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By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility BREMERTON, Wash., Management and bargaining unit representatives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility signaled their commitment to safety with the signing of an application Feb. 18, 2021, to become a Star Site under the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program. “The safety of our teammates is of paramount importance to all of us,” said Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, PSNS & IM...

January 25, 2021 Despite the challenges of organizing during a deadly pandemic, working people across the country (and beyond) continue organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. This edition begins with: Tech Workers Union Local 1010 Launched to Raise Standards for Tech Industry: Workers in the tech industry will get a boost with the launch of Tech Workers Union Local 1010, a new initiative from the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU). The new local's mission is to raise industry standards and provide tech workers with a better future. OPEIU President Richard Lanigan said...

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Lawmakers Urge Attorney General Nominee to Restore Immigration Judges Union The National Association of Immigration Judges was decertified as a union by the Trump administration last year following a controversial decision by the Federal Labor Relations Authority. The leadership of the House Oversight and Reform Committee last week urged President Biden’s nominee to be attorney general to “take all necessary actions” to ensure that a union representing im...

As Joe Biden enters the White House and Trump exits, differences in their approach to the federal workforce are evident in their campaign rhetoric.

Trump is someone who "misunderstood the purpose of the career workforce, who went to war with his own [government] ... with the public's workforce," said Max Stier, president and chief executive of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that studies the federal government. "He's done enormous damage." Now, Biden has a long list of damage to undo. At the top are actions that can be done with a pen stroke. Biden can immediately reverse three Trump executive orders from 2018 that sharply curtailed the ability of organised labour to represent employees, including those who are not un...