General Information
This section reserved for Congressional action and issues important to the Union and Bargaining Unit Employees (BUEs).
Union Resources
Congressional Issues
Congressional Legislation - Active
H.R.2550 : (Introduced 04/01/2025) - To nullify the Executive Order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, and for other purposes.
- GOP Letter to the White House on Collective Bargaining Adobe File - 200.19 kB.
Congressional Successes
2025 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act
The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 funding the Federal Government through September 30, 2025. The CR includes a permanent pay increase for wildland firefighters, based on language from the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act (WFPPA). The WFPPA was crafted by representatives from the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and Grassroots Wildland Firefighters.
2021 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The temporary pay supplement granted to wildland firefighters through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) . The original IIJA pay supplement was funded for only two years.
2015 - Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA)
The Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act, P.L. 114-47 (the "Act") was signed into law on August 7, 2015, allowing certain individuals (“land management eligibles”) who currently are or formerly were under time-limited competitive appointments at certain land management agencies to compete for permanent positions in the competitive service at a land management agency, or any other agency, under "internal" merit promotion procedures.