigrants crossing the Rio Grande.
"This filing should shock the conscience. Evidence gathered from the government has confirmed what our communities have known all along: immigration officers are flagrantly violating the law by detaining people without justification and often primarily because of the color of their skin," said Mayra Joachin, deputy director of immigrants' rights at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal), representing the plaintiffs. "The government's own records expose a pattern of racial profiling that violates some of our Constitution's most fundamental protections. With our plaintiffs, we will continue fighting in court until these unlawful practices end."
Plaintiffs argue the Constitution prohibits law enforcement from using race as a substitute for individualized suspicion. The motion alleges the stops violated both the Fourth Amendment and the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.
"Our communities have been denouncing foul play from day one. The evidence doesn't lie: these arrests were never about safety, they were about skin color. We repudiate this racial profiling in the strongest terms -our communities deserve better," said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), a plaintiff in the case.
Residents, workers and advocacy groups sued DHS in July 2025, alleging unconstitutional stop and detention practices by agents tied to arbitrary enforcement quotas.
A federal district court initially issued a temporary restraining order limiting certain enforcement actions. In August 2025, without offering any reasoning whatsoever, the Supreme Court granted the government's request to stay that order while litigation proceeds, allowing the challenged practices to continue.
"A year ago, farm workers across California were terrorized by brutal and unconstitutional raids based on racial and class profiling," said Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers (UFW), a plaintiff. "Today, the fear left behind by those raids continues. Farm workers go to work afraid they may not come home, even as they put food on all of our tables. America owes the workers who feed it much better. The workers who feed this country deserve so much better."
This motion asks the court to prohibit immigration agents from stopping or detaining people because they appear to be low-income or working- class and Latino. The court has scheduled a hearing on the motion for September 24, 2026, at 10 a.m.
"From the moment we filed this case, LAWCN has stood with workers, immigrant communities, U.S. citizens and low-wage workers who said they were being targeted because of their race," said Armando Gudino, executive director of the Los Angeles Work Center Network (LAWCN), a plaintiff. "The government's own records now validate those claims and reinforce the urgent need for accountability and an immediate end to these unconstitutional and illegal practices against our communities."
The suit was originally brought by five individual Latino workers and three membership organizations-CHIRLA, LAWCN and UFW-as well as Immigrant Defenders Law Center, a legal services provider.
The plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU SoCal; Public Counsel; UC Irvine School of Law Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic; National Day Laborer Organizing Network; Munger Tolles & Olson LLP; Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin; ACLU Foundations of Northern California and San Diego & Imperial Counties; Hecker Fink LLP; Martinez Aguilasocho Law, Inc.; CHIRLA; and Immigrant Defenders Law Center.
Read the motion: https://www.aclusocal.org/app/uploads/2026/07/632-2027.07.27-Plaintiffs-Motion-for-Preliminary-Injunction-re-Suspicionless-Stops.pdf
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Original text here: https://ufw.org/governments-own-records-reveal-racial-profiling-in-federal-immigration-stops/
Death Valley National Park Employees Vote to Join NFFE
WASHINGTON, July 28 [Category: Union] -- The National Federation of Federal Employees issued the following news release:
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Death Valley National Park Employees Vote to Join NFFE
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National Park Service (NPS) workers at Death Valley National Park have voted to join the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) Local 465, marking another major organizing victory for NPS employees in the West. Local 465 represents a diverse group of public land stewards in the agency including Yellowstone, Yosemite, Saguaro, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and now, Death Valley National Park.
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WASHINGTON, July 28 [Category: Union] -- The National Federation of Federal Employees issued the following news release:
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Death Valley National Park Employees Vote to Join NFFE
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National Park Service (NPS) workers at Death Valley National Park have voted to join the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) Local 465, marking another major organizing victory for NPS employees in the West. Local 465 represents a diverse group of public land stewards in the agency including Yellowstone, Yosemite, Saguaro, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and now, Death Valley National Park.
By choosingunion representation, Death Valley employees have now secured a collective voice in the workplace, the right to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement and formal representation on issues including workplace safety, employee housing, staffing shortages and working conditions.
The Death Valley organizing team said the outcome reflects employees' desire to have a stronger voice in vital workplace decisions, and all are excited about this victory.
"This vote is a big milestone in empowering the voices of employees at Death Valley National Park. We're excited to join NFFE and Local 465 in the work they're already doing on behalf of National Park Service staff and we're looking forward to building a strong union presence here in the park. Together, we can improve the work culture at Death Valley while helping drive change for park employees across the service," the park's organizing team said.
NFFE Local 465 initiated union ballot processes for National Park Service employees in June before votes were tallied earlier this month. Following this win, there will be more leadership appointments and union training for Death Valley workers.
"Congratulations to National Park Service workers in Death Valley!" the local said in a statement. "We are excited to welcome them to NFFE Local 465. Winning the election is just the beginning. There is still hard work ahead to improve working conditions and protect the rights of workers in our national parks. With Death Valley joining Saguaro, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite, our collective voice is growing stronger!"
"NFFE is proud to welcome workers from Death Valley National Park to our union family," said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. "It is really exciting to see Park Service employees across the country gain a powerful voice in the workplace. I look forward to meeting with our new leaders and members as they set out to make an positive impact for themselves, their coworkers, and the many visitors to Death Valley."
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Original text here: https://www.nffe.org/nffe_news/death-valley-national-park-employees-vote-to-join-nffe/
