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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.

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(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)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.

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

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.

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