Unions

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Federal groups, unions back paid leave for feds seeking abortion services

Current policy lets feds use sick leave to travel for medical care, but some employer groups want the White House to go further.

Workforce

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

Unions

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission IT digital

EEOC to ramp up in-person work as AFGE voices COVID-19 safety concerns

Workforce Rights/Governance

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

Benefits

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Employees at two headquarters offices vote to unionize

Unions

Union representing DoD civilians has big objection to next year’s budget proposal

Defense

BLM workers elect to join federal employee union

Federal Newscast

NTEU calls for clearer FLRA guidelines to increase federal-labor efficiency

Unions

Members of the Maine National Guard arrive for orientation an empty wing at Central Maine Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Lewiston, Maine. The Guard will work as nursing assistants, helping to open a swing bed unit of the hospital that has been closed due to a nursing shortage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

National Guard members can unionize if and when they’re called up by governors

Federal Newscast

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

Unions

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

Pay & Benefits

If work is going to be done differently, why should work spaces say the same

Yes, federal employees are returning to their offices. No, conditions won’t return to normal, whatever that is. At the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…

Unions

Workers walk over London Bridge towards the City of London financial district during the morning rush hour, in London, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. The British government have asked people to return to working in offices starting Monday as they ease coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

EEOC, federal employee union locked in dispute over return to work plans

In today’s Federal Newscast, the American Federation of Government Employees has filed an unfair labor practice complaint, saying that EEOC did not finish…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, Republican poll watcher Douglas Bucklin, center, observes as Schuylkill County Election Bureau Director Albert L. Gricoski, left, and staffer Christine Marmas, right, open provisional ballots in Pottsville, Pa. Even after he exits the White House, President Donald Trump's scorched-earth strategy of challenging the legitimacy of elections and seeking to overturn the will of the voters by any means necessary could have staying power. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP, File)

House of Representatives set to raise minimum salary for staffers

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the House of Representatives is trying to recruit more diverse and high-quality candidates, and get them to stay there.