Norton to Address National Treasury Employees Union at DOE for Federal Labor Recognition Week, This Afternoon

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton, a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, will be delivering the keynote address today, Wednesday, September 17, around noon, at the Department of Energy (DOE) Headquarters, for Federal Labor Recognition Week. Norton, a long-time defender of federal worker rights, will be speaking to the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 213, the union representing federal employees at DOE Headquarters. The event will take place in the DOE Auditorium, 1000 Independence Avenue SW. Last year, Norton introduced a bill to overturn an unprecedented federal court decision that strips federal employees of their due process right to independent review of agency decisions removing them from jobs on national security grounds. The bill would overturn a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision, Kaplan v. Conyers and MSPB, that prevents workers who are designated as "noncritical sensitive" from appealing to the Merit Systems Protection Board if they are removed from their job.

WHO: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 213

WHEN: TODAY, Wednesday, September 17, Noon

WHERE: Department of Energy Auditorium, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW