lowering of performance-award amounts... More

Arbitrator Rules in Favor of NFFE Local 1450 for FY 2009 Credit Hours Arbitration Case! 8/20/2011
Arbitrator Rules in Favor of NFFE Local 1450 for FY 2009 Credit Hours Arbitration Case!

After an extremely long wait, on August... More

Buyouts at HUD affect employees outside  8/16/2011
(NFFE 1450 in the news - see http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=48548&oref=todaysnews) Buyouts at HUD affect employees outside Washington By Kellie Lunney klunney@govexec.com August 15, 2011
Certain... More

ARBITRATON CASES UPDATE 6/1/2011
GRIEVANCE OF THE PARTIES ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 2010 RATING PERIOD PERFORMANCE AWARDS Settled

GRIEVANCE OF THE PARTIES FILED FOR MANAGEMENT ARBITRARILY CHANGING AND... More

Current Negotiations 6/1/2011
Las Vegas Office Move– Currently union and management are working on the office move to a new building.

Opportunity Exchange Program –... More

Union Withdraws Unfair Labor Practice Grievance of the Parties and FLRA Negotiability Appeal after Agreement Reached on Hardship Reassignment Policy 4/3/2011
In November 2010, the Union withdrew its Grievance of the Parties (GOP) alleging that management committed an Unfair Labor Practice when... More

Union Withdraws Grievance of the Parties 4/2/2011
In November 2010, the Union withdrew a Grievance of the Parties (GOP) filed on behalf of a Los Angeles Union Member... More

Union settles Grievance of the Parties for San Francisco Union Member’s Leave Restriction 4/1/2011
In March 2011, management and the Union settled a Grievance of the Parties filed on behalf of a San Francisco Union... More

NFFE National President visits HUD San Francisco! 3/29/2011
On March 29, 2011, NFFE National President, Bill Dougan had the opportunity to visit the San Francisco NFFE Local 1450 employees.... More

Union settles Grievance of the Parties for two LA Union Members’ Disciplinary Actions 3/17/2011
In March 2011, management and the Union settled a Grievance of the Parties concerning disciplinary action taken against two Los Angeles... More

Union settles MSPB and EEO cases for San Francisco Union Member 3/15/2011
In March 2011, management and the Union settled a San Francisco Union Member’s Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Equal Employment... More

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED! 2/14/2011
NFFE 1450 and HUD Management and reached agreement on a new Labor Management Agreement on February 10, 2011. We were able... More

San Francisco HUD employees 2/4/2011
National Wear Red Day was February 4, 2011. It is the day when men and women across the country show... More

ARBITRATON CASES UPDATE 2/1/2011
GRIEVANCE OF THE PARTIES ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 2010 RATING PERIOD PERFORMANCE AWARDS In Process

GRIEVANCE OF THE PARTIES FILED FOR MANAGEMENT ARBITRARILY CHANGING... More

From Reorganization of the Office of Administration (aka OCHCO) Supplement 46 1/15/2011
Here are the salient points from this new supplement:

(1) Regional Support Managers (RSMs) are now point of contact for all admin/OCHCO troubleshooting... More

Union Grievance of the Parties over Lack of  10/2/2010
In October 2010, new Regional Administrator Ophelia Basgal sustained the Union’s Grievance of the Parties about the lack of Office of... More

NFFE Local 1450 and HUD Management Settle Phoenix SWONAP Telework Group Grievance 9/1/2010
In July 2010, after the Union invoked arbitration in response to HUD management denying the Step 3 group grievance of five... More

Union Gets Los Angeles Multifamily Housing Asset Managers 2 days of Telework 9/1/2010
Back in February 2010, NFFE Local 1450 filed a Grievance of the Parties (GOP) because Los Angeles Multifamily Housing management would... More

Las Vegas Union Steward Recognized 8/15/2010
The Las Vegas Field Office presented Second Half of Year Award Certificates to several employees including Ms. Terry Foster, NFFE 1450... More

EEOC appellate division upholds finding of discrimination against HUD in favor of NFFE Local 1450 Union member! 8/9/2010
EEOC appellate division upholds finding of discrimination against HUD in favor of NFFE Local 1450 Union member!

