Congressional Research Employees Association

The Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee included report language in this year’s CRS appropriation requiring the Director of CRS to “adopt and implement” a more flexible telework system. CREA and CRS had negotiated a telework policy as part of the 2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement. However, the Director issued criteria governing its implementation that [...]

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Oversight Plans for All House Committees, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 111th Congress
Link to title page and “Library of Congress” section (see fifth bullet).

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See last Friday’s Post article on the IG and LoC:
Grassley Complains of Library of Congress Interference

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LIN held a special election to add a second CREA Steward. Congratulations to Katherine Smitherman and to LIN, with 90% eligible voter turnout. Ms. Smitherman will join Laura Comay as LIN Steward for calendar year 2009.
Thanks to all who took part.

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You may have heard that Willie Price, a fixture at the Library cafeteria for nearly 30 years, was fired last December. I.L. Creations, the current contractor running the cafeteria, accused Willie of failure to follow company policies. Willie was also the shop steward for the cafeteria workers (UNITE HERE union, Local 25).
Willie and her [...]

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