Unions
-
Stressful work conditions are causing severe burnout among SSA employees, leading to high attrition rates and growing workloads for employees who remain with the agency, the American Federation of Government Employees said.
April 11, 2023 -
Three House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee chairmen wrote to OMB seeking data and details about how agencies are complying with the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998.
April 10, 2023 -
If approved, the agreement would make several changes to the union contract, aiming to expedite the VA’s hiring process as the department prepares to staff up amid an increasing workload.
April 07, 2023 -
A union-conducted survey of federal employees found that 97% of respondents were either in favor of or simply neutral to telework.
April 04, 2023 -
Labor leaders called on the Biden administration to investigate the workplace practices of federal contractor Maximus, claiming the company systemically prevents call center staff, who are predominately Black and Latina women, from advancing their careers.
March 22, 2023 -
Federal unions have seen a roughly 20% increase in bargaining unit membership governmentwide, with close to 80,000 feds joining a union between 2021 and 2022.
March 20, 2023 -
The Postal Service is seeing a significant increase in letter carrier robberies and mail theft, but the union representing its shrinking police force says the agency is preventing them from protecting carriers on delivery routes.
March 16, 2023 -
More than two years into the Biden administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the largest federal employee union appear no closer to an agreement on a new labor contract.
March 15, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A union president, representing 150,000 federal workers, is hanging up the placards. The Army's first-ever civilian CIO has new private-sector gig, dealing with the public sector. And the Office of Personnel Management is processing retirement claims faster than a fax machine.
March 14, 2023 -
A host of bills lawmakers reintroduced this week would impact retirement savings for federal fighters and federal law enforcement officers, as well as offer feds a grace period for payment obligations during a government shutdown or debt default.
March 03, 2023 -
NTEU prioritizes bills to expand federal pay, benefits, but anticipates challenges ahead in CongressAn 8.7% federal pay raise, telework expansion and paid family and medical leave are among the top legislative priorities for the National Treasury Employees Union. But union leaders said the path forward in Congress may prove challenging.
February 28, 2023 -
The federal government’s largest employee union wrote a letter warning that shrinking DoD’s civilian workforce will not ultimately result in savings.
February 28, 2023 -
The IRS is putting some of a recent $80 billion investment from Congress into improved customer experience during this year's filing season, but the agency faces a long road to dig out from more than a decade of underfunding.
February 27, 2023 -
With an increasing workload under the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA employees and union leaders call on Congress and agency officials to make significant workforce changes.
February 20, 2023 -
Federal employees, union officials and lawmakers heightened calls for an 8.7% federal pay raise in 2024 at a rally in front of the Capitol building.
February 15, 2023