Unions
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Social Security Administration employees are back in the office, but understaffing and a restrictive telework policy are making them less productive, according to one of its unions, and may lead to an exodus of more employees.
October 21, 2022 -
On average, enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) will pay 8.7% more toward their 2023 premiums, the Office of Personnel Management announced prior to the upcoming open season, which runs Nov. 14 through Dec. 12.
September 30, 2022 -
Although never fully implemented, a new GAO report reveals two agencies that started initial steps of reclassifying positions to Schedule F.
September 29, 2022 -
Union arbitrators routinely reinstate fired federal employees who grieve their dismissals according to an analysis of cases conducted by a think tank.
September 27, 2022 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has to hear an unprecedented case, in for review. Normally, once a federal union is certified, no decertification vote can occur for at least a year. The question is: can a decertification vote take place within a year, if the original certification occurred without a vote in the first place?
September 21, 2022 -
Contractors working in buildings controlled by the General Services Administration might get buttonholed by a union organizer. That's allowed now under a rule the GSA just finalized. What do contractor executives think about that? The Federal Drive with Tom Temin talks about that with Stephanie Kostro, the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council.
September 20, 2022 -
Thousands of employees at the Food and Drug Administration would face potential furlough if user fee program legislation isn’t passed by Sept. 30.
September 16, 2022 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee said it’s “extremely concerned” about growing threats against federal employees and visitors to federal facilities.
September 14, 2022 -
SSA will restore previous levels of official time for union activities, but AFGE said more must be done to address staffing issues.
August 26, 2022 -
AFGE invoked arbitration against HUD, saying the agency preemptively excluded employees from remote work opportunities.
August 24, 2022 -
The Office of Personnel Management highlighted information available in FedScope to aid federal unions in targeting union-eligible employees.
August 19, 2022 -
Back in January, the union that represents immigration judges ceased to exist, at least for contract bargaining purposes. The Federal Labor Relations Authority, then dominated by a majority of Trump appointees, determined the judges are actually management employees, and not eligible for union representation. But the board’s leadership has turned over since then. The National Association of Immigration Judges is now trying to get re-recognized as a federal union.
August 17, 2022 -
New screening testing guidance, updates on policies for unvaccinated individuals and more from the Safer Federal Workforce task force.
August 16, 2022 -
The National Association of Letter Carriers and the American Postal Workers Union are calling for USPS to increase hiring, adding that long-term understaffing is taking a toll on employee morale.
August 12, 2022 -
EEOC has until Aug. 22 to respond to a labor-management complaint after not completing union negotiations for the agency’s return-to-office policies.
August 04, 2022