{"id":22374,"date":"2020-02-19T17:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/19\/federal-labor-authority-looks-to-overturn-union-dues-regulations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:50","slug":"federal-labor-authority-looks-to-overturn-union-dues-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2020\/02\/19\/federal-labor-authority-looks-to-overturn-union-dues-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal labor authority looks to overturn union dues regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Federal Labor Relations Authority released its decision Feb. 18 to reinterpret federal statute governing federal employee union dues, a decision that would upend nearly four decades of precedent governing the annual collection of dues contributed by feds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FLRA decision stems from an Office of Personnel Management request that the agency issue guidance regarding union dues in light of the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case from 2018, which determined that the collection of union fees from non-union members in the private sector was a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FLRA guidance, however, has to do with Federal Labor Relations Statute, which states that when an employee decides to contribute a certain amount of their pay as union dues to their exclusive representative, that allotment \u201cmay not be revoked for a period of one year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t