AFGE succeeded in protecting several workplace rights for employees at Social Security Administration (SSA) under a newly negotiated labor-management contract.
AFGE and SSA began contract negotiations last year, but as a result of Trump’s anti-worker executive orders, SSA eliminated most workplace rights, imposed anti-worker provisions, and took the case to a Trump appointed panel – the Federal Services Impasses Panel – which greenlighted most of the anti-worker provisions.
AFGE subsequently sued the impasses panel, arguing that the panel exceeded its authority when it imposed anti-worker provisions in the contract, violating U.S. laws that allow collective bargaining rights in the federal workplace. We also argued that the panel did not have a quorum when it decided the case; it had only six members when the law required seven.
While the lawsuit was pending, AFGE and SSA went back to the negotiating table. AFGE agreed to withdraw SSA from the lawsuit if both parties came up with a mutually agreed upon contract.
The contract lasts six years instead of seven as originally proposed by SSA.
Other changes in the contract:
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