[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17510-17511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      RETIREMENT OF ROBERT TOBIAS

 Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise today to acknowledge the 
retirement of Robert Tobias, President of the National Treasury 
Employees Union. I would like to take a moment to recognize the hard 
work and accomplishments of Mr. Tobias who, during a career with the 
NTEU of 31 years, has served as a prominent advocate for the over 
155,000 federal employee members of the Union.
  Under Bob's leadership, the NTEU has grown to become the nation's 
largest independent federal employees union, representing workers from 
18 government agencies. Bob is one of the foremost authorities on 
federal employee issues and has been a vital resource to those of us 
who work on Capitol Hill, to the agencies he represents and throughout 
the federal government. Bob is highly respected among labor relations 
specialists as well. He has been instrumental in developing and 
enacting major legislation effecting federal employees including, 
creation and implementation of the Federal Employees Retirement System,

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pay parity issues, and he served as a member of the bipartisan National 
Commission Restructuring the IRS whose work was the basis for the 
comprehensive IRS reform legislation passed in the 105th Congress.
  Furthermore, Bob has been successful in numerous landmark legal 
battles impacting employee rights in court and before various federal 
oversight bodies, such as the Merit Systems Protection Board, the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority and the Office of Personnel 
Management.
  Again, I commend Mr. Tobias for his invaluable work on behalf of 
federal employees, and I wish continued success for Mr. Tobias in his 
future endeavors.

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