Federal Service Impasses Panel

Union calls for FDIC to ‘follow the law’ after pivot on return-to-office plans

FDIC announced that staff will have to work in the office two days a week, but NTEU is pushing the agency to continue resolving a monthslong telework dispute.

Unions

Federal telework, work-life balance often top issues in collective bargaining

Unions

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EPA, AFGE hit stalemate over DEIA provisions in union contract

Workforce

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Federal appeals court overturns FLRA decision that limited mid-term bargaining for unions

Unions

Federal Service Impasses Panel back in action

Federal Newscast

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Biden announces new slate of impasse panel members

Unions

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

Climate change executive order could impact federal employees’ TSP accounts

Federal Newscast

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

Unions

Agencies should re-engage now with unions over repealed Trump workforce orders, OPM says

Unions

Biden addresses another union priority: Cleaning house at federal impasse panel

Unions

President of the Association of Administrative Law Judges

AALJ not confident in SSA leadership

A new year might have dawned but relations between management and employees at the Social Security Administration remain tense.

Unions

Federal unions look to turn the page on Trump’s executive orders: ‘The damage is not permanent’

President-elect Biden has promised unions he’ll repeal the 2018 executive orders designed to limit collective bargaining and official time. But simply…

Unions

VA declares victory, but AFGE isn’t accepting latest impasse panel decision

Veterans Affairs

The decision from the impasses panel, once implemented, would dramatically cut official time and abolish labor-management training, safety committees and the ability to pursue certain grievances for employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.