{"id":13747,"date":"2018-06-20T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T14:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/20\/will-agencies-punish-feds-who-engage-in-good-faith-with-unions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:39:00","slug":"will-agencies-punish-feds-who-engage-in-good-faith-with-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/06\/20\/will-agencies-punish-feds-who-engage-in-good-faith-with-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Will agencies punish feds who engage \u2018in good faith\u2019 with unions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/05\/25\/trump-targets-feds-in-latest-series-of-executive-orders\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">May 2018 President Trump issued an executive order<\/a> calling for an inter-agency labor relations working group to re-evaluate and renegotiate contracts with federal employee unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now those same unions have said they fear that labor relations employees who usually negotiate with unions on behalf of the agency and attempt to engage with unions in good faith negotiations could face retaliation from leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a June 19 letter to Special Counsel Henry Kerner, a group of 21 unions said that, under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, federal employees have a right to collectively bargain with agencies on behalf of all employees who work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are concerned the labor relations professionals with whom many of us have good working relationships will face reprisal if they continue to engage in good faith as required by the FSLMR Statute,\u201d the unions wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe the administration, through its executive orders and other actions, is violating the law and asking individual agencies and components to also violate clearly established law. This will require civil servants, who are labor relations professionals at various agencies, to carry out orders that violate federal statute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union negotiation executive order, along with two others signed the same day that also target federal employees and labor unions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2018\/06\/13\/republicans-to-trump-axe-fed-targeting-executive-orders\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">have been challenged by members of Congress from both parties <\/a>as an attempt to undermine existing law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/05\/31\/union-sues-trump-over-fed-targeting-executive-order\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Federal employee unions have also brought lawsuits<\/a> against the executive orders, claiming that they contradict existing statute and overreach the powers of the 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