Posts tagged House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House Panel Approves Bills Favorable to Management, Restrictive of Unions
March 27, 2025 // The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has passed a bill (HR-2249) to allow an incoming President to disavow any existing collective bargaining agreements with unions representing federal employees. This bill would also make unenforceable a contract provision that the President consider or an agency considers in conflict with a newly issued executive order or presidential memorandum, or agency guidance to carry one out.
House Oversight Republicans open Congress with rants against telework, unions
January 17, 2025 // Rachel Greszler, a visiting fellow at the conservative Economic Policy Innovation Center and a former Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 contributor, described actions like the Social Security-AFGE telework contract update as an effort to “Trump-proof” agency workforces and suggested Congress should pass legislation allowing presidents to reopen collective bargaining agreements upon assuming office. And they should ban official time, the practice by which agencies agree to pay union officials their normal salary for time spent on representational duties, like in collective bargaining negotiations or representing employees during grievances or disciplinary hearings.