Dear NTEU Chapter 282 Members,

 

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For months, the current administration has engaged in a calculated effort to dismantle our collective voice. Through a series of executive orders—specifically the March 2025 Order on "Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs"—the administration has unilaterally stripped hundreds of thousands of federal employees of their collective bargaining rights and surreptitiously cut off the voluntary payroll dues deductions that keep our union running.

 

We are at a crossroads. The administration wants to see if we will fold when they make it "hard" to be a union member. By signing up for Dues Direct today, you are proving that our solidarity cannot be switched off by an executive order. NTEU will not stop fighting for you, Our Future, Our Fight! While the administration has appealed our arbitration victory, we will vigorously defend it through every legal level. We fought hard for your right to remote work and telework flexibility; we believe that status should be based on your decision-not the arbitrary whims of agency officials. Likewise, we will not stop fighting in the courts, on capital hill and in the streets to have our union contract fully restored. 

 

This was not an administrative "glitch." It was a deliberate attempt to defund NTEU and silence the people who keep our government functioning. Union dues pay for the cost of running the Union, which enables us to effectively use our collective strength. 

 

Our power as a union comes from our collective participation, not a line item on a paycheck. By taking direct control of your dues, you are telling the administration that they do not have the power to decide whether or not you support your coworkers and our union contract.

 

Because we can no longer rely on the government’s payroll systems to act in good faith, NTEU has launched Dues Direct. This is our secure, independent platform that ensures your membership remains active and our legal and legislative fights remain funded—entirely outside the reach of the administration.

 

How to Re-establish Your Dues:

1. Dues Direct Email: An email was sent to your home email on February 14, 2025, from nteuduesdirect@nteu.org , this email contains your personal link to sign-up to pay union dues by credit/debit or bank account. To those of you that have already signed up, thank you! If you have not yet signed up, please search for the link in your primary, promotions, social and junk mail folders in case you missed it. If you cannot find it, please send an email to nteuduesdirect@nteu.org and ask that the dues direct link for your individual account be resent. 

2. Choose Your Method: You can securely link a bank account or debit/credit card for automatic bi-weekly payments.

3. Confirm Your Chapter: Ensure your local chapter information (NTEU Chapter 282) is correct so your local representatives have the resources to defend you on the ground.

 

Every dues payment through Dues Direct is an act of defiance against union-busting. Your dues will remain the same as they were before the union busting executive order came into place in March 2025, you will not have to pay any back dues now or later. 

 

Your dues fund:

• Legal Challenges: We are currently in federal court fighting the legality of multiple executive orders and actions that harm federal employees.

• Enforcement of 1st Amendment Rights and Fair Treatment: Ensuring that even without formal bargaining, you receive fair treatment and your rights are protected.

• Legislative Advocacy: We are working with allies in Congress to pass the Protecting America’s Workforce Act to permanently overturn these anti-worker edicts and the Save Our Civil Service Act to stop the implementation of Schedule P/C (formerly named Schedule F[ired]). 

 

If you have any questions about dues direct please email  nteuduesdirect@nteu.org with a cc to nteu282@gmail.com . 

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