Developing Efficient, Effective, and Cost- Reducing Approaches To Federal Sector Collective Bargaining

2018-06-01Executive Order 13836
Signed by: Donald Trump
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Headline: Federal Agencies Directed to Speed Collective Bargaining and Reduce Costs

What it does: Agencies must pursue faster, cost-reducing collective bargaining, follow new negotiation timelines, and submit term contracts to the Office of Personnel Management for public posting.

Real World Impact:
  • May shorten negotiation timelines for federal workplace contracts.
  • Requires agencies to publish term collective bargaining agreements online.
  • Could reduce taxpayer costs by limiting prolonged negotiations and negotiator expenses.
Topics: collective bargaining, government labor policy, federal workforce, transparency, cost savings

Summary

This order requires federal agencies to speed up collective bargaining with employee unions, cut bargaining costs, and preserve managers' authority to run operations.

It creates an interagency Labor Relations Group led by the Office of Personnel Management, requires agencies to prepare reports before contract renewals, sets negotiation timelines, and requires term collective bargaining agreements to be submitted for public posting. The goal is to make government more efficient, improve employee accountability and performance, and reduce taxpayer expenses through faster, clearer bargaining.

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