AFGE Marches Toward 325K Members
May 02, 2024
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USAID and AFGE Local 1534 representing federal employees at the agency recently signed a charter establishing USAID’s Labor Management Forum to foster labor-management collaboration.
The forum was created in accordance with President Biden’s March 6 executive order directing agencies to establish a labor-management forum to discuss common interests and maintain effective labor-management cooperation.
USAID’s goals are to establish a culture of collaboration, promote open communication, explore ways to manage conflict, improve the agency’s productivity and effectiveness, and improve working conditions. The agency is committed to pre-decisional involvement as the forum will be the place where they discuss implementation of regulations, conditions of employment, contract, investigations, reports, among other things.
Local 1534, which represents bargaining unit employees at three agencies, including nearly 900 at USAID, applauds the agency for establishing the forum.
“President Biden wants to see the agency and the union work together. By doing this we can come together as one and make sure we can improve efficiency in USAID and employees’ working conditions,” said Local 1534 First Vice President Sylvia Joyner. “We want to let the agency know that we are a resource to the agency.”
Joyner added that the forum will allow both parties to discuss and resolve issues affecting employees in the workplace, which currently are the employee evaluation program, telework, mental health awareness, as well as a high number of negative Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey responses.
According to the charter, the forum will be held at least quarterly and at times mutually agreed to by the parties.
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