Unions Continue to Fault SSA Over Stalled Contract Renegotiations
Labor leaders accuse Trump holdovers atop the agency of seeking to retain “advantages” over unions during future negotiations rather than fully comply with President Biden’s directive to eradicate the previous administration’s workforce policies.
Unions at the Social Security Administration reported that the agency’s leadership continues to stall on efforts to reopen contracts negotiated during the Trump administration, three months after President Biden told agencies to do so via executive order and a week after a self-imposed deadline for SSA to review its collective bargaining agreements.
On his third day in office, Biden signed an executive order rescinding a number of Trump-era anti-union policies, including restrictions on the scope of union-agency negotiations, caps on official time, and efforts to make it easier to fire federal employees. In March, the Office of Personnel Management issued
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On April 27, President Biden issued an Exhibit Order (EO) on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors raising the minimum wage for federal contractors, covered subcontractors, and lower-tier subcontractors by 27% from $10.95 to $15.00.
President Biden perhaps signaled his intent to make this increase on his first day in office, directing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in one of his first EOs to provide a report with recommendations to promote a $15.00 an hour minimum wage for federal employees. After the changes directed by this EO go into effect, the minimum wage applicable to government contractor employees will be
Merkley, colleagues seek GAO review of federal firefighting force
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A firefighter battles a wildfire near a structure while defending the Mount Wilson observatory during the Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., teamed up with a bipartisan group of colleagues this week in sending a letter to the Government Accountability Office, requesting an assessment of hiring and retention of federal firefighters at five agencies responsible for wildland fire management.
“As the fire season becomes more intense, it is also growing longer in duration as a result of climate change. The Forest Service estimates that current fire seasons are lasting 78 days longer than they did in 1970. Wildfires in the West are now a near-constant threat and we can no longer afford to rely on just a seasonal firefighting workforce,” the senators wrote to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.
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