H.R. 814 · 117th Congress

Union Accountability Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Kevin Hern
Introduced
2021-02-04
Latest action
2021-02-04 · Introduced in House

Summary

Union Accountability Act This bill nullifies the executive order titled Protecting the Federal Workforce, which was issued on January 22, 2021.

The order revoked previous executive orders concerning federal-employee collective bargaining and classifications. Specifically, it revoked orders that

limited the use of unrestricted grants for union activity, specified objectives for agencies to negotiate collective-bargaining agreements and established the Interagency Labor Relations Working Group, established principles for the removal and discipline of federal employees and other personnel issues, and placed certain executive agency positions under a new schedule in the excepted service instead of the competitive service. The order also instructs agencies to engage in collective bargaining negotiations over certain non-mandatory subjects, and requires the Office of Personnel Management to provide the President with recommendations to promote a minimum wage of $15 an hour for federal employees.