collective bargaining

How 5 federal agencies are handling employee reentry in the new year — for now

Of the agency reentry plans that Federal News Network recently reviewed, it’s mostly managers and supervisors who appear primed to return to the office,…

Workforce

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Under new Biden initiative, agencies will do more to educate employees about collective bargaining

Unions

AFGE files new unfair labor practice charge against VA over collective bargaining

Unions

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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)

20 years after 9/11, TSA officers renew calls for higher pay

Workforce

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FILE - In this July 22, 2021, file photo, health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. U.S. health officials Wednesday, Aug. 18, recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines' effectiveness is falling. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Unvaccinated federal employees who refuse testing could also face disciplinary action

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After years of contentious negotiations, HHS, NTEU agree to labor relations reset

Unions

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VA restores official time to health care workforce, agrees to a reset with AFGE

Veterans Affairs

FLRA again sides with union on decision reinstating certain VA employees

Veterans Affairs

In this Monday, June 27, 2016, photo, a passenger passes by a sign for the Transportation Security Administration's TSA Precheck line in Terminal A at Logan Airport in Boston. By air or car, summer 2017 travel numbers are expected to rise over the previous year thanks to deals on airfares and stable gasoline prices. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Biden administration orders TSA to expand union rights, explore pay reform for screeners

Workforce

Labor relations at the Social Security Administration are going from bad to worse

Unions

In this Dec. 10, 2019, photo a vast array of fine single malt scotch bottles are displayed at Wink & Nod, basement-dwelling, speakeasy-like bar, in Boston. In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale of all types of alcohol. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

New bill could have your mailman double as your bartender

Federal Newscast

USPS fills leadership ranks with new deputy postmaster general, 2 board members

Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino and the USPS Board of Governors will help USPS move ahead with its 10-year reform plan and deal with persistent challenges…

Management

Tony Reardon, National Treasury Employees Union president

NTEU president makes the case for unions in the federal workplace

Federal Drive with Tom Temin concluded its four-part series, Federal Unions: For better or for worse, with the president of one of the major unions itself,…

Unions

After some agencies restore federal unions’ official time, new House bill would eliminate it

Unions

Official time was sharply curtailed during the Trump administration. Now a Republican-backed bill in the House would eliminate official time.