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Treasury Department terminates union contracts for IRS and Bureau of the Fiscal Service workers

On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department terminated the collective bargaining agreement covering unionized Internal Revenue Service workers, and IRS Chief Human Capital Officer Alex Kweskin said it `deepens our commitment of operating as one IRS, a collaborative team focused on serving American taxpayers.`
OPM director Scott Kupor this month issued a memo directing agency heads to comply with President Donald Trump's March order and notify unions they were terminating applicable CBAs, following a National Treasury Employees Union lawsuit last year.
A split in the courts emerged after a D.C. court issued a preliminary injunction stayed pending appeal, while a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit cleared the way Thursday.
Doreen Greenwald, president of the Treasury employees union, said the IRS "cannot unilaterally end" its contract and argued the federal sector labor statute requires bargaining with the National Treasury Employees Union.
The contract for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service was also ended this week, according to anonymous sources, and the National Treasury Employees Union represents roughly 150,000 employees in 37 departments and agencies.

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US Treasury dept cancels union contracts for IRS, Bureau of Fiscal Service staff — What changes? Are taxpayers affected?

The Treasury Department has terminated collective bargaining agreements with the National Treasury Employees Union (representing IRS and Bureau of Fiscal Service employees) amid Donald Trump's push for greater control over the federal workforce.

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