Posts tagged Byrd Rule

    News Article ● Labor Unions

    What Got Cut from the White House Spending Bill That Benefits Federal Employees

    July 11, 2025 // The Senate stripped out: Changes to FERS contributions and pension formulas The at-will employment requirement for new hires The MSPB appeal fee Provisions affecting federal labor unions

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    News Article ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Civil service, federal union provisions removed from Senate reconciliation bill

    July 2, 2025 // The Senate Budget Committee’s latest version of the legislation also no longer contains previous proposals to charge federal unions for use of official time; impose a 10% fee on federal payroll deductions; require feds to pay $350 to file with the Merit Systems Protection Board; give bonuses to “cost cutters” in the federal workforce, or eliminate funding for electric vehicles in the U.S. Postal Service’s fleet.

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