{"id":138026,"date":"2024-12-17T12:24:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T05:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138026"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T05:24:56","slug":"key-union-vows-to-fight-back-after-trump-says-he-would-end-remote-work-for-federal-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138026","title":{"rendered":"Key union vows to fight back after Trump says he would end remote work for federal employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">The union representing thousands of federal workers said it would fight any effort by President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> to block a Biden administration agreement allowing thousands of federal workers to continue with remote work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s ridiculous,&#8221; Trump said Monday of the agreement Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O&#8217;Malley signed with the American Federation of Government Employees extending telework protections until 2029 before he stepped down last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trump, who spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, called the deal &#8220;very terrible&#8221; and said it&#8217;s interfering with his plans for how to handle the federal workforce, which include<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/ramaswamys-jackhammer-chain-saw-plan-force-federal-workers-back-office-rcna180732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> ending remote work<\/a>. He said he would seek to challenge the rule in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;If people don&#8217;t come back to work, come back into the office, they&#8217;re going to be dismissed, and somebody in the Biden administration gave a five-year waiver of that, so that for five years people don\u2019t have to come back into the office,\u201d Trump said at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/first-post-election-news-conference-trump-boasts-popularity-rcna184403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first post-election news conference<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey just signed this thing,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it was, like, a gift to a union, and we are going to obviously be in court to stop it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/publication\/nations-largest-federal-union-responds-to-comments-on-telework-by-presidentelect-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> statement<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/publication\/nations-largest-federal-union-responds-to-comments-on-telework-by-presidentelect-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> later Monday<\/a>, AFGE National President Everett Kelley said the union would fight any effort to strip those protections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Collective bargaining agreements entered into by the federal government are binding and enforceable under the law. We trust the incoming administration will abide by their obligations to honor lawful union contracts. If they fail to do so, we will be prepared to enforce our rights,\u201d Kelley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Telework and remote work are tools that have helped the federal government increase productivity and efficiency, maintain continuity of operations, and increase disaster preparedness,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The White House declined to comment. The SSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ending work-from-home is a key priority of two of Trump&#8217;s top advisers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/elon-musk-meets-republicans-talk-doge-spending-cuts-rcna183058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/elon-musk-meets-republicans-talk-doge-spending-cuts-rcna183058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/elon-musk-meets-republicans-talk-doge-spending-cuts-rcna183058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/elon-musk-meets-republicans-talk-doge-spending-cuts-rcna183058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who are <\/a>set to lead efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamys-new-department-government-efficiency-rcna179906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase government efficiency<\/a>\u00a0and reduce costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/vivek-ramaswamy-trumps-sweeping-victory-what-it-means\/id1719657632?i=1000676240378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramaswamy told<\/a>\u00a0Tucker Carlson\u00a0after Trump&#8217;s election victory that\u00a0he believed ending remote work would lead to mass resignations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cJust tell them they have to come back five days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,\u201d Ramaswamy told Carlson, predicting it would lead to a \u201c25% thinning out of the federal bureaucracy right there.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In his statement, Kelley said, \u201cRumors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/publication\/setting-the-record-straight-about-telework-use-by-federal-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread federal telework <\/a>and remote work are simply untrue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;More than half of federal employees cannot telework at all because of the nature of their jobs, only ten percent of federal workers are remote, and those who have a hybrid arrangement spend over sixty percent of working hours in the office,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trump touted the work Musk and Ramaswamy have been doing at the news conference, saying they&#8217;re aiming to &#8220;eliminate hundreds of billions of dollars of waste and\u00a0fraud. And I can only tell you, I\u2019ll give you a little early report, they\u2019re finding things that you wouldn\u2019t even believe. So we\u2019re looking to save maybe $2 trillion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Proponents of workers\u2019 returning to the office include Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat. She told reporters last month that more federal workers\u2019 going back to work in the city would bring \u201cvibrancy back to our town.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline-contributors articleBylineContainer\">\n<div class=\"expanded-byline article-expanded-byline\" data-activity-map=\"expanded-byline-article-bottom\">\n<div class=\"byline-thumbnail byline-thumbnail--has-image expanded-byline__thumbnail\" data-testid=\"byline-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/dareh-gregorian-ncpn925686\"><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/newscms\/2019_27\/2923711\/190612-dareh_gregorian-byline-30871.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2019_27\/2923711\/190612-dareh_gregorian-byline-30871.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2019_27\/2923711\/190612-dareh_gregorian-byline-30871.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"\/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline-name expanded-byline__name\" data-testid=\"byline-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/dareh-gregorian-ncpn925686\">Dareh Gregorian<\/a><\/span><span class=\"byline-social expanded-byline__social\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/darehgregorian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"byline-social--link\"><span class=\"icon icon-twitter\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/mailto:Dareh.Gregorian@nbcuni.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"byline-social--link\"><span class=\"icon icon-email\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline__bio-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"byline-bio expanded-byline__bio\">Dareh Gregorian is a politics reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jake Traylor<!-- --> <!-- -->contributed<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/key-union-vows-fight-back-trump-says-end-remote-work-federal-employees-rcna184388\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The union representing thousands of federal workers said it would fight any effort by President-elect Donald Trump to block a Biden administration agreement allowing thousands of federal workers to continue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138026\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}