Labor-management cooperative councils have an up and down record in federal agencies. Image: DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe AFGE union has said that an agreement it has reached with the SSA covering most of that agency’s workforce provides for new labor-management cooperation councils “intended to address issues affecting both employees and beneficiaries in a more proactive manner.”
Pending a ratification vote, the contract will last through October 2029 and will cover some 42,000 employees in field offices, hearings and appeals offices, payment centers, headquarters and more.
Labor-management cooperative councils have an up and down record in federal agencies, having been first launched during the Clinton administration, then repealed by the Bush administration, relaunched by the Obama administration, then repealed again by the Trump administration. The Biden administration has encouraged agencies to use them but has not explicitly required them.
AFGE said the agreement also updates terms of a 2019 agreement in areas including training and career development, employee rights, child care and elder care, discipline, and details to other duty stations.
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