AFGE union files second labor relations charge against EEOC over telework policy

Photo: Members of the American Federation of Government Employees set up a banner before a protest of a government shutdown on Jan. 8, 2019, in Philadelphia. Photo credit: Mark Makela / Getty Images. Article by John Hewitt Jones. FedScoop – January 5, 2022.

The American Federation of Government Employees has brought a second unfair labor practice complaint against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, arguing that the agency is still refusing to bargain in good faith over proposed changes to its teleworking policy.

It follows an initial charge by the union, brought in November last year, in which it argued the department had forced through policy changes that would require staff to return to the office full time in early 2022 without bargaining over the issue. […]

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