Unions

Members of the Maine National Guard arrive for orientation an empty wing at Central Maine Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Lewiston, Maine. The Guard will work as nursing assistants, helping to open a swing bed unit of the hospital that has been closed due to a nursing shortage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

National Guard members can unionize if and when they’re called up by governors

In today’s Federal Newscast, National Guard members on state duty can now unionize, thanks to a new Justice Department agreement.

Federal Newscast

1,400 EEOC employees will return to the office, but union negotiations still ongoing

Unions

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

Pay & Benefits

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

If work is going to be done differently, why should work spaces say the same

Unions

Workers walk over London Bridge towards the City of London financial district during the morning rush hour, in London, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. The British government have asked people to return to working in offices starting Monday as they ease coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

EEOC, federal employee union locked in dispute over return to work plans

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, Republican poll watcher Douglas Bucklin, center, observes as Schuylkill County Election Bureau Director Albert L. Gricoski, left, and staffer Christine Marmas, right, open provisional ballots in Pottsville, Pa. Even after he exits the White House, President Donald Trump's scorched-earth strategy of challenging the legitimacy of elections and seeking to overturn the will of the voters by any means necessary could have staying power. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP, File)

House of Representatives set to raise minimum salary for staffers

Federal Newscast

Sharon Pieczenik, DHS

FEMA, union agree to new policies to fix overtime discrepancies under $16.5M settlement

Workforce Rights/Governance

SSA acting commissioner ‘concerned’ about employee exhaustion, lack of engagement

Hiring/Retention

FEMA employees win $16.5M settlement for unpaid overtime

Workforce Rights/Governance

If the government forces you back to the office, you’ve got rights

Workforce Rights/Governance

DOL to expedite claims filing process for 15,000 federal firefighters

Benefits

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

DeJoy: USPS in recovery but ‘uncomfortable changes’ still to come under reform plan

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says tough decisions lie ahead as part of the Postal Service’s 10-year reform plan, and that the future of the agency depends…

People

OPM outlines more steps for agencies to highlight collective bargaining rights for feds

OPM issued a second round of guidance to agencies, outlining several ways agencies should make federal employees more aware of their collective bargaining…

Unions

SSA to open offices to the public as agency staffing issues continue

Workforce

As the Social Security Administration works through ongoing recruitment and retention challenges, agency employees prepare to start in-person services on April 7.