Unions

Employee

With ‘spying bosses’ on the rise, where do federal agencies stand on employee monitoring?

One federal office has turned to employee monitoring technology in recent years, and it’s led to a major rift between workers and management.

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkUNIONS

OPM outlines how agencies, unions can recreate labor-management forums

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‘We are on the front line:’ USPS letter carriers recognized for heroic acts

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Telework

Federal telework, work-life balance often top issues in collective bargaining

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Amelia Brust/Federal News Networkmanagement workforce

More guardrails needed for any potential agency relocations, federal advocates say

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Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, to examine expanding broadband access, focusing on the Department of Commerce broadband programs in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

New bill calls for permanent, renewed pipeline between federal unions, management

Revoked during the Trump administration, a shiny new Federal Labor-Management Partnerships Act would supercharge comity.

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkFederal Telework

Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Congressional appropriators lay out six new agency reporting requirements on federal telework and return-to-office in the 2024 government spending agreement.

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Bureau of Prisons, BOP

Amid safety concerns, AFGE urges Congress to increase Bureau of Prisons funding

Staff attrition would only exacerbate the Bureau of Prisons’ current 40% staffing shortage, the union said.

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