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Union urges ending Pentagon’s civilian hiring caps
America’s largest federal employee union is urging lawmakers to repeal statutory limits on the number of civilian workers at the Pentagon, some which date back more than 30 years.
By Joe Gould
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Have the DoD’s special hiring practices hurt more than helped?
The union representing many Department of Defense employees argues that special hiring authorities are the reason the agency struggles to fill out its workforce.
By Jessie Bur
Trump moves to end ‘un-American’ diversity training for feds
President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to begin removing diversity training programs that focus on critical race theory and white privilege.
By Jessie Bur
The forever damaged relationship of presidents and federal unions
Should we be at all that surprised that President Donald Trump’s relationship with federal unions is, in the recent words of American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox, “practically nonexistent?”
By Jill Aitoro
Union demands investigation into VA official who displayed painting of KKK leader
The painting was removed after a Washington Post story earlier this week detailing employee complaints about the racial issues it was causing.
A fed’s protest leads to discipline rule violations
U.S. Code limits the time an agency employee can be placed on administrative leave, but the Social Security Administration has exceeded it for an employee following a nondestructive act protesting union crackdowns.
By Jessie Bur