labor-management relations

• VA’s Gould moves the needle on many of VA’s toughest challenges

  Scott Gould's last day as the deputy secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department is today. In four years, Gould said he believes VA is a better place and does more to help veterans. He said the claims backlog is unacceptable, but the agency is making progress.

  Defense

  May 17, 2013
• Unions frustrated by slow-roll of some labor-management forums

  At the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations meeting, several employee representatives said the time has come for the committee to put more pressure on agencies to have more of the collaborative forums up and running well. During a time of budget reductions, possible furloughs and a government shutdown, the unions say the forums provide a way for agencies to better manage all of these fiscal challenges.

  Defense

  January 17, 2013
• Lawmakers at odds over ‘official time’

  House Oversight and Government Reform members disagreed on the whether federal employees should perform union activities during the work day. A bill banning official time has been introduced which AFGE says would all but end collective bargaining rights.

  Workforce

  June 02, 2011