In a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Americans for Limited Government, the Internal Revenue Service revealed this month that 201 of its employees
work full-time on union activities.
work full-time on union activities.“A lot of people are not aware that under federal law, a federal agency is allowed to enter into a collective bargaining agreement with a union that has provisions where employees of the agency, in this case the IRS, are allowed to do union work on the taxpayer’s time and get paid for it,” ALG president and Nathan Mehrens explained in an interview with The Daily Caller.
As Office of Personnel Management documents explain, the performance of union duties instead of official government business is allowed, as it is a part of the government’s collective bargaining system.
is allowed, as it is a part of the government’s collective bargaining system.Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/13/foia-201-irs-employees-work-full-time-on-union-business/#ixzz2WDJrvn6t
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