Back in late 2008, HUD... More

NFFE 1450 Recognizes Ms. Ginger Richardson! 7/16/2010
On June 28th, NFFE 1450 recognized Ms. Ginger Richardson, HR/LER Representative, for her work in helping four offices in our Region... More

NFFE 1450 Website Hits 6000 Visits!
As of today 7-15-2010 the NFFE 1450 Website (www.nffe1450.com) has had 6000 HITS!!! More

NFFE 1450 Wins NFFE National Organizing Award! 5/18/2010
May 11, 2010, marked the beginning of the 2010 Legislative Conference, as NFFE-IAM representatives from around the country descended on Washington,... More

SANTA ANA - REO Employee Wins 3rd Day of Telework!  5/3/2010
NFFE 1450 filed a grievance on behalf of an ‘Outstanding’ rated employee who had been denied a 3rd day of telework.... More

PHOENIX - Employees File A Group Grievance Over Telework 5/1/2010
Phoenix POR Ken Einbinder and Steward Vicki Bouchee are leading a group grievance for 5 SWONAP employees who had their Telework... More

Grievance of the Parties for LA Multifamily Housing Prohibition of Telework Sustained but ignored by LA MF Management 5/1/2010
As published in our March 2010 Newsletter, on March 18, 2010, Acting Deputy Regional Director Beverly Bishop sustained the Union’s Grievance... More

SANTA ANA - EPPES Grievance Sustained 4/23/2010
On April 23, 2010, Ms. Beverly Bishop upheld a full remedy for a Santa HOC employee who received a FY 2009... More

Grievance of the Parties on Use of Conference Rooms for Employee Exercise Resolved 3/19/2010
On March 19, 2010, management finally provided the liability release form for employees to be able to start using the conference... More

Grievance of the Parties on LA Multifamily 3/18/2010
On March 18, 2010, Acting Deputy Regional Director Beverly Bishop sustained the Union’s Grievance of the Parties concerning Los Angeles Multifamily... More

Vacancy Announcement Improper Processing Grievance Sustained 3/16/2010
On March 16, 2010, the Deputy Director of Administrative and Management Services upheld the remedy grievance in a grievance filed by... More

NFFE Local 1450 settles non-selection EEO complaint of LA MF Union Member 3/1/2010
In March 2010, Los Angeles Principal Office Representative Rick Lombardi settled a non-selection Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint on behalf of... More

NFFE Local 1450 settles non-selection  2/28/2010
In February 2010, Los Angeles Principal Office Representative Rick Lombardi settled a non-selection Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint on behalf of... More

NFFE 1450 wins 'Smiley Face Email' decision!  1/4/2010
On Monday, January 4, 2010, the U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) denied HUD management’s appeal of an arbitration award in... More

Arbitrator Orders HUD to Abate Dangerous LA Men’s Bathroom Doors! 12/10/2009
After 13 years of frustration due to HUD management’s stalling and excusing-making about changing the dangerous outward swing of the men’s... More

November 23-24 - Credit Hours Arbitration! 11/16/2009
The Credit Hours Arbitration will be held in Los Angeles on November 23-24, 2009. Originally NFFE 1450 filed a Grievance of... More

NFFE 1450 now on Facebook! 10/6/2009
NFFE 1450 has just introduced a presence on Facebook. We hope the page will be a great place for HUD employees... More

LA Dangerous Bathroom Doors Arbitration held! 9/17/2009
After about 13 years of stalling and double talk by management about correcting the safety hazard caused the outward swing of... More

New NFFE 1450 Representational Policy 4/29/2009
NFFE 1450 has passed a new representational policy as it concerns representing union members in 3rd party forums such as EEO,... More

NFFE Local 1450 Settles 4 more EEOC complaints in HUD Los Angeles CPD

 3/23/2009
The spirit of cooperation and collaboration in labor-management relations between HUD management and NFFE Local 1450 has continued.

