Unions

USPS

USPS unions, top House Democrat back bill setting harsher sentences for robbing letter carriers

More than 2,000 robberies or attempted robberies of letter carriers that have happened since 2020.

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Federal employee groups want to know why civilians can’t get the same raise as military members this year

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TSA, AFGE agreement

TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract

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Drew Friedman, Federal News NetworkAFGE FAIR Act union rally

New instructions to help agencies to re-establish relationships with federal employee unions

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Amelia Brust, Federal News NetworkSocial Security, SSA, worker, telework, episodic telework

SSA adds ‘episodic’ telework flexibility for agency employees

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White House Executive order

White House presses agencies to use apprenticeships for skills-based hiring

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IRS, telework, return-to-office

IRS gets pushback on its return-to-office plans — for going too far, and not far enough

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National Treasury Employee Union

Schedule F plans show ‘far higher’ impact on federal workforce than first anticipated, NTEU warns

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IRS Werfe

Treasury, IRS set 50% return-to-office target for employees to meet ‘governmentwide’ standard

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Federal Housing Finance Agency to kickstart negotiations for first-ever union contract

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(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)FILE - In this May 6, 2020, file photo, a sign stands outside the Department of Labor's headquarters in Washington. A government watchdog has found that the Labor Department’s widely watched weekly unemployment benefits data are providing an inaccurate reading on the number of newly laid off workers because of flaws in the government’s data collection. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Labor Dept delays return-to-office plans as union negotiations continue

The Labor Department’s initial return-to-office plan, originally set to take effect on Jan. 28, would have required telework-eligible employees to report…

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An ‘agency in crisis’: Union makes pitch for $20B supplemental funding for SSA

The $20 billion supplemental funding request for SSA over the next 10 years would be crucial to reach the quality of services that the public expects,…

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Federal Prisons

More Bureau of Prisons pay incentives get death penalty

In today’s Federal Newscast: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has a new inspector general. Holiday returns keep the Postal Service busy and raking in the cash. And more Bureau of Prisons pay incentives get the death penalty.

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