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NVP Lannan, myself, Jackie and Andy meet with the policy director Rob Shriver who is a friend to us and Tim Curry at OPM on yesterday. We had the discussion with him and he agreed to advocate for us and is doing so.

Today we filed a national grievance over the Department’s conduct during concentrated mediation following the Union’s overwhelming vote to not ratify the tentative agreements in the successor term Master Agreement. The Grievance objects to the VA’s violation of the Parties’ Ground Rules and statutory violations, including that the Chief Negotiator come to the table with authority to negotiate on all conditions of employment and with a sincere resolve to reach agreement.

A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY Our Most Sacred Obligation

Ernest DuBester, the man tapped last month by President Biden to become chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, is, by his own admission, somewhat obsessed with “context.”

AFGE members are on the move – and momentum is on our side. Federal and D.C. workers are winning major victories, and we are committed to keeping you informed as these victories happen.

On January 22, President Biden issued Executive Order 14003, Protecting the Federal Workforce. The Biden Order revoked the three, anti-union Executive Orders issued under the Trump Administration in May 2018. It also directed federal agencies to “review and identify existing agency actions related to or arising from” the Trump Orders (13836, 13837, 13839) and to “as soon as practicable, suspend, revise, or rescind” these agency actions. A more comprehensive summary is included in the attached Memo.

The president also named Federal Labor Relations Authority Member Ernest DuBester to serve as the agency’s chairman.