The HUD Los... More

LAFO Health Fair a Great Success! 1/25/2009
On November 5, 2008 - The Los Angeles Field Office (LAFO)hosted its Annual Health Benefits Open Season Health Fair in its... More

New NFFE 1450 Executive Board Installed! 11/20/2008
The New NFFE 1450 Executive Board was installed on November 20th, 2008, at the General Membership Meeting.

The new NFFE 1450... More

Sacramento Grievance Settled 10/7/2008
A summary from Sacramento staff on this story follows.

...after months of negotiating with management regarding new space at 650 Capitol... More

Dangerous Men's Bathroom Doors Go to Arbitration! 9/25/2008
NFFE 1450 members in 10 offices vote in great show of solidarity vote unanimously to go to Arbitration on the Los... More

NFFE 1450 Wins EEOC Discrimination Case for Los Angeles member! 9/8/2008
On September 5, 2008, NFFE Local 1450 Vice President, Ricardo Miranda, won an EEOC discrimination case of non-selection for promotion on... More

NFFE 1450 Elections to be held this year! 9/1/2008
NFFE 1450 Executive Board Elections will be held before the end of the year with installation occurring January 2009.

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Yet Another ULP for Stalling on FLSA Arbitration! 10/10/2006
HUD REFUSES TO HONOR THEIR AGREEMENT! Today NFFE 1450 filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) with the Fair Labor Relations Authority (www.flra.gov)... More

HUD REFUSES TO SET A DATE 7/17/2006
HUD REFUSES TO SET A DATE! Today NFFE 1450 filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) with the Fair Labor Relations Authority (www.flra.gov)... More

NFFE 1450 Meets with Regional Director Rainey 4/13/2006
NFFE 1450 representatives met with Richard Rainey to discuss the growing list of employee actions (36 to date). Employees were surveyed... More

NFFE 1450 wins in Arbitration! 3/9/2006
NFFE 1450 wins in Arbitration! Arbitrator rules against William Bolton, Los Angeles Multi-Family HUB Director, for overly harsh discipline against two Outstanding... More

HUD tries to get out of EEO complaint!
NFFE 1450 wins EEOC appeal overturning HUD’s attempt to dismiss a Los Angeles CPD employees’ EEO disability compliant. More

NFFE 1450 Helps with disparate treatment on use of HUD email! 3/2/2006
NFFE 1450 representational efforts convince a Los Angeles MF manager to not formally discipline an employee for personal use of HUD... More

FPM tries not to pay authorized Comp time! 3/1/2006
NFFE 1450 wins the Step 1 grievance against Beverly Kendrick, Acting Regional Supervisory Operations Officer (Los Angeles), for failure to allow... More

NFFE 1450 better at math than ESC! 2/25/2006
NFFE 1450 wins the Step 1 grievance against the Employee Service Center for failure to pay a Los Angeles MF employee... More

Big Win for case taken to Arbitration 12/9/2005
NFFE 1450: Big Win for Case Taken to Arbitration! It's official! HUD San Francisco Management has signed a Settlement Agreement... More

4 Unfair Labor Practice filings this week! 11/4/2005
NFFE 1450 this week filed four Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) with the Fair Labor Relations Board. The ULPs ranged from complaints... More

NFFE 1450 New Web Site! 9/1/2005
New website set up through the IAM Microsite program allows HUD Region IX bargaining unit employees to know about important announcements... More

Top 10 List of Common Supervisory Disciplinary Mistakes 8/30/2005
Our Top Ten (sic) List of Common Disciplinary Mistakes

By Roger Howard and Sue Schmitz, FAA, Labor Relations Newsletter March 2002

No supervisor... More

Win: Two grade level promotion and backpay! 7/15/2005
Ricardo Miranda, NFFE 1450 Vice President, was able to win an immediate promotion of two grade levels and thousands of dollars... More

NFFE 1450 Election Results! 6/15/2005
On June 15, 2005, HUD employees in California, Nevada, and Arizona, came together to vote for new NFFE 1450 officers. ... More

LEGAL BRIEFS - Anger Management  1/16/2004
LEGAL BRIEFS January 16, 2004 Anger Management

By Amelia Gruber and Chris Strohm agruber@govexec.com

The Housing and Urban Development Department's inspectors general office has... More