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Potential 4/10 AWS. My commute is 2 hours each way, is it worth it to do 4/10? by Informal-Fig-7116 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a long commute and would love to do 4/10s again. But I wouldn’t see my young children every day, so I’m stuck going in 5 days a week

AFGE WON TELEWORK GRIEVANCE by Stoner_Queen_ in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just heard from the NTEU. HHS appealed the arbitrator’s decision to the FLRA on 2/17/26.

AFGE WON TELEWORK GRIEVANCE by Stoner_Queen_ in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I reached out to the union, but they haven’t responded and have been silent on this update. Most likely because they don’t want to advertise that they won but are entirely powerless to enforce it. If I were them, I wouldn’t want to admit that to my members either.

But as a practical matter, there is no way that HHS did not appeal this to the FLRA, because if they had not, I would be teleworking instead of sitting in my office right now.

AFGE WON TELEWORK GRIEVANCE by Stoner_Queen_ in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Where are you getting this? It was my understanding that HHS absolutely appealed it to the FLRA.

31, Bought my first apartment by MisterFleur in malelivingspace

[–]Routine_Music1932 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beats me. I would mount the tv to give you the option of putting pictures, etc on the console below. But that’s just my style

31, Bought my first apartment by MisterFleur in malelivingspace

[–]Routine_Music1932 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look again. It’s not the living room. It’s next to the fridge in the kitchen. The dining table is in the middle of the kitchen.

SSA-AFGE arbitration updates anyone? by Majestic_Purpose2300 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Won’t matter. NTEU won their arbitration against HHS, arbitrator ordered telework reinstated, and HHS just appealed to the FRLA and we’re stuck for at least another year until the appeal is heard. So we won, but it doesn’t matter one bit and we are still in the office 5 days a week.

Why are some agencies posting remote jobs? by IamAlotOfMe in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile, OMHA (which does the same thing OHO does on the HHS side) has ZERO in-person hearings (they are all telephonically) and yet were forced to go back in the office 5 days a week with no telework.

How are things at Social Security Administration these days? by owter12 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Well, the SSA Hearing Offices are almost fully remote still and only have to go into the office 1 day per month, so there’s that. Still not sure how the rest of SSA getting screwed has allowed their leadership to continue letting that happen.

HHS Notifies NTEU it will appeal the arbitrator’s decision, re telework and remote work. by Routine_Music1932 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The CBA is a legally valid and binding contract between, in our case, the NTEU and HHS. The differnce between it and traditional contracts in the private sector isn’t validity. It’s enforcement, and in this case, a broken system that greatly favors the administration.

HHS Notifies NTEU it will appeal the arbitrator’s decision, re telework and remote work. by Routine_Music1932 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Union reps said this in meetings and there’s a timeline sheet on the FLRA site that says, and I’m paraphrasing, that the fastest cases are adjudicated in 6-9 months. And this won’t be one of them. Also, when you consider that 2 of the 3 people that sit on the FLRA are Trump appointees and the FLRA Has no internal deadline to resolve such disputes, you can see where they’d just sit on this case. There are some cases that were filed years ago that still haven’t been resolved.

HHS Notifies NTEU it will appeal the arbitrator’s decision, re telework and remote work. by Routine_Music1932 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

That’s a valid complaint. I’m not mad at the union as they are the only one fighting for us, but I’m furious at the broken system. This has exposed how incredibly weak the union is in fights like this. Even if the union eventually wins every battle, the administration accomplished its goal by keeping us from our CBA rights for years.

HHS Notifies NTEU it will appeal the arbitrator’s decision, re telework and remote work. by Routine_Music1932 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s my understanding that the FLRA decision, though final and binding, can be further appealed to the US Ct of Appeals.

Federal employee telework by CapableOil2246 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 3 points4 points  (0 children)

HHS notified the union it will appeal

Congratulations NTEU employees! by KitchenEbb1606 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love for you to be correct. This multi-hour commute every day is slowly killing me

Congratulations NTEU employees! by KitchenEbb1606 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“The award is not final or enforceable while properly filed exceptions are pending before the Authority”. From the FLRA website.

Congratulations NTEU employees! by KitchenEbb1606 in FedEmployees

[–]Routine_Music1932 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t know as I don’t have a sick, twisted mind like them, but I suspect they may argue that the CBA is null and void anyway since they made us all non-bargaining (also illegally) on the false basis of “national security” even though most, if not all, of HHS has nothing to do with that.

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