From Government Executive
Guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management last week instructs agencies to ignore union contract provisions on reductions in force, and apply its policies.
The Trump administration last week continued its campaign to sideline federal employee unions, putting the kibosh on avenues for labor and management officials to work collaboratively and instructing agencies to ignore contract provisions governing reductions in force.
On Friday, President Trump signed a pair of executive orders, one rescinding a tranche of Biden administration edicts and the other claiming to order the closure of government agencies, including the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
FMCS, an independent agency, works with labor unions, federal agencies and private sector employers to avert strikes, impasses and litigation stemming from collective bargaining disputes. It was established by Congress as part of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, making Trump’s planned closure of the agency legally dubious.
“We are reviewing recent executive orders for immediate implementation,” FMCS stated on its website’s home page Monday. “The requirements outlined in these orders may affect some services or information currently provided on this website.”
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