Tag: Unions
RSC Budget Proposes Cuts to Pay, Retirement Benefits
The House Republican Study Committee recently released its 2018 budget proposal which contains cuts or changes to programs impacting federal employees.
National Weather Service Breaks Union Contract
The National Weather Service has terminated its 16-year contract with its employee organization, the National Weather Service Employees Organization.
The Hatch Act, Unions and Postal Service
According to the OSC, the Postal Service took action to assist a union’s political activity in violation of the Hatch Act.
USPS Gave Union Officials 2,776 Days For Election Work
A Postal union endorsing Hillary Clinton and other Democrats gave 2,776 days to union officials to work on the union’s political activities.
Union Dues, Retirement and Foreign Service
Should withholding union dues continue after a Foreign Service employee retires? In the first policy guidance decision from FSLRB, the answer is “no”.
OPM’s Official Time Report: Some Wonderfully Amazing Numbers
OPM has issued its latest report on official time use in agencies. The author looks at some of the numbers and some of the questions that they raise.
Fixing Federal Labor Relations: A Statutory Markup for Change
The author says that the current labor relations statute is a failure that should be repealed or revised. He offers a detailed analysis of the changes he thinks need to be made to the law.
Democratic Senators Pledge to Support Federal Workforce
A resolution recently introduced in the Senate pledges to support the federal workforce with “five fights for federal employees.”
Election Consequences and Targeting Federal Employee Unions
We know that elections have consequences. With Republicans now controlling both Houses of Congress and the White House, the support of Democrats by federal employee unions is likely to result in changes in federal labor relations.
This Federal Employee Union Actually Supports Trump
While many federal employees and unions are not happy with seeing Donald Trump in the White House, one union representing federal employees recently had nothing but nice things to say about the president’s actions taken to date.
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