National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association
Active Federal Employees
The first thing you need to know is that we are an association
and not a union (or local union).
We are not AARP and we are not sitting back and waiting
for someone else to do something to protect our benefits.
That is why we are asking you to help us protect your/our
benefits. As this poster below says we are huge and we are strong.
Ask us about our Lunch and
Learn program in your Federal Building.
You decide about Lunch and Learn and tell someone you
want us to visit your Federal building.
Spending Cut Proposals to Be Solicited at Town Hall Meetings
Even as the Fiscal Commission created by President
Obama conducts its monthly meetings, some Members of Congress are planning
Town Hall Meetings for the upcoming Memorial Day Recess (May 29-June 7)
to solicit spending reduction proposals from the public. This opens
the possibility that some constituents could suggest to their lawmakers
that federal retirement and health benefits be cut. In turn, legislators
could gather these suggestions and seek to offer them as amendments to
pending legislation even before election day!
NARFE’s best defense is vigilant attendance and participation
at every Congressional Town Hall Meeting and the electronic cousin, telephone
Town Hall Conference Calls. In sum, we urge NARFE members to be cautious
of proposals by members of Congress at these meetings which would promote
benefit cuts and take acquiescence by attendees as endorsement. NARFE members
should contact their Representative and both Senators and asked to be informed
when any Town Hall Meetings – in person or telephonic -- are scheduled
during the Memorial Day Recess. NARFE continues to make its Toll
Free number, 1-866-220-0044, available for reaching the Capitol switchboard.
Ask for your Representative and Senators by name. The NARFE web site
also provides regularly updated information about many, but not all, Congressional
Town Hall Meetings.
(The link to that portion of the NARFE web site is http://www.narfe.org/pdf/CongressionalTownHallMeetings.pdf.)
House
Republican leaders have issued a set of Deficit Reduction Proposals including
several impacting current federal employees. Best known among the
group is a proposal to base retirement calculations on the “High 5” instead
of the current ‘High 3” years of salary. NARFE denounced the proposal
as an attack on the earned economic security of federal workers and annuitants.
