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Unions Drop Challenge to FLRA Rule Making it Easier for Feds to Stop Paying Dues
NTEU said it is exploring “other avenues” to reverse a controversial Trump-era decision to allow federal workers to cancel their union dues any time after one year, rather than at annual intervals.
Federal employee unions last week dropped a federal lawsuit challenging the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s controversial decision to make it easier for federal workers to stop paying union dues, although the agency has not yet reversed the ruling.
Last February, the FLRA announced that it would change its policy on how agencies should collect union dues, following a request from the Office of Personnel Management. Both agencies argued that making it easier to cancel union dues is required because of the
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U.S Customs and Border Protection
staff have tested positive for COVID-19, the largest numbers in Arizona (969), California (1,358) and Texas (2,858), according to the agency, which has seen increases in migrants arriving in recent weeks, crowding Border Patrol holding areas and shelters. So far, 28 agency staff have died of COVID-19.
As of last week, more than 64,000 staff at the Department of Homeland Security, about a quarter of the workforce, had been vaccinated, including some Border Patrol agents. An agency spokeswoman did not respond to a request for statistics on how many of those vaccinated were U.S. Customs and Border Protection