A year after President Trump issued executive orders to deny more than two million Federal workers their right to union representation that were subsequently ruled unconstitutional, the administration has adopted a tactic that accomplishes the same goal, union officials charged.
According to David Cann, director of bargaining for the American Federation of Government Employees, Federal agencies are cutting negotiations short and rushing to declare impasses so the Federal Service Impasse Panel can assume control of the process, then “rubber-stamp” management’s contract proposals.
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