EO 14003: Protecting the Federal Workforce – NVAC Guidance
AFGE BREAKING NEWS!
January 22, 2021Biden Demands Resignations from Anti-Union Operatives of the Federal Service Impasses Panel
February 3, 2021On 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.
On January 25, NVAC sent a letter to the VA Office of Labor-Management Relations demanding the immediate restoration of our collective bargaining rights under the 2011 Master Agreement in accordance with the Biden Order. The 2011 Master Agreement remains in effect. On January 26, NVAC submitted a formal demand to bargain with the VA Office of Labor-Management Relations.
At this time, NVAC is recommending that all Locals submit demands to bargain at the local level to begin the process of returning to the status quo under the 2011 Master Agreement. Attached are the following documents:
- NVAC Memo to Locals
- This memo contains a summary of the Biden Order, guidance for Locals, and other related information, including NVAC’s recent arbitration victory in National Grievance – 12/10/19.
- NVAC Template Demand to Bargain for Locals
- This is a template demand to bargain that needs to be modified by each Local. Locals are free to edit as they see fit.
- AFGE Field Services Preliminary Bargaining Guidance
- Further bargaining guidance will be forthcoming.
NVAC will distribute further information as it becomes available
