Unions

Blue-collar federal pay reform heading toward rulemaking process

A proposal aims to amend the federal pay locality mapping for blue-collar feds, more closely aligning it with the General Schedule’s pay localities.

Pay

FAA short-staffed on air traffic controllers, technicians during peak travel season, union warns

Unions

TSA looking beyond ‘honeymoon phase’ for frontline workforce

Workforce

First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

Congress

Union calls for FDIC to ‘follow the law’ after pivot on return-to-office plans

Unions

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VA touts its largest nursing workforce, but union says they’re ‘chronically understaffed’

Unions

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Sillhouettes of employees in an office representing telework.

Upset at DLA over unusually restrictive telework policy

Defense

Environmental Protection Agency Building

EPA finalizes union contract, but AFGE wary of telework’s future

Unions

Image of leaders at AFGE and TSA at signing ceremony.

TSA, AFGE see milestone contract as ‘pivot point’ for frontline workforce

Unions

AFGE set to negotiate after more feds overseas opt for representation

Unions

Close up of hands typing on laptop. Night work concept.

OMB holding agencies ‘accountable’ for 50% in-office presence

Workforce

DHA, AFGE cement workplace policies for 38K DoD health employees

For the first time ever, a new bargaining agreement between DHA and AFGE outlines cohesive policies on leave, work hours, official time, telework and much…

Unions

With ‘spying bosses’ on the rise, where do federal agencies stand on employee monitoring?

One federal office has turned to employee monitoring technology in recent years, and it’s led to a major rift between workers and management.

Federal Report

OPM outlines how agencies, unions can recreate labor-management forums

Unions

If implemented effectively, labor-management forums can improve employee satisfaction, engagement and performance, while also mitigating disputes, OPM said.