Unions
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The Senate confirmed Dale Cabaniss to be the permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management, following nearly a year of acting leadership from the Office of Management and Budget.
September 11, 2019 -
The EPA has notified employees relocating to a vehicle emissions testing lab that their new workplace is safe to work in, after one of several indoor air quality tests provided to staff showed higher-than acceptable levels of carbon dioxide in some of the facilities.
September 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, given the acute and ongoing shortage of cybersecurity talent, government officials are starting to think about hiring on skill, rather than specific degree.
September 06, 2019 -
An American Federation of Government Employees local is suing the Trump administration, the Social Security Administration and the Federal Service Impasses Panel for violating an injunction on the president's workforce executive orders.
September 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to hire an ethicist who can guide defense agencies on the application of artificial intelligence.
September 04, 2019 -
The Peace Act would change the federal standard for use of force by making it allowable only to prevent imminent death or serious injury.
September 04, 2019 -
In a surprising reversal, President Donald Trump has chosen to give civilian federal employees a pay raise next year.
August 30, 2019 -
The legal battle over the president's workforce executive orders continues, after federal employee unions on Friday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to hear their case.
August 30, 2019 -
A Supreme Court decision last year ruled that public employee unions can't collect dues unless members individually sign waivers specifically giving away their constitutional first amendment rights.
August 27, 2019 -
The National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation cited a Supreme Court ruling last year that struck them down for non-federal government employees.
August 27, 2019 -
The Justice Department's immigration arm sent judges a morning news briefing that included a blog post from a virulently anti-immigration website
August 22, 2019 -
The government management ranks aren't totally at odds with their employees.
August 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's smoking ban at medical facilities now extends to its employees, something their union is not happy about.
August 22, 2019 -
AFGE officials representing the affected employees have concerns about their lack of access to air quality records at their new workplace: the EPA’s vehicle emission testing facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
August 21, 2019 -
Eligible employees at the Agriculture Department who plan to leave the agency rather than relocate to Kansas City by the end of the fiscal year will receive buyouts worth $10,000, rather than the maximum incentive payment of $25,000.
August 20, 2019