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Judge voids Bureau of Prisons’ attempt to re-terminate union contract

Despite voiding the re-termination notice, the judge denied AFGE’s request to hold BOP in contempt of court for not abiding by a preliminary injunction.

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The seal for the Federal Bureau of Prisons is seen at Federal Bureau of Prisons headquarters in Washington, Oct. 24, 2022. A federal prison inmate was able to obtain a firearm at a prison in Arizona and then pulled it out in a visitation room and pointed it at a visitor's head. The Associated Press has learned the Β weapon misfired and the female visitor was uninjured in the Nov. 13, incident at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

VA says union contract β€˜no longer applies’ after appeals court ruling

The American Federation of Government Employees is pushing back, arguing that the ruling does not give VA permission to re-terminate the agreement.

Β© AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Veteran Affairs building near the White House in Washington, Feb. 14, 2018. An internal watchdog's investigation has found that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and likely wrongly used taxpayer money to cover his wife's airfare for an 11-day European trip. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

BOP re-terminates union contract, days after being ordered to restore it

The Bureau of Prisons' decision came one day after a union accused the agency of ignoring a court order to reinstate the contract immediately.

Β© AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

FILE - The Yazoo City Federal Corrections Complex in Yazoo City, Miss., is shown Feb. 9, 2007. At the federal prison in Yazoo City, Mississippi, the official tasked with investigating staff misconduct has been the subject of numerous complaints and has been arrested multiple times. But the Bureau of Prisons has not removed him from the position and did not suspend him after his arrests, which is a standard practice when Justice Department employees are arrested for criminal offenses. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

SSA to end alternative work schedules on Nov. 16

AFGE, which represents SSA employees, has filed a grievance over the agency’s decision to end alternative work schedules.

Β© AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Social Security Administration office is seen in Mount Prospect, Ill., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Millions of Social Security recipients will soon learn just how high a boost they’ll get in their benefits next year. The increase will be announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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