President Biden on Tuesday demanded that all 10 members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel resign, multiple sources confirmed to
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Former President Trump had stacked the panel, which resolves disputes between agencies and labor groups that arise during collective bargaining negotiations, with anti-labor partisans, most of whom lacked experience in labor-management relations or conflict resolution.
The impasses panel in many cases was a key venue by which agencies sought to implement a trio of controversial executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire federal workers, speeding up the collective bargaining process and significantly reducing the scope of bargaining, and severely restricting union officials’ access to official time. The panel routinely imposed contracts that were seen as pro-management, stripping language from collective bargaining agreements on telework, employee rights, and on the issue of official time, often imposing draconian terms that were to the right of what management requested.
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Although they typically serve set terms, the members do not currently require Senate confirmation.
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Federal Labor Relations Authority Chairman Ernest DuBester expressed regret with how the panel has conducted itself over the last four years, and said he was hopeful that a Biden-appointed set of panel members would engage in mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes fairly, rather than governing by fiat.
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