From Federal News Network:
A memo Monday, signed by OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell, directed agencies not to implement any provisions of collective bargaining agreements that “purport to restrict the agency’s right to determine overall levels of telework.”
The memo also called any telework provisions in union contracts that limit an agency’s ability to set telework policy “likely unlawful and unenforceable,” and stated that setting telework eligibility is a “management right.”
“Provisions of collective bargaining agreements that conflict with management rights are unlawful and cannot be enforced,” the memo states. …
“Union contracts are enforceable by law, and the president does not have the authority to make unilateral changes to those agreements,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in a statement. “AFGE will not let the lawless actions of this administration or any agency go unchallenged, and we will use every option available to us to defend our contracts and support the hardworking civil servants who serve our country with honor and distinction.” …
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Hopefully, Musk and his team make their way to Woodlawn. So many people there doing absolutely nothing
But Summerlin warned that there may not be any relief coming to unions and the workers they represent in the short term. Unions tried—and failed—to receive quick relief from the federal court system when President Trump issued a trio of anti-union executive orders in 2018, with a federal appellate court finding that unions must exhaust their administrative remedies before seeking judicial review.
But if the FLRA literally cannot function, then the requirement to exhaust administrative remedies doesn’t apply (if the corrupt courts apply the law correctly).
A union that cannot strike is like a pencil with no lead, pointless.
Agree. If Trump is going to breach the union contracts, then why not strike? Because government workers generally (not wholly but in general) are by nature terrified conformists who obey authority.
@1:09: Wrong. We don’t follow the rules because of fear or mindless conformity, Elon. We understand that the rule of law requires scrupulous adherence, and have the rare ability to follow the rules even when doing so doesn’t feel like the most expedient option.
If you want to continue denigrating the federal workforce, do it somewhere else. And man up and use your name.
Oh, and for Elon and his little child lackeys at OPM: I’m on leave today
LOL how are they going to square the circle btwn this and the latest memo they’ve deployed in their psycho blitzkrieg- the memo about GSA terminating all leases. Where do we work from then? Ah no worries I guess if you want disability coverage, call up UNUM or the Hartford et al as the government’s probably out of that business in due time.
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