Congressional Research Employees Association

 
President Roth was among the legislative branch representatives invited to testify at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch hearing Wednesday, February 24.
Among the issues he addressed were telework, COOP planning, outside speaking and writing concerns, and labor-management relations. In a limited question and answer period following his testimony, Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz focused on telework. [...]

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On January 19, 2010, the Director announced a telework program for non-bargaining-unit, non-supervisory staff. These are employees not covered by CREA’s contract.
This program is the same as the program proposed to CREA in October. Then and now, CREA considers the program more restrictive than necessary. Our bargaining team is still negotiating to develop a better [...]

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In light of the recent removal of Morris Davis as Assistant Director of FDT, CREA has reissued and revised its position statement on outside writing. Please see CREA on Outside Writing.

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CREA and CRS management are negotiating a congressionally mandated telework policy. In its FY2010 CRS appropriation, the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch included language instructing the Director to “adopt and implement…a telework program modeled on the Library’s existing system.” The Subcommittee expected that CRS should have its new telework policy in effect no later than [...]

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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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