collective bargaining

White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

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.

Unions

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VA expects to ‘significantly expedite’ hiring process by giving some applicants shorter window to apply

Veterans Affairs

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Agencies, unions should work together to correct any bargaining unit eligibility errors

Unions

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telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

Expanded telework just one of many changes in NSF’s new union contract

Workforce

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AFGE, Education resolve years of negotiations in settlement of over 20 disputes

Unions

Media set up before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its second public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Some arguments against the move for unionization on Capitol Hill

Unions

FILE - This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. On Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming The IRS will issue a fourth round of stimulus checks to Americans in February 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS makes rare call to set higher gas reimbursement rate for rest of 2022

Benefits

1,400 EEOC employees will return to the office, but union negotiations still ongoing

Unions

If the government forces you back to the office, you’ve got rights

Workforce Rights/Governance

FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, Army health specialists fill syringes with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami. Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

New IG report shows Air Force, Army had issues rolling out vaccine overseas

Federal Newscast

White House task force recommends agencies get better at informing employees about union rights

Unions

Biden task force releases report to strengthen labor unions

A Biden administration task force has issued a set of recommendations that could make it easier for federal workers and contractors to unionize

Unions

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. The United States is renewing calls for the Cuban government to determine the source of “attacks” on U.S. diplomats in Cuba that have affected some two dozen people. At a senior-level meeting with Cuban officials in Washington on June 14, 2018, the State Department said it had again raised the issue, which has prompted a significant reduction in staffing at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

White House appoints leader of its response to mysterious ‘Havana Syndrome’

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration names a top official to lead an interagency response to Havana Syndrome.

Federal Newscast

Federal appeals court strikes down FLRA decision setting higher bar for union negotiations

Unions

A federal appeals court, for the second time in two weeks, is striking down a Federal Labor Relations Authority decision that set a higher bar for when agencies needed to negotiate with their unions.