By Natalie Alms
President Joe Biden has pushed out Trump nominees on a federal board charged with resolving disputes in union negotiations with agencies.
Biden requested that the 10 members of the Federal Services Impasses Panel resign yesterday. Those who did not resign were fired at the end of the day, FCW confirmed. The news was first reported by Government Executive
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The panel, part of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, has been the subject of lawsuits brought by unions alleging that the appointments of its board members were unconstitutional because they weren t Senate-confirmed. FSIP panel members are presidential appointees and the White House is well within its right to dismiss the previous administration s appointees, said Tony Reardon, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, in a statement. The FSIP is supposed to be comprised of members who are qualified, experienced, fair and neutral. The Trump-appointed panel was none of those thi
Biden clears out all union mediation panel members The Federal Service Impasse Panel came under regular critique for siding against unions in contract disputes. (pepifoto) President Joe Biden asked for the resignation of all 10 Federal Service Impasse Panel Members, which became effective by the end of the day Feb. 2 an FSIP spokesperson told Federal Times. The FSIP is a branch of the Federal Labor Relations Authority responsible for resolving disputes between employee unions and agency negotiators when consensus on a collective bargaining agreement cannot be reached. The previous members were appointed under the Trump administration, and union officials took frequent issue with the panel’s rulings, which appeared to favor President Donald Trump’s 2018 executive orders mandating significant union restrictions.
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By Natalie Alms
Reps Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chair of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, are asking nominee for Attorney General Merrick Garland to take all necessary actions to protect the ability of immigration judges to unionize.
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The Regional Director of the D.C. region of the FLRA s General Counsel Office is putting that FLRA ruling into place now, the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Garland dated Jan. 22.
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