Trump Administration to Explore Making It Easier for Federal Employees to Cancel Union Dues

Government Executive: The agency tasked with overseeing labor-management relations across the federal government and the Office of Personnel Management will consider whether to change the rules governing dues collection to make it easier for members to leave their union.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority posted a request for comments in the Federal Register Friday on whether to change its policy on how agencies should collect union dues, at the behest of OPM. The agencies said they are considering making it so that federal employees can cease paying union dues at any time, provided they have been in a union for at least one year.

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