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Labor Agreement Forced on Education Dept. Employees Curtails Official Time, Cuts Employee Protections

Government Executive: Officials with the largest union representing federal employees have filed an unfair labor practices charge against the Education Department, after the agency unilaterally implemented a new collective bargaining agreement without approval from the labor group.

According to a charge filed with the Federal Labor Relations Authority by the American Federation of Government Employees, agency and union leaders were in the midst of ground rules negotiations on a new labor-management agreement, only to be informed that the agency would draft a collective bargaining agreement on its own. That document was released last week and took effect Monday without approval from union members.